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SilentDawning wrote:
A few considerations:
2. If you have kids, then two Churches will confuse the heck out of them. It’s hard enough when you’re a kid. Personally I think it’s better to give them one philosophy to get the most spirituality out of, so they don’t reject religion in general, or have fleeting commitment to different religions the rest of their life. Get the personal spirituality lessons and orientation out of one religion which represents their springboard. They can choose for themselves when they get older, but at least give them a stable foundation in one philosophy. If kids are even part of your mix.
I have raised my children free souls to choose a religion of their choice or to not choose at all. After a certain age, I did not force or coerce them to do anything they didn’t want to in regards to religion. When the youth directors from the church visit or ask them to go to a function, it is their choice. If they say yes out of guilt or pressure then they will have to learn to do otherwise.
SamBee wrote:Brian Johnston wrote:
What counts as joining BTW?It’s just a meeting as far as I know right now. I haven’t heard of any baptisms. It’s a church where all religious faiths are welcome so I don’t believe it’s much more than that.
Cadence wrote:I think the vast majority of members that do home teaching do not like it. Maybe some do but it is just another one of those things that is ingrained in the church that they can not seem to change. Surely there are better ways to check on the members other that assigning friends.
The feeling of the entire program has lost it’s savor with me. My intentions for visiting teaching in the past were to drop some sort of lesson on them in hoping they will come back to the church. I forgive myself for doing this as it’s what I thought I was supposed to do and yet have been very offended by those who come only for that reason. I’ve had one good experience with visiting teachers which left me with an endearing relationship 10 years later. This is the model I will emulate. Sometimes they gave me lessons. Sometimes I gave them lessons. Many times it was just visiting and fellowshipping with no hidden agendas. This stands true of my friend even today. She stands by me through my disaffection and she herself is a practicing LDS person.
SilentDawning wrote:
4. One leader said each person is responsible for their own activity in the Church. They didn’t see it as their role to keep people active.Comments? Valid points here? Invalid?
I have to stand up for my current ward on this topic. My bishop and a few other members of our ward know of my disaffection and still visit my home seeking us out to come back to church. Sometimes more than others but they are still there nonetheless. My home ward in another state, this was not true. When I struggled with my testimony, it’s as if I had leprosy.
