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Question:

We have a son who wants nothing to do with our religion. This causes us a lot of pain. We can’t support the decision he is making to walk away when we know it is wrong. Besides praying for him, what is the best way to address this?

Answer:

I will give you my opinion, since I am in this situation myself and this approach has worked for us in that we have a beautiful, close, loving relationship with our kids.

[_bcspace]

That and teach them early and often. The Church is part of our lifestyle and as a result, we've not had to push for activity, temple marriage, or missions. It's not an absolute guarantee, but it makes the right things happening much more likely. It is certainly possible to "over Church" kids if you're not careful.

[_Polygamy-Porter]

What a sad reality check.

Yes, Mormonism is all about family.

If you don't believe, you don't belong.

[_The Mighty Builder]

Of course in their Mormonishiciousness Horny Holy Joe and his Cohorts have this covered with the ole "just keep giving us yer money and it will be okay" doctrine. So it really doesn't matter. Right Mormon Bastard Jesus

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Orson F. Whitney:
"You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were his before they were yours-long before he entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as he loves them. They have but strayed in ignorance from the Path of Right, and God is merciful to ignorance. Only the fulness of knowledge brings the fulness of accountability. Our Heavenly Father is far more merciful, infinitely more charitable, than even the best of his servants, and the Everlasting Gospel is mightier in power to save than our narrow finite minds can comprehend.
"The Prophet Joseph Smith declared-and he never taught more comforting doctrine-that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for valiant sevice int he Cause of Truth, would save not only themselves, but likewise their posterity. Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon them, and sooner or later they will feel the tentacles of Divine Providence reaching out after them and drawing them back to the fold. Either in this life or in the life to come, they will return. They will have to pay their debt to justice; they will suffer for their sins; and may tred a thorny path; but if it leads them at last, like the penitent Prodigal, to a loving and forgiving father's heart and home, the painful experience will not have been in vain. Pray for your careless and disobedient children; hold on to them with your faith. Hope on, trust on, till you see the salvation of God"
(in Conference Report, Apr. 1929, 110)

William Clayton Diary
"When speaking of the passage "I will send Elijah the prophet &c" [Joseph] said it should read and he shall turn the hearts of the children to the covenant made with their fathers. Also where it says and they shall seal the servants of God in their foreheads &c it means to seal the blessing on their heads meaning the everlasting covenant thereby making their calling & election sure. When a seal is put upon the father and mother it secures their posterity so that they cannot be lost but will be saved by virtue of the covenant of their father." (emphasis added)
(both in Words of Joseph Smith, pp. 241-42)

President James E. Faust
“Perhaps in this life we are not given to fully understand how enduring the sealing cords of righteous parents are to their children. It may very well be that there are more helpful sources at work than we know. I believe there is a strong familial pull as the influence of beloved ancestors continues with us from the other side of the veil.”
(Conference Report, April 2003, p. 68)

President Lorenzo Snow
“Yes, in the next life we will have our wives, and our sons and daughters. If we do not get them all at once, we will have them some time, for every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus is the Christ. You that are mourning about your children straying away will have your sons and your daughters. If you succeed in passing through these trials and afflictions and receive a resurrection, you will, by the power of the Priesthood, work and labor, as the Son of God has, until you get all your sons and daughters in the path of exaltation and glory. This is just as sure as the sun rose this morning over yonder mountains.
Therefore, mourn not because all your sons and daughters do not follow in the path that you have marked out to them, or give heed to you counsels. Inasmuch as we succeed in securing eternal glory, and stand as saviors, and as kings and priests to our God, we will save our posterity. . . . God will have His own way in his own time, and He will accomplish His purposes in the salvation of His sons and daughters. . . . God bless you, brethren and sisters. Do not be discouraged is the word I wish to pass to you. . . .” (address delivered 6 Oct. 1893; in Stuy, Collected Discourses, 3:364-65)

[_Harold Lee]

Is this seriously all you need to become a "life coach"?

http://www.trunity.net/claritypoint/art ... opic=47172

That's the most vague and verbose resume I've ever read. Call me Coach Lee from now on, I'm an RM.