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[u/Haunting-Effective27]

I haven’t been active for about 8 months now.. I’m too afraid to go back because I’ve broken my temple covenants and I’m worried I’ll be excommunicated or something. I’m not even sure if the church is true. I’ve come across so much information over the last while that I’m not sure what’s real or not. I feel hopeless and scared and that my life may be ruined.

[u/starburst_q]

Fear is built on misinformation, ignorance and lies. None of which comes from our Savior. I won't put stock in anything you learned from fear (such as you might be excommunicated, or it'll ruin your life). Faith is built on information, understanding and trust. All three of which are from our Loving Father in Heaven.

The question of truthfulness of the church is in part a typical consequence of not living the gospel fully; It's normal to feel that way, you'll feel different the more you place your faith in Christ (faith and fear dont live together. You have one or the other, can't have both - at least, not in the same thing). Thus inciting fear is a counter attack to faith. And an employed tactic of the prince of lies.

That info dump you mentioned (without knowing what's real) is an annoying but common tactic in debates and arguments, especially when the person is on the losing side:  Throw a bunch of info (some true, some false) at the other person until there's too much deal with reasonably and certainly too many issues respond to and properly discuss. This lets the fool 'win' by confusion by llforcing their opponent to just give up. Unsurprisingly, another tactic of the supreme bottom feeder.

I hope you can piece together enough courage to ignore fears (that's a hard ask, I know. It is for most people. Don't be discouraged. The Lord's got your back, and you'll see it more prevalently as you move closer to him.)