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- Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:42 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What to Say to Son
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3254
Re: What to Say to Son
My son was ordained a deacon yesterday. It was unexpectedly painful. He seemed to have an unvoiced opinion about the idea of me performing the ordination, so last week I asked him who he wanted to perform the ordination. He was silent. I gave him a hug and told him that I will always love him no mat...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:45 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Science/Religion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1518
Re: Science/Religion
Interesting topic Hagoth. I would change the definition of religion, it's less of a methodology in my view. Something like: Religion: A set of beliefs related to any or all of the following - morality, god(s), premortal/after-life, epistemology, the purpose of life, and more. This is an extremely br...
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:08 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What would you do?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 952
Re: What would you do?
It doesn't need an announcement, but it doesn't need to be hidden either. If it comes up in conversation and your child is public about it then tell your family member.
- Sun Dec 25, 2022 12:46 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Merry Christmas to all my Nomies
- Replies: 9
- Views: 875
Re: Merry Christmas to all my Nomies
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all! Thanks for being part of this great community. I hope it’s a great day/season for each of you.
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:14 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: How do you label yourself regarding your belief?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4395
Re: How do you label yourself regarding your belief?
I think some "miracles" can be explained but some makes one wonder. How do you explain those that seem too unlikely to have happened? For me, - I've seen enough normal stories turned into miracles/supernatural events after enough time or enough retelling to reject any non-first-hand miracle claims ...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 11:02 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: We seek praise and to be praiseworthy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 603
Re: We seek praise and to be praiseworthy
I think you can always find connections with a few things, good food, music, appreciation of nature, health. We're all just people, live, laugh, love and all that. This is a great point. It's something I've known intellectually but struggled to actually implement. It is hard for me to get past the ...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:59 am
- Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
- Topic: Spent a few hours with family
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14657
Re: Spent a few hours with family
I'm sorry to hear your grandmother did that to you. Was it actually pleasant at times?
My family had our annual advent gathering recently. It was a mixed experience.
My family had our annual advent gathering recently. It was a mixed experience.
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:58 am
- Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
- Topic: Advent with Extended Family
- Replies: 1
- Views: 12566
Advent with Extended Family
My family had our annual advent gathering recently. It was a rollercoaster. Good: - Singing Christmas songs together - Sharing a few gifts - Reinforcing our connection Bad: - The story of how at the school Christmas concert the arrangement of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" was so powerful beca...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:44 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: We seek praise and to be praiseworthy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 603
We seek praise and to be praiseworthy
I ran across a great quote recently from Adam Smith, the "Invisible Hand" Scottish guy from economics. Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love. He naturally dreads, not only to be hated, but to be hateful; or t...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:26 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: The Ward Weirdo and other stereotypes?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2682
Re: The Ward Weirdo and other stereotypes?
The mean old guy
The Aussie or Kiwi family who is allowed to swear because they aren't swear words where they are from
The lady who makes even the most terrible news into something positive. Then she gives a talk that's a how-to guide for toxic positivity.
The Aussie or Kiwi family who is allowed to swear because they aren't swear words where they are from
The lady who makes even the most terrible news into something positive. Then she gives a talk that's a how-to guide for toxic positivity.
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:22 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: How do you label yourself regarding your belief?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4395
Re: How do you label yourself regarding your belief?
I'm a misotheist. (That means that I hate God, not that I worship Japanese soup. Although...) I was enormously relieved to find that there is a word for it, and that it's not even all that uncommon of a belief. I'd never heard of misotheist. Is that theist or atheist or both? Like, from a theist pe...
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 1:04 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Relaxed mission attire
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2098
Re: Relaxed mission attire
But the Mormons, they are the ones who read it and ring anyway, because they aren’t just any religion, they are special. Normal people have and respect boundaries, but the way the church operates, it teaches disrespect for boundaries. You get called to an appointment with no idea what it is about. ...
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 12:47 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Are Converts more likely to leave? If so, why?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 959
Re: Are Converts more likely to leave? If so, why?
My dad is an adult convert. For him I think the church was where his skepticism of the world led him and he is happy there. He is conspiracy-minded and the church has enough in the doctrine and culture to check that box for him. It's odd, because if he pointed his conspiracy thought beam at the chur...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:58 pm
- Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
- Topic: My mom
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13646
Re: My mom
She did respond, saying in part that therapists in general get her angry. I learned this from my therapist, relaying their conversation. I'm just trying to get my mom to understand my point of view and not dismiss it because she thinks I'm inferior to her, and maybe disabuse her of all the anti-tra...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:16 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Solution to Brethren/LGBTQ War
- Replies: 7
- Views: 778
Re: Solution to Brethren/LGBTQ War
Cut down on the number of times you preach on the the subject. Eventually stop preaching on the subject for several years. Turn the culture war into a generation war. Pit the older generation that remembers all the harmful teachings against a younger generation that never heard them, then gaslight ...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:20 am
- Forum: Mixed Faith Relationships
- Topic: My mom
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13646
Re: My mom
I put my therapist in contact with my mom, and I've learned that therapists in general get her angry. Did your mom speak with the therapist, or just get angry at the thought of it? I tried to bring my DW to therapy with me to work through the issues related to my faith transition and discovered the...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:14 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What to Say to Son
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3254
Re: What to Say to Son
Thank you for the kind words of validation and support, it means a lot.
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:29 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Declining church-goers and creative changes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 813
Re: Declining church-goers and creative changes
Like others have said the church organization is not currently setup to make such massive pivots. In fact they have been steadily going the opposite direction for decades. Taking away interesting activities and forcing everything to be tied to something doctrinal. Standardizing everything. The garde...
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:23 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What to Say to Son
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3254
Re: What to Say to Son
The high of sharing that I don't believe the stuff at church was followed the next day with a low of attending the Priesthood Preview. Quite an emotional beating. The primary president had to stall for a few minutes before the bishop arrived and shared her experience growing up watching the boys adv...
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:11 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What to Say to Son
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3254
Re: What to Say to Son
That sounds about as good as you can expect and I love that his response was to get back to gaming. :lol: Sometimes with these things the anticipation is so much worse than the actual conversation, but glad it went OK - someday he'll probably want to know more about your story, but this way you at ...