It's interesting how this mirrors other religions. I've read forums where Mormons openly talk about losing their faith and there's a lot of people that just dec

It's interesting how this mirrors other religions. I've read forums where Mormons openly talk about losing their faith and there's a lot of people that just decide to fake it because they love their spouse and their kids and they don't want the inevitable rift to tear apart their family. And there are definitely stories from people who ended up confessing to their spouse, resulting in the spouse divorcing them and the community rallying around the spouse, with former church friends just cutting off contact. That's basically their entire lives—with that much at stake, it's no wonder people just pretend. And (most) Mormons aren't nearly as orthodox as Hassidim (anecdotally it seems the friends and family cutting off contact thing is mostly Utah Mormons—places where the Mormon population is lower don't appear to have as many of those types of issues, though there are definitely outliers in both cases) From what I've heard, Jehovah's Witnesses also have a very hard time—even family members are encouraged to shun a person who has been disfellowshipped. Peer pressure can really suck.