Posted by:
danr
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Date: March 23, 2011 10:02AM
A lot of people worry what will happen to their life once they leave the comforts of Mormonism. Will their life be better, or will they struggle to make life work for them anymore?
A story in the book "Breaking the Spell", by Daniel Dannett (the spell being religion) illustrates how it is when you leave your religion.
He tells of a man out hiking in the mountains and got lost in a dangerous cliff area when it got dark and he slipped and fell. He fortuitously was able to grab a branch just as he was headed down a cliff. He imagined a terrible fall to his death if he let go so he held on for dear life as long as he could. He got to the point where he could no longer hold on, so he accepted his fate and let go, only to find that he fell only 6 inches onto the ground!
If he had let go sooner he would have saved himself the anguishing grief of waiting for his demise if he let go. The author compared this to the fear of letting go of religion and the fearful fate that they have come to expect if they do. He said that if people would just let go, they would find that it won't be as terrible as they expect.
Just let go. It will be fine.