Get them while they are young

[_bcspace]

By the way BC, I have it on good authority that one of my active LDS friends thinks that I, I assume as an apostate, is a danger to his/her children. That is breathtakingly strange don't you think. I am more than happy for my friend to talk to my son about the church, and give opinions and even bear testimony. It's then my son's choice to investigate further if he wants to.

Not strange. Apostasy leads away from salvation and the truths of eternal life.

[_Buffalo]

By the way BC, I have it on good authority that one of my active LDS friends thinks that I, I assume as an apostate, is a danger to his/her children. That is breathtakingly strange don't you think. I am more than happy for my friend to talk to my son about the church, and give opinions and even bear testimony. It's then my son's choice to investigate further if he wants to.

Not strange. Apostasy leads away from salvation and the truths of eternal life.

If you're trying to dissuade people from thinking the church is a dangerous cult, you're doing a terrible job.

[_Mary]

For goodness sake bc, what truths?

[_Eric]

If you're having trouble indoctrinating your kids, there is help:

http://www.troubledLDSteen.com/

[_Infymus]

So the absurdity of anti-Mormonism can be indoctrinated at a very young age? Old news.

Yes. As soon as my children are 18 months old I will starting showing them pictures of Joesph Smith and telling them 'this man was a false prophet.' Then when they are a little older I will have them get up in front of large groups of people and have them testify 'I know the church is not true. I know the Book of Abraham papyrus is an ordinary Funeral document. I know Joseph Smith practiced polyandry.'
Even if they choose to reject my teachings I will force them to endure at least 3 hours of it every week until they turn 18. Also if they reject my teachings it will strain and perhaps destroy our relationship completely.

Absolutely revolting, and yet I can provide hundreds - literally - hundreds and hundreds - of this exact story through Ex-Mormons. I've got too many to count on the Mormon Curtain to start. More can be found on RFM and throughout recovery circles.

Mormonism is truly sickening.

[_sock puppet]

When I first saw this thread's title, I thought this was going to be one of those fun, "Breed 'em Young University" humor threads.

[_Rambo]

I was just thinking of this topic.

I saw a street preaher the other day saying that if people didn't repent they would go to hell. I kind of felt like going up and talking to the guy. See if I could get him to question what he was saying. I was with a friend so I decided not to.

I mentioned to my friend that I was once like him. Now I see how crazy you seem to everyone else. I mentioned that the poor guy was stuck in religion. My friend said the reason why he is preaching like that is because it is his personality. My friends seems to think that people that are religious want to be religious because it is part of there personality. I think this may be true for some but it was not the case with me. To be honest I really did not like to much about church but I felt like I was stuck in it. If I didn't go then I would not make it to the CK. Me being religious was not becaue of my personality it was because of being stuck in religion. I think my personality drove me to follow that religion as much as I could.

These quotes really relate to me. My parents and church members really indoctrinated me while I was young and it sure lasted a long time.

[_Rambo]

Doesn't describe my upbringing, or the upbringing of my children. I have, by my own choice, been exposed to literature produced by the critics of the LDS Church a large majority of my 52 years, and nobody ever told me that doubt was "the first step to eternal perdition."

You know your not suppose to look at those anti Mormon material right? If your not teaching your childern not to look at it then you are not following church council.

He indicated that he was satisfied with my explanations.

Did you guys watch the Book of Abraham video together and how did you explain that? I dare you to show him that video.

Both daughters are currently showing indications they may choose to come back to activity in the future.

Have you shown your daughters what the critics have to say about Mormonism?

[_KevinSim]

You know your not suppose to look at those anti Mormon material right? If your not teaching your childern not to look at it then you are not following church council.

Telling my children not to look at anti-Mormon material has struck me as being so foreign to what I'm all about, that I've never brought myself to tell them stuff like that. I'm just not the type of guy that would tell his children something like that. If that's "not following church council," then go ahead and brand me a maverick.

Did you guys watch the Book of Abraham video together and how did you explain that? I dare you to show him that video.

You can dare me all you want, for all the good it'll do you. My son asked me to explain the controversy, not illustrate it. If my son mentions the video you're talking about and wants me to watch it with him, that would be a different matter, but right now I have no plans to actually get my hands on any actual critical literature, either in video or written form.

Have you shown your daughters what the critics have to say about Mormonism?

No. My daughters have never asked me to explain the controversies like my son has.

[_zeezrom]

So the absurdity of anti-Mormonism can be indoctrinated at a very young age? Old news.

I was going to show my kids The God Makers film but the funniest thing has happened. They just don't give a crap about religion.