Leaving Religion in Mongolia
Religious context: Tibetan Buddhist majority (~53%) with strong shamanic tradition and growing "no religion" (~38%); small Christian and Muslim minorities.
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The Shape of Leaving in Mongolia
Mongolia is Buddhist as a country. The dominant religious context is: Tibetan Buddhist majority (~53%) with strong shamanic tradition and growing "no religion" (~38%); small Christian and Muslim minorities.
Mongolia is mostly Buddhist or Buddhist-cultural, and a Western-style deconstruction is rarer here than in monotheistic-majority countries. The harder exits in Mongolia are usually from the new religious movements, from Christian missionary churches, or from Jehovah’s Witnesses. Pick the pillar page that fits the specific community you came out of.
Leaving organized religion in Mongolia is, for most people, a private and largely social affair. The wider culture is secular enough that being non-religious is unremarkable, and the cost is mostly inside the immediate family rather than across the community.
Pillar Pages for Mongolia
Which tradition you came out of matters more than what country you are in. These pillar pages are written specifically for the religious traditions most present in Mongolia.
Topics Most Relevant in Mongolia
The texture of the family rupture, the guilt, and the rebuild varies by country. These after-leaving pages tend to be the most useful for people from Mongolia.
The guilt that does not switch off
For people who left their religion and still feel guilty for things that used to be sins. Why the guilt persists, what it actually is, and what reliably helps it loosen.
Finding friends after the church
For people who lost their friend group when they left the religion they were raised in. Honest writing on how adult friendships actually form, and why the loneliness after leaving is not permanent.
What do you actually believe now
For people in deconstruction who do not know what they believe anymore. Why the question is harder than it looks, why you do not have to answer it on a deadline, and a few things that have helped people find their way.
Cities in Mongolia
32 cities in Mongolia. The texture of leaving is often more local than national \u2014 leaving Catholicism in Salt Lake City is not the same as leaving the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, and city-level context matters.
Ulan Bator
845K
Erdenet
80K
Darhan
74K
Khovd
31K
Ölgii
28K
Ulaangom
28K
Hovd
28K
Murun-kuren
28K
Bayanhongor
26K
Arvayheer
26K
Sühbaatar
24K
Saynshand
20K
Dzüünharaa
19K
Зуунмод
18K
Bulgan
17K
Uliastay
16K
Baruun-Urt
16K
Altai
16K
Mandalgovi
15K
Dalandzadgad
15K
Undurkhaan
15K
Dzuunmod
15K
Choyr
10K
Tosontsengel
10K
Kharkhorin
9K
Tsengel
8K
Tsetserleg
6K
Turt
2K
Ulaanhudag
2K
Altanbulag
500
Ereencav
23
Choibalsan
23
From Mongolia? Tell Me What You Grew Up In.
What you were raised on. What started cracking. Where you are now. Be as specific as you can. I read every message myself and reply within a day or two.
Personal advice, not therapy. Email is free.