Curtis Penfold got kicked out of his apartment, fired from his job, and left BYU in the same week. He left BYU because he started to disagree with some of the Church's views, which caused tension between him and the school officials. Resigning from the church resulted in him getting angry emails from old friends and phone calls from parents calling him a disappointment.
Being separated from his religion led to months of depression and anxiety for Penfold. He even had suicidal thoughts for a time. He's better now, but there were some days where he wouldn't even leave his bed.
Many Americans who leave their religion tend to feel isolated from their usual communities, causing them to become depressed and anxious. A study shows that nonreligious people are more likely to smoke and less likely to eat healthy and exercise.
- I, personally, am not religious and the exercising faithfully part of health is correct on my part.
- I think it is wrong that the people Penfold associated with shunned him so harshly because he didn't agree with them anymore. People have the right to their own opinion, even if you don't necessarily agree with it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-health-effects-of-leaving-religion/379651/
I think it is interesting that they have now made ties with health and religion. -Avery Alexander
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ReplyDeleteI don't think it's leaving religion that makes a person depressed. I think it's all the disapproval by one's peers after they leave. As someone that is religious but about as far off from christian as you can get, I think it's ridiculous that if you disagree with the christian churches views slightly you get discriminated against.
ReplyDeleteLet a person live their own life and not the life you want the to live.
Faith Cleaver