tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66699852588327563.post2206113491922775406..comments2023-09-15T10:12:55.773-05:00Comments on Ain't No Mo No Mo: PainAin't No Mo No Mohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389722943204568018noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66699852588327563.post-14102642986494404192011-05-05T16:22:51.383-05:002011-05-05T16:22:51.383-05:00I kind of understand why members who know the real...I kind of understand why members who know the real truth continue to believe, and justify it. I converted at the age of 18, and questioned and doubted from then until the moment I stepped out of the temple after my endowment ceremony (then I knew I didn't really believe), but I still got sealed to my husband the next week because I didn't want to disappoint him or my friends (I ended up disappointing my family still, because they couldn't watch me get married, and I am pissed at myself because of this), and now 2 months later, I am finally leaving. <br /><br />I justified, and rationalized things in my mind constantly. It is taught that questioning and doubting is the adversary, so when you do it you feel like you are horrible, and unrighteous, so you try and pretend that your questions aren't there. Then you trust that eventually all your questions will be answered because that is what they tell you. The church has completely manipulated its members. It is horrible.Alexis Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225872314853679925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66699852588327563.post-6092961289428467152011-05-05T09:59:49.641-05:002011-05-05T09:59:49.641-05:00Macha, I know, right? And isn't it crazy, jus...Macha, I know, right? And isn't it crazy, just taking the Harry Potter question alone, that the people who condemn it refuse to read it? It's about the eternal struggle between good and evil. What's wrong with it? Oh, it's about "witchraft---ooooh, must be bad." My husband grew up Catholic, and even though he's persisting in believing the Mormon church is true, I could probably get him to go to mass with me if I so chose. But I can't buy that any more than I can buy the Mormon stuff.<br /><br />Cognitive Dissenter, I love you! I've been reading your blog and it's just awesome. You're right--it is frightning when people see the truth but because they cannot handle it, choose to continue to believe nonetheless. I also agree that there's no way the higher-ups don't know this is a fraud. Hinckley's actions alone, in regard to the Hoffman business, show that. <br /><br />Thanks for visiting & commenting. :)Ain't No Mo No Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07389722943204568018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66699852588327563.post-45391043057055331542011-05-05T08:44:56.565-05:002011-05-05T08:44:56.565-05:00I completely trusted and loved so many of those me...I completely trusted and loved so many of those men. I was devout. When I discovered the deep deception, I felt like an idiot. It's not unlike being betrayed by a lover who has kindly fed you lie after lie: impossible to reconcile the seeming sincerity and kindness, the sincere and loving smile with the f***ing liar.<br /><br />There is no way those men -- even the seemingly most sincere -- do not know that they are lying. I still can't wrap my head around it ... except for the fact that I know a few sincere believers who know basically the same non-faith-promoting facts that I know ... yet they still rabidly believe. What they have to justify in their own minds to do that I cannot comprehend. It's a little frightening, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66699852588327563.post-21662706465854537892011-05-04T13:11:15.839-05:002011-05-04T13:11:15.839-05:00I lived that way for so long, seeing only what I w...I lived that way for so long, seeing only what I wanted to see, believing that even if the clergy (of the Catholic Church) were flawed and did bad things, that the doctrines were still true, that Christ was still present in the Sacraments, that the Pope was still led by God. I'm so grateful Benedict became Pope. His idiotic actions proved to me over and over again how much he <i>wasn't</i> led by any omniscient or wise divine power. From the moment I learned he said you shouldn't read <i>Harry Potter</i>.Carla Schmidt Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947846629735463824noreply@blogger.com