I'm sure that the ex-mos here that were / are in similar situation would agree. It is a societal conditioning as much as a religious conditioning.
placemarker
My wife is LDS and I have such a hard time understanding the control and hold that the church has on all of its members even the ones who don’t go to church.
It is cultural to the core. They are afraid of life without the church. I tell my wife this and I hardly get a fight. It is not about beliefs but about community and your image in that community.