Posted by:
jpt
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Date: December 02, 2010 08:48PM
I have friends who used to be active JWs who have since left their "society." They go through similar feelings as mormons after leaving their religion/lifestyle. It happens to people of all persuasions who leave something that was an integral part of their lives.
One thing to keep in mind is that for every active mormon, there are a thousand other humans who aren't mormon. It isn't significant from a world perspective even though it may appear to flourish in our local culture.
Branch out... attend other churches, do some studying in world religions and mythology. Look at a globe; look at Utah, then the rest of the world. Utah is not the center!
This is what I think of mormonism, its members, and my relationship to it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_cave