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Just a quick survey-like topic… I was wondering how many of us on the board had parents that had faith crises as well. The reason I ask is that while I was growing up my dad was very, let’s say… liberal. Eventually he got put on the “cannot teach” list for Elder’s quorum, and in many ways was ostracized for awhile. I’ve often wondered whether this contributed to my questioning attitude towards the church, which directly led to my faith crisis.
How about you? Did you grow up in a family that one or both of your parents had a faith crisis?
I had uberorthodox parents in all ways except where they weren’t. :lolno: But since then I have one who has passed through a faith crisis and come out 100% unbelieving. I didn’t even know until I had my own crisis.:wtf: My parents are orthodox and my in-laws are uber orthodox. It makes it impossible to have meaningful discussions if your foundational premise is science is always wrong if a prophet says otherwise. As for my role teaching my own children, I think it’s my duty to teach them what I perceive to be the truth. If it’s more of an opinion, or if my orthodox wife disagrees, then I will state that my teachings are merely opinion and that they have to learn for themselves. I use the phrase “I don’t know” a lot when it comes to church stuff.
I’m not roadrunner commenting under a different name, but I could have written that comment. My mother converted a couple of months before my birth and has always been an orthodox TBM. My father was a jack Mormon who came back to activity after a 15-year hiatus when I was about 12. He toed the line, but I wasn’t really sure how orthodox he was, although once he came back he was fairly orthoprax. As I’ve said before, I don’t consider my situation a “faith crisis.” I consider it a “faith epiphany.” I have not shared any of my situation with my mother; my dad passed away several years before I started on the Middle Way.
My parents are converts, very observant, been presidents of auxilliaries and my dad was a bishop and in bishoprics. But they are in the church because they were questioning people. They still are questioning people. They speak their mind. But they’ve never lived in a Mormon-heavy area like Utah, Idaho or Arizona. I think they would have a hard time with the culture for the same reasons I sometimes did. My parents did not have a faith crises,they just never bought into all the hype. If they would have had the Internet they most likely would have left My mother is fairly orthodox but my father… As I’ve gotten older I’ve noted that my dad (who is quite devout) often express some fairly nontraditional attitudes. My in laws, love ’em, but they are strictly social Mormons. For me questioning is not hereditary, I come from long pioneer lines that revere faith and obedience above all else. Many of the comments I grew up with equal what Roadrunner said (revelation/scripture is more trustworthy than science) and things like “you will be blessed for your obedience even if your leader is wrong.” In my opinion I never would have had significant difficulty with the church if I had been taught to think and question, see leaders as good hearted mortals, and find my own path within the church framework.
alltruth wrote:Just a quick survey-like topic…I was wondering how many of us on the board had parents that had faith crises as well. The reason I ask is that while I was growing up my dad was very, let’s say… liberal. Eventually he got put on the “cannot teach” list for Elder’s quorum, and in many ways was ostracized for awhile.
I’ve often wondered whether this contributed to my questioning attitude towards the church, which directly led to my faith crisis…How about you? Did you grow up in a family that one or both of your parents had a faith crisis? Both of my parents have always been fairly strict TBMs. If anything I think their influence probably delayed my faith crisis. I still haven’t told them I don’t believe in the Church anymore and maybe I never will. For whatever reason my personality and preferences are quite different from theirs and it has always been much harder for me to not notice or worry much about apparent problems with the Church than it was for them as far back as I can remember.
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