(June 25, 2013 at 4:48 pm)Rahul Wrote: Once when I was around 15 or so I went to a summer church camp for a couple weeks.
They do some weird psychological ploy where they build up some mental thing in daily sermons. Then on the last day they pull the plug on it somehow and everyone started crying.
But I was just sitting there feeling confused about why everyone was crying.
This is pretty typical. I experienced this same phenomenon myself while growing up Mormon. In fact, what I felt was so twisted about the whole thing is that they wanted you to believe that such a reaction was desirable because it was physical, visible proof that you were being acted upon by the Holy Ghost. Of course, being around 15-16, I was duped as well (despite my growing doubts, yes).
Looking back on it all, it definitely makes sense. It's certainly a ploy to get the youth more invested in the religion because it creates a seemingly real (and "spiritual") attachment to it for them.
