I want to be Mormon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you just need structure in your life, OP. Like you need a higher power to constraint your wants. But joining a new religion does not automatically make you a nice person who no longer wants to drink alcohol or chocolate. You are still you underneath.

Read the post. She already doesn’t drink. The dietary restrictions are not the problem.

[Anonymous]

To me it’s Quakers that always seem to have their stuff together, have wonderful families, and come across as entirely genuine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know you can be a nice person, eat healthy, be family oriented, and even be a prude without having religious beliefs, right? Just be a better person.

I mean, I'm already pretty much that way. It would just be nice to have a large community around me with similar beliefs and a close sense of connection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know you can be a nice person, eat healthy, be family oriented, and even be a prude without having religious beliefs, right? Just be a better person.

I mean, I'm already pretty much that way. It would just be nice to have a large community around me with similar beliefs and a close sense of connection.

Do you like being constantly pregnant? Do you want your daughters to be brood mares?

[Anonymous]

They are really nice on the outside and I think it's real, but even outside of the crazy beliefs, internally it is meeeessssed up. Starting with gender issues, for instance...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To me it’s Quakers that always seem to have their stuff together, have wonderful families, and come across as entirely genuine.

Aw, really! That's how I identify most. But Quakers are so few in this area I'm surprised you know enough to have a stereotype.

[Anonymous]

There is tons of data that religious people have more stable, happy families, give more charity, have stronger communities, and live more meaningful and connected lives.

Black men who attend church weekly have similar levels of life achievement as white men. Obama, Kanye, etc all attend church weekly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Except I don’t believe in any of the Mormon beliefs. I am pretty liberal, go back and forth on the existence of God. But gosh, every single Mormon I know is so nice. Good looking. Eats healthy. I hate drinking and smoking and I’m kind of a prude and I love simple lives that center around family. LOVE the Mormon emphasis on family and just the general wholesome and “clean” vibe they give off. But I definitely can’t become Mormon bc I don’t believe in the actual religion part of it, haha. I wish there were like...Mormonism for non Mormons.

I know this probably doesn’t make sense. Does anyone else feel like this?

totally - I love that most of my Mormon friends wives don't work. I would love my husband to not want me to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is tons of data that religious people have more stable, happy families, give more charity, have stronger communities, and live more meaningful and connected lives.

Black men who attend church weekly have similar levels of life achievement as white men. Obama, Kanye, etc all attend church weekly.

Let's not use mentally-ill Kanye as an example.

[Anonymous]

Do you also want to sell LulaRoe, Scentsy, and Amway?

[Anonymous]

They all seem rich too. Or at least affluent (upper middle class +).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a cult. I mean that literally. They’re nice, but it’s a cult.

THIS.

Nice but not really. Read more about what they do, the super weird secrecy, how sex is shamed and it's always the woman's fault. It's not a nice thing at all. It's a cult that will guilt and shame you into submission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know you can be a nice person, eat healthy, be family oriented, and even be a prude without having religious beliefs, right? Just be a better person.

I mean, I'm already pretty much that way. It would just be nice to have a large community around me with similar beliefs and a close sense of connection.

Do you like being constantly pregnant? Do you want your daughters to be brood mares?

I think OP wants that close-knit community without the cult aspect. She already said she's liberal and agnostic, and doesn't actually believe any of the Mormon tenets.

I think many of us would love to have that. And most of us don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They all seem rich too. Or at least affluent (upper middle class +).

They all help one another move up. There is an emphasis on education and being a provider (for the men, the women just stay home and get pregnant and uphold the "perfect family" image).

[Anonymous]

Does anyone else follow the Skalla sisters? They're Utah Mormon influencers. Rachel and Emily are the big bloggers then they have younger sisters who are getting into influencing too.

Anyway, they seem so happy and like they have perfect lives!