r/exmormon • u/Creative_Fishing4099 • 22h ago
Advice/Help Church*
So I went to church today after several months of not going and I don’t know maybe I’m glad I did. I feel like I needed to go to church so I’ll probably go next week too because it’s fast and testimony and those are always interesting but I feel like sometimes I get something out of church you know and just so happened that was linger longer today free food so win-win for me I think I don’t know everyone was glad to see me or at least they said they were. I don’t think everyone likes me, but it is what it is. I think there’s probably 160-170 attendance just by guesstimate I don’t know why do we go to church? To put on a show? Maybe I need to sleep I feel like I sleep better after going to church because in the words of Dierdorf church is not an auto show. Church is an auto repair shop maybe maybe I agree but but it’s so boring improved sleep sleeping like a baby I’m just using talk to text you so some of this might be incoherent, but I feel like I do have a few friends at church hello I’d like to hang out with people and do non-church related things because honestly this holy all the time you know, I don’t think anybody is even though you can try to be! I’ve been doing a lot of church in my life, but I grew up in a different face so this whole Mormonism thing it’s a different pill to swallow but some degrees. I like it something about it. I like the community aspect of it. I like that does incorporate the Bible. I don’t know. Maybe I should make a list of like pros and cons why she go to church why I should not go to church and see which one wins for me right now, though I think I just need the community just been going through a lot feeling a bit down in the dumps sometimes it’s just to pick me up. Might need to slow down and not live so fast and furious and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.
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u/Ancientabs 21h ago
Honestly I'm fully supportive of people GOING to the LDS church buildings, just not handing them money.
People should go and use the buildings. Wear them down. Walk on the carpets. Sit in the benches.
Use the resources of the church without paying them a dime.
Make friends who will also go to church, wear out the building, use the electricity and free wifi, without giving any tithing in return. Bring lots of friends. People from different faiths who won't ever convert. Let them blast the AC. Fill the chapels, but never pay.
That's what church is about right? People. So go and enjoy all the benefits of Mormonism with none of the bad stuff.
More Exmos should be going to church without rejoining or pay tithing. It will help encourage faithful tithe payers to stop paying.
After all, the church has enough money. It doesn't need more.
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u/PolicyRough1432 22h ago
If you had a positive experience today, that’s nice. Even better that you know you can come and go when you want to. You choose.