Reasons people stopped attending church

[sock puppet]

Or may be they now have so much money that they just don't care if the members leave in droves?

If they can drive them all away, then the 15 will just divide up the wealth and be done with it.

[Dr. Shades]

I first stepped away because of Prop 8. I stopped going or taking my kids entirely because of the infamous November Policy.

Before all of this, however, I found it difficult to want to go to church because it was so terribly boring and time-consuming. It was like attending a series of business meetings that were run very poorly by people who were not competent at their jobs. All of the interminable droning on with the latest corporate jargon blather. Ugh. Not interested.

So, you stepped away because you disagreed with the leaders' initiatives and due to the boringness of its meetings, and NOT because it's false?

[Kishkumen]

THIS. November 2015 was the final straw for me. After the POX was made public, one of my LGBTQ students came into my office very distraught. His family had kicked him out of their home because of the hard stand taken by the church. That day, I contacted quitmormon and started the process. On a positive note, the university had several support programs that helped the student secure emergency housing.

I am happy to hear that the university had resources to help your student find emergency housing. It is totally despicable to kick your child out of the house for being LGBTQ. Despicable. The LDS Church has blood on its hands. It bears responsibility for the deaths of LGBTQ kids who took their own lives because they could not reconcile the cruel gender ideology of the LDS Church with their own firm sense of who they are. The situation is tragic.

[Kishkumen]

So, you stepped away because you disagreed with the leaders' initiatives and due to the boringness of its meetings, and NOT because it's false?

Yeah, I stepped away because the church's attacks on LGBTQ people were cruel and unacceptable. I was relieved to be free of the boring meetings.

[Dr. Shades]

So, you stepped away because you disagreed with the leaders' initiatives and due to the boringness of its meetings, and NOT because it's false?

Yeah, I stepped away because the church's attacks on LGBTQ people were cruel and unacceptable. I was relieved to be free of the boring meetings.

Ahh, I see. So I guess this means you still believe in the core doctrines of Mormonism and the truthfulness of Joseph Smith's mission and calling?

[Kishkumen]

Ahh, I see. So I guess this means you still believe in the core doctrines of Mormonism and the truthfulness of Joseph Smith's mission and calling?

Shades, you and I have very different approaches to this area of life. I think it would probably be a waste of time for both of us, if I were to derail this thread in yet another attempt, in a long history of attempts, to explain my religious views to you. Moreover, you could really use some reflection on your manners.

[Dr. Shades]

Ahh, I see. So I guess this means you still believe in the core doctrines of Mormonism and the truthfulness of Joseph Smith's mission and calling?

Shades, you and I have very different approaches to this area of life. I think it would probably be a waste of time for both of us, if I were to derail this thread in yet another attempt, in a long history of attempts, to explain my religious views to you.

You've made it clear that myths are good. So you still believe the myths, then, right?

Moreover, you could really use some reflection on your manners.

Please tell me how I should've posed the question, and I'll happily re-word.

[Gadianton]

Ahh, I see. So I guess this means you still believe in the core doctrines of Mormonism and the truthfulness of Joseph Smith's mission and calling

suggested re-wording:

"Ahh, I see. So I guess that means you don't believe the mythical nature of the core doctrines of Mormonism and Smith's mission alone were enough of a reason to leave the Church."

[I Have Questions]

You've made it clear that myths are good. So you still believe the myths, then, right?

Nothing impolite with the original phraseology.

[Moksha]

Several years ago, seated at an open air café in Vienna, I found myself only a few feet away from Bill Maher. I’m not, to put it mildly, a fan of his. I don’t even think he’s particularly funny, just mildly clever and strikingly shallow And he’s been quite vicious in his mockery of my religious beliefs. But, even though I had a plate of Hungarian goulash in front of me that would obviously have looked very nice dripping from his head and even though the thought did admittedly cross my mind, I found it easy to resist the temptation, and I didn’t even say anything to him.)

Is there any chance this action would have given Dr. Peterson the notoriety to become a General Authority? A man of action who will defend the Church with a bowl of goulash when necessary.