What is the deal with these people and this church? I was raised Mormon, I'm not longer involved in it but so many still are and continue to join it. Why? Why do people get involved in it and why do people stay in it??
If you were raised Mormon, wouldn't that mean you have ppl you can ask that question directly to?
I see Mormonism as the quintessential American religion. Jesus doesn't just show up in the Middle East. He comes here to America. The book of mormon is like an American version of the old testament. Even the names sound similar.
With all due respect, the whole thing cant stand any scrutiny. It is illogical and completely ridiculous. Unlike the Old Testament, there is 0 evidence of any of these folks ever existing. It is like 100 years of solitude: the wind came in and erase them from the face of the Earth.
Having said that, Mormons build a city in the dessert, carved out a state and built a powerful church. Some Mormons are the nicest ppl you could ever meet and they work hard. They even have what is probably one of the best language schools in the world. Cool stuff.
So IDK what attracts ppl to Mormonism but I have alwayd guess that to Buddhist or Muslims, Christians must be as far off and silly sounding and fictitious as Mormons are to me.
It is all relative. Where you grow up often determines your religion.