That's why people have a hard time with my apostasy. Mormonism was who I was.
It will be interesting to go to my next class reunion and see if anyone else found their way out, and to also see how they react to my new way of life...I'll report back on that in a few years.
This is a mostly non-issue for me as I went to Madison High in Rexburg. I can count on one hand the people who WERE NOT members. There wasn't the pressure to be an example. There were still the ultra-TBM's, but most of us were just there. Being a mormon was just the way things were (and mostly still is) in Rexburg. My parents were very laid back too, so I never felt the need to wear my religion on my sleeve.
I'm more curious just to see how many in my class have rejected mormonism like me. I know of a few, so I'm guessing there's more.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/07/2011 01:46PM by Queen of Denial.
Ok guys, we REALLY need to come up with something unisex (and kind of cool) that we can wear/say/show to signify our ex-mo-ish-ness in these type of settings (meetings, reunions, etc).
Most of my high school friends do not know of my enlightenment. I reject the term apostacy as I don't believe that waking up to a fraud is apostacizing from anything. Still, I have to maintain a certain status quo from family reasons - something that I hate. I do have one high school buddy who has figured it all out and a couple of BYU roomates have also found their way out. BTW - there are never enough Trek references!