Seminary Dilemma

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_Chap
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Re: Seminary Dilemma

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bcspace wrote:
A sure way to snuff the spirit of a wonderful child if you ask me.


Of course he doesn't want to go. He has an out in you.

Having had many kids go through seminary myself, I'd say it is YOU, because you're not united with your wife in proper spiritual training whose snuffing out the spirit of your child.


Yup.

The more a child dislikes doing something, the more certain one should be as a parent that making him do it is the right thing to do. Always. That way, they are prepared for the world they will inhabit as good TBM's. It's kind of like a negative warm fuzzy.
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Re: Seminary Dilemma

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Yahoo Bot wrote:If my wife said something I didn't like About our kids and church I would find it cowardly and disloyal to air these concerns publicly.



Even more cowardly if she didn't publicly announce herself as the wife of Yahoo Bot.
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_jon
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Re: Seminary Dilemma

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Personally, no matter the size nor location of your cahoonies, I would be tempted to roll with it.
Don't be seen to support it, just don't get in the way. Any grief from your son will then be directed at your wife. If he whinges to you about it 'sorry son, you need to talk your mum about this one'.

If there start to be issues with normal schooling, then would be the time to enter into a plea bargain on his behalf.
'Church pictures are not always accurate' (The Nehor May 4th 2011)

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Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.
_KimberlyAnn
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Re: Seminary Dilemma

Post by _KimberlyAnn »

Turk, is your son attending church most Sundays? If so, then I don't see why your wife should be allowed to demand that your son also attend seminary. Why should her demands be met just because she's a Mormon?

Tell your wife that your son is not going to seminary if he doesn't want to go. If your son attends church on Sundays because your wife wants him to, then that's good enough, for God's sake. It is my experience that TBM's will continue with their whining and demanding until someone with enough guts brings it to a grinding halt. For your son's sake, that someone may have to be you.

Personally, I think it a mistake to pit your son against his mother. Leave the boy out of it and deal with your wife privately. Put your foot down.

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_Chap
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Re: Seminary Dilemma

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moksha wrote:
Yahoo Bot wrote:If my wife said something I didn't like About our kids and church I would find it cowardly and disloyal to air these concerns publicly.



Even more cowardly if she didn't publicly announce herself as the wife of Yahoo Bot.


Stop stalking this man's family, penguin.
Zadok:
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
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