I cannot count the number of times I have been told that I left Mormonism because a) I wanted to sin b) I had given in to sin - usually sexual c)I wanted to drink coffee or alcohol d) I didn’t want to pay tithing, e) I never had a ‘testimony’ or f) It was ‘too hard’ to live the LDS gospel.
None of that is even remotely true, but the LDS ALWAYS blame those who leave rather than even consider the LDS church is a fraud.
I left because I studied myself out of Mormonism, I set out to prove it was ‘true’ and found out it was all a lie.
Sadly, this couple has thrown out the baby (God) with the bathwater (the cult of Mormonism).
And I am not condemning anyone who leaves LDS because of faith issues here. I’m simply pointing out that the liberal media will find ways to attack Romney’s religion now that he’s the nominee. If Romney believed in magic jelly beans, Salon would be running stories about how evil believers in jelly beans are.
Some who have left Islam have said that the way to get people out of that cult is to have them actually read the Quran.
This story is all too familiar for me, except my wife hasn’t left the church.
Like him, I too was accused of wanting to sin, etc. when I decided to leave because of what I found out about the church and mormonism.
We even had a few characters here on FR chant the SLC talking points about us apostates.
Try sharing with Mormons Eph 2:8. I did this once at work and they (both a Mormon and a JW tried to to argue with me). They believe in works based salvation. Which is impossible.