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Interesting. After several years of struggling, the things that are most keeping me in the church are the expectations of my immediate and extended families. I know that leaving the church, or even becoming ‘less active’ would cause a lot of grief, much like you expressed regarding your younger brother. I also want to provide stability during my daughter’s teenage years. I wonder how many church members are living this way. I am also intrigued by the idea that being LDS is as much ethnicity as it is religion. It sure feels that way for me. silentstruggle wrote:I am also intrigued by the idea that being LDS is as much ethnicity as it is religion.
Your tribe is your tribe. Or as the Arbinger Institute might say, “You are already in the Best Of All Possible Situations.”
What struck me about your introduction is your tightrope between teaching your children the gospel and SMA, as well as helping them develop what you called “rebellion”. Which, I know you didn’t mean, just like I used the word “violence” in a previous post and didn’t mean it. Perhaps you meant “developing their own personal meaning about the gospel” or something similar. My family was away on one Sunday recently, and I farmed out my Church responsibilities to others, and just stayed home. I went shopping for something I needed and didn’t want to wait for, the next day. I realized that if I didn’t have family, or children, I probably wouldn’t go anymore. Ouch!!!!! My children are the main motivator, as well as my desire to keep my wife happy. I would feel eternally depressed if I started infusing contrarion beliefs into my children, and saw them reject the gospel as a result.
I do have testimony, and think I would probably go back again after reinventing myself as a Mormon (something I’m doing right now, but as an active person since it’s just too threatening to unravel the Mormon life I’ve created around me).
So, I feel some kinship with you regarding teaching your children the gospel, while maintaining one’s own interpretatino of the gospel at the same time. I realized you introduced yourself some time ago, but I thought I’d respond since I’ve enjoyed may of your posts so far….
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