Posted by:
SusieQ#1
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Date: September 20, 2010 12:13PM
to a subjective truth (in a deity/savior) in the case of Mormonism.
Something -- or a bunch of somethings can and does erode that faith based belief in the subjective truth.
Some of it is external - and some of it is internal.
As a convert, well aware of dozens of religious faith based subjective truths throughout the history of humanity, and now they are predominately family, and cultural based, I'm not surprised at how they continue on and on and on with little to no actual factual based, imperial evidence.
When we say the LDS Church is false, what is really meant by that? To me, that means that the evidence doesn't support the claims. Sure, it's a "true" church", but the power in it's longevity rests mostly in the established faith-based cultural traditions.
It's a fascinating study, collecting the reasons why members leave the LDS Church. They are as varied as the people. Which, goes right along with my observation that there are as many different kinds of Mormons as there are Mormons. Many similarities, many general categories, but when it comes down to exactly how it's lived, there are large differences, especially over the history of the LDS Church.
I have often said that I didn't lose any faith, leaving the LDS Church, I just changed where I place it.
Nobody destroyed my faith, I didn't lose faith, I gained faith in other areas - predominately, that which stands up to scrutiny and is reliable and resistant.
So, yes, I think faith can be destroyed, but it's really more about changing where we place it, in my view.