The second part is largely a filtering effect, yes. I probably should have left that part out. But the first part was a study done on Mormons, not ex-Mormons. Extreme sexual guilt is a big part of growing up Mormon.
I’ve heard a number of stories of “good” Mormons getting married and finally being allowed to have sex, and… they can’t do it. They can’t handle it. Or they manage to, several days later, only to end up feeling horribly guilty about it, locked in the bathroom, crying...
I wouldn’t venture to speculate how much more dissatisfied with the church ex-Mormons are than average active Mormons, but I think we can expect to see a substantial difference just from identity effects.
That’s purely filtering, isn’t it? Anyone who isn’t miserable, or doesn’t expect to stop being miserable if they get out, stays in.
The second part is largely a filtering effect, yes. I probably should have left that part out. But the first part was a study done on Mormons, not ex-Mormons. Extreme sexual guilt is a big part of growing up Mormon.
I’ve heard a number of stories of “good” Mormons getting married and finally being allowed to have sex, and… they can’t do it. They can’t handle it. Or they manage to, several days later, only to end up feeling horribly guilty about it, locked in the bathroom, crying...
It’s not a happy religion.
That seems to assume that people always do what would make them less miserable, even if they don’t know that to be the case.
I wouldn’t venture to speculate how much more dissatisfied with the church ex-Mormons are than average active Mormons, but I think we can expect to see a substantial difference just from identity effects.