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I resigned several years ago and am considering rebaptism. Has anyone ever done this? What was your experience? Were there a lot of hoops and humiliation involved?

Boilermaker wrote:I resigned several years ago and am considering rebaptism. Has anyone ever done this? What was your experience? Were there a lot of hoops and humiliation involved?

Are you nucking futs?

Why did you resign, and what on earth would bring to to rejoin?

Polygamy-Porter wrote:Are you nucking futs?

Why did you resign, and what on earth would bring to to rejoin?

That's not something I feel comfortable discussing at this point.

Don Bradley's had a good experience going back. I think you'd have to be going for the right reasons (i.e., actually believing), or it wouldn't work.

Bob Loblaw wrote:Don Bradley's had a good experience going back. I think you'd have to be going for the right reasons (i.e., actually believing), or it wouldn't work.

My belief would be considered backwards by most people. I have a belief in the institutional church more than I have a belief in some of its traditional doctrines. My belief wouldn't go much beyond the Articles of Faith.

Boilermaker wrote:My belief would be considered backwards by most people. I have a belief in the institutional church more than I have a belief in some of its traditional doctrines. My belief wouldn't go much beyond the Articles of Faith.

Then it just depends on how willing you are to go along with the program and teachings.

Boilermaker,

I don't consider this a regression. I am good friends with Don Bradley, and I would be happy to put you in touch with him. He became an atheist, formally resigned, but then regained his testimony and rejoined. You would find him to be a very intelligent, sympathetic, and engaging person to talk to. Just let me know, and I would be excited to get you two together.

I am sure he would be open to however you choose to view the Church as well.

All best,

K

Hi Boilermaker,

I too left the Church and was an ex-mormon/atheist for over 10 years. I did not resign however. I just left and thought the Church, God, and the Gospel was a complete joke and waste of time. The important thing, if you are returning, is to be born again in the Lord and be spiritually awakened. Repentance is merely a willingness to change and follow the Lord.

Anyway, if you've left the Church and resigned, then you have already been baptized. I would speak with the Lord and if you feel it is the right thing to do after speaking with him, then ask to be re-baptized. As far as I am concerned, baptism is a commandment from the Lord and an outward sign that you have been born again. It can be a wonderful event in your life with your friends, family and loved ones to show your commitment to the Lord as well, but be sure it is what the Lord wants because your salvation is between you and the Lord and nobody else.

Regards,

Tobin

Boilermaker wrote:

Bob Loblaw wrote:Don Bradley's had a good experience going back. I think you'd have to be going for the right reasons (i.e., actually believing), or it wouldn't work.

My belief wouldn't go much beyond the Articles of Faith.

Do you think that the founders of the LDS church should be held to the standards set forth in those 12 Articles of Faith?

Boilermaker wrote:I resigned several years ago and am considering rebaptism. Has anyone ever done this? What was your experience? Were there a lot of hoops and humiliation involved?

It depends on your situation. I was re-baptised in 1995, but six years later decided, for various reasons, to have my name removed. That was 11 years ago, so my decision not to return has been fairly solid. Because I was a bishop, and had written/published what could be classed as anti-Mormon writing*, clearance to receive back "temple blessings" (priesthood) went all the way to a member of the Quorum of the Twelve.

Without such complications re-baptism might be fairly smooth. There can be "hoops" involved, if like me, you refuse to accept as a condition of rebaptism to not read "anti-Mormon" literature. After much debate, I got past that hurdle, and continued reading Dialogue and Sunstone.

* Opinions on this were divided, with some, including bishops, offering the opinion that it was not anti-Mormon.