why i left Mormonism (the REAL reason)

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[PattiQ]

❤Mormons: You being abusive and irrational in the comments is just proving my point. Throwing tantrums because my experience doesn't match yours, doesn't make me or anyone else more interested in the church. If you don't like my content, feel free to block. No one forced you to click on this video. And know that every comment you leave pushes my video further on Youtube and consequently, your nasty comments are making me money.

For people who want to know more, I recommend starting with cesletter.org ❤

[dixieforever]

I didn’t leave the church because I had questions and doubts. I left because I had answers. The church isn’t true and Joseph lied.

[barbaralael]

I put my temple garments into a fire in the fireplace and cried! That was 30 years ago. Now I feel proud of myself. I smile when I pass the LDS Church. I'm happy that I'm not throwing money at people who didn't ever quite think me good enough. I feel good enough. Later I found a wonderful husband who really and truly loves me!

[shgurr]

I think alot of memebers first temple experiences is the thought "am I in a cult" then having immediate shame and pushing it aside

[rollingdonut]

My wife and I were converts and everything was going alright until we went to the temple. We definitely felt… off in there. Then things got weirder and weirder as the ordinances progressed.

You said it better than I could’ve. Thank you for sharing.

[jabezbroadhead]

Growing up in the church the only Sunday school teacher I liked was the bishop's wife she was the only one who would try to answer my questions after a few years she left the church. I left the church as soon as I could no longer be dragged physically years later I saw her in the neighboring town after she had divorced the bishop and remarried and she was wearing a tank top and was smiling ear to ear. She was one of the nicest people I knew from church and leaving it made her the happiest I'd ever seen her.

[lorincapson]

The dam has burst and people in the Church are seeing it. We all have that moment where the Cognitive Dissonance is too much to overcome. You are a living example of letting your light shine.

[murielmcgregor]

This girl! When I was going through the temple, I hated it. I had spent the last year putting in so much effort to prepare to go through, but while actually in the temple my inner gut feeling was like this is not right - so I left half-way through the endowment ceremony. The responses from people/family solidified my feeling - they said that I wasn't spiritually prepared, that I may be mentally ill. I was lucky to be strong enough to say no, there's nothing wrong with me, there's something wrong with the church. So I decided to look into the church as if I were an investigator (using the church website and fairmormon) - within 2 weeks, the evidence was clear that this was just another man-made church founded by a sketchy man. Further research and evidence made it clear that the modern LDS is basically a pyramid scheme business with a lot of psychological manipulation/brainwashing.

[pollydunn]

I'm 70 and I went through at 20 in the Logan temple that didn't have the movie yet and it was done live by old people dressed up in costumes. They still had the part where you symbolically slit your throat and stomach open if you ever told the secrets in the temple. I found it very freaky. My daughter who is 39 and very active Mormon doesn't believe me that that was part of the ceremony. Unfortunately like you I wasn't brave enough to leave until I was in my 50s and had been divorced by my husband that converted when he met me and left me for a 12 year younger woman after 33 years of marriage. That's when I finally found the true Jesus that saved me by grace through the cross and that it isn't about me and what I do but what He did. Such a simple gospel and not a man made gospel. No high priest but Jesus. You don't need to pay money or be married to live with God in His Amazing heaven for eternity. I always thought it sounded more like hell to be married living polygamy and having babies for eternity populating a world. I'm looking forward to exploring all the AMAZING worlds and galaxies my one true creator has created.

[glennmott]

As a non mormon, this is stunning. You are a brave woman. Thank you.

[Mayabee]

I thought I was the only one who finds the temple ordinances scary and devastating. I left the church 10 years ago and I am so much happier, I feel relieved and that I escaped the horror of living a lie.

[jstewardjr]

Thanks for your story. It was very well expressed. It sounds like you are still a lover of the Jesus Christ of the New Testament and I'm glad to hear that. I bailed when I was sixteen, falsely accused by my bishop and my questions were constantly being ignored, discounted or I was told "You'll will have this answered later on." After many years Jesus broke through to me and now I'm a disciple of Christ and Pastor in a non-denominational church. May God continue to bless your journey towards truth.

[alewis]

Patti Q, thank you for sharing. In 1997 I went to a meeting with my stake president, before going to the temple for the first time, to "de-mystify" the temple. He described his first experience as traumatizing. This would have been in the 60s before they removed the parts about the penalties for not keeping the temple covenants. He was shocked by the symbolic nature of the temple, given that he viewed the church as very pragmatic.
Fast forward to 2006, I was attending university in a city where I had no family or friends, in a ward where I was mostly ignored, and recently separated from my wife. I say mostly ignored because the members would only talk to me to say that I should have tried harder to stay with a wife who cheated and constantly lied. The bishop of the singles ward was very blunt in telling me I wasn't allowed in his congregation, even as a visitor.
So I left, and haven't looked back.

[sookie.smooth]

I’m impressed how you said more in 15 minutes than many others can in one of John Dehlin’s six-hour interviews! 👍

[toddcooper]

You, young lady, are an inspiration! Nearly seven years ago two Mormon men rang my doorbell, and not wanting to be rude, I stepped outside to talk to them. Shortly into the conversation I made it clear that I am a Christian and I agreed to listen to them as long as they listened to my side afterward. Long story short, they had no intention of listening to me. Their twisted views started when one of them said Jesus was a prophet and when I asked if they believed He was God in the flesh, they avoided the question, altogether. I want to mention the added so called books of the Bible are literally playing with fire. Revelation 22:18-19. You will personally be in my prayers.

[nesxya]

Me and my brother were raised Mormon, it was a nightmare. Very abusive.

As an adult I decided to do a detail re-study and I was shocked. It was appalling how much I was lied to.

It was hello, welcome to Joseph Smith's take on Freemasonry occult!

Thank you for sharing your story. I think more people need to share their stories.

[jaesmith]

i loved your point about how you felt the standards weren't high enough in the church. really turns the argument on its head.

[kollettebowman]

I love how you said that there were no lessons about Jesus really my godson was 9 years old when he stopped wanting to go to church he was raised to LDS his reasoning was they never talk about Jesus they're always talking about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young and the president of the church he stood by that comment and was baptized Christian his decision and another religion at age 12 feeling that he needed to be in a church where Jesus and God was the focus

[genecurl]

I freaked out my first time in the temple as well and thought, "I'm in a cult" and then immediately felt bad about having the thought. I talked to my stake president after and he told me about some of the things they took out of the temple and that made it even worse.

[waynesmith]

I also left the church. After being a member 9 years they opened up the temple to women to receive their endowments around 1988. I too felt the darkness and total opposite of what should have been a spiritual experience. I finally found the courage to completely leave the church around 1993. I'm thankful you are sharing your experience with younger members and non members. The LDS church is a cult. I'm now a Baptist and solid in the scriptures. It shows how people can be drawn into lies and away from Jesus Christ. May God bless you and find a solid Bible teaching church. 🙏 this is Wayne's wife writing this comment.