RE: Hello!
January 21, 2015 at 12:30 am
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2015 at 12:35 am by Alexis~.)
(January 20, 2015 at 12:40 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Hey Alexis!
I went to high school in central Florida, and I still have family in the New Smyrna Beach area. Believe me, there are atheists everywhere, just a little more hidden! Welcome, and join in!
You in the panhandle or over Jacksonville way?
I moved from Jacksonville a few months ago out into the middle of no where kinda near Alachua. So I'm dealing with the culture shock of big-city to itty bitty town.
(January 20, 2015 at 12:42 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Welcome to the forum!
Out of curiosity, did you and your mother follow Church doctrine pretty strictly, or were you guys more of a "liberal mormon" kind of belief system? Just wondering because it must've been a hell of a culture shock deconverting if you held some of the more orthodox mormon views.
My mom was always a liberal mormon who was guilted into more strict adherence by her Nazi Mormon ex-husband. I gradually became more liberal with my adherence as I got older, thankfully, as I came to realize more and more of the Mormon standards were absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. The culture shock has been more massive for my mother, who has been a member since she was 17. It was her whole life; I'm lucky I got out before I made huge life decisions based on the church.
