I read this, and thought of Wednesday: “Among all American religions, Mormonism is the single most sexually guilt ridden. Mormonism scores 37%% higher in sexual guilt than even Catholics.”
I don’t know how many ex-mormons you’ve talked to, but I’ve talked to quite a few, and in nearly every case we were miserable in the church, and much happier outside of it.
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.
I read this, and thought of Wednesday: “Among all American religions, Mormonism is the single most sexually guilt ridden. Mormonism scores 37%% higher in sexual guilt than even Catholics.”
from here: http://www.atheismresource.com/2012/sex-god-a-new-and-fascinating-book-by-darrel-ray
I don’t know how many ex-mormons you’ve talked to, but I’ve talked to quite a few, and in nearly every case we were miserable in the church, and much happier outside of it.
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.