The Church's rigid structure can be detrimental

The Church does a disservice to its members by prohibiting growth through experiencing life. When there is a set rule for every behavior, situation and experience, the Church circumvents the learning process and inhibits any personal growth an individual may gain through making mistakes and actually learning.

We are like trees. The church props us up as we grow. The church guides us to grow in a specific way. And we depend on the church to hold us up. If the props suddenly get shown to be a mirage, the tree may collapse if it doesn't have the strength to stand on its own. We need to teach our kids to think for themselves and to create their own identity, outside of just being a member of the church.

The "Anti-Christ" gets it right

-This thought was borrowed because I like it-

“That Korihor didn’t really believe what he was saying transforms him from a heroic champion of empiricism into a mentally unbalanced con man. But it doesn’t invalidate his implicit claim of a potentially more fulfilling life outside religion. In Gospel Doctrine on Sunday, I asked what a person who believes has to fear from the words of a person who doesn’t? The answers I received were as troubling as they were predictable. And they were all based on this idea that there is no good alternative to full belief and participation in the Church. So the question I’m left with is this: how meaningful can active Church membership be if you are afraid that every possible alternative leads to misery?"

God is an interesting entity

We are taught God will answer our prayers on his timeline and in his own way, and not necessarily when and how we want them answered. Why should I be expected to worship such a fickle and/or powerless god?

We must be willing to question everything

For many, the scariest thought is to question WHY they believe what they believe. And for this reason so very few are willing to explore it.

But when you really get to the very core of the basis for your beliefs, it opens up a whole new world. You can then step outside yourself to question and analyze all of the things you have been told your entire life.

I noticed an interesting line in a hymn during Sacrament Meeting

I was sitting in Sacrament Meeting, singing the opening hymn, when the words jumped off the page. "Truth shall triumph as the light. Chases far the misty night." - Truth Eternal, hymn no. 4 I firmly believe the internet, and its easily accessible information, is finally chasing the darkness and fog away. More and more members of the Mormon church are finally discovering the information that has been hid from them by their church leaders. And once they have that information, they then have the truth about the Church. And the fog is finally lifted.