My Father hates my religion choice, I am LDS, how do i get him to get over it?

Answer 1

REMIND HIM THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER HIS CHILD.... YOU ARE AN ADULT AND AS AN ADULT YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE LIFE DECISIONS ON YOUR OWN .....TELL HIM THAT HE RAISED YOU WELL THOUGH.... THIS IS YOUR DECISION YOU LOVE HIM BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOU NOW.... ALSO GIVE AN EXAMPLE LIKE MY RELIGION IS LIKE MARRIAGE YOU WOULD NOT WANT SOME ONE TO CHOOSE YOUR HUSBAND\WIFE FOR YOU WHY WOULD YOU WANT SOMEONE TO PICK YOUR RELIGION.... SAME THING.... GOOD LUCK..... BE BLESSED

Answer 2

You are leaving out a lot of information. I think by choice. Were you raised Catholic, Moslem, Hindu? There is a feeling among some religions that the Mormon faith is an attempt to hijack Christianity and focus on a "different" Messiah. The real question here is why you have entered the LDS faith. If you have truly found your calling and are resolute in your beliefs in the church you have joined, then tell dad that. If, on the other hand, you were approached and recruited, and isolated and convinced, and asked by your church "peers" or "mentors" to disregard your father. You may want to rethink the entire thing. Bottom line, you are the one who has to make the choice. Not the church elders, not your father, not your recruiter, not the pastor, not even God. You. By the way, your father doesn't have to "get over it" any more than you have to quit the Mormon's. He has a right to his opinion and you should respect that right as much as you're asking him to respect your right to choose your conduit to God. It's called the "Golden Rule". Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Answer 3

You made the choice to become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint a.k.a Mormon Church. I know somebody thats going through the same thing right now. That person have been on a mision and his family didn't support him at all. My mother was disown by her parents because she married a Mormon man and she became one too. There are somethings that other people will never understand. I saw that you got some negative answers above. They don't know what you're feeling inside. Your dad too. Everyone was given a free agency to choose what they do with life. I can't tell you to do this or do that. All I can do is respect and support your decision. I think thats what your father should think about. It was never easy for someone who is the only member of the Mormon church in the family. Stick with it and he'll come around. Maybe not now or anytime soon but it will happen. All you have to do is pray and fast about it. Ask Heavenly Father to help your dad see what you see. You can't change somebody unless they choose to do so. Thats why we go to God who makes things possible in his own due time, not our ours. Theres no other way to get help unless you pray and fast about it. Most of these people on here are not members and that should give you an idea of what kind of answers you're going to get. This should be a decision between you and your Heavenly Father, not men. Hope this helps and don't get discourage. Make sure that your dad knows you love him and you respect him and be patience, have faith, it will happen.

Answer 4

In most cases parents try to instill their own values in their children. When the child, makes choices that differ, there will usually be some friction. When it comes to religion, it can become a very hot issue.

The bottom line is you are and will always be his child. There are very few parents who will turn their back on their children, for making choices they don't agree with.

Your father may or may not ever agree with your choice, and trying to force the issue may only make it worse. Give your father time to adjust to your choice, if you are truly happy with your choice, the odds are he will accept it, while not agreeing with it.

I'm sure your dad and you have a lot of other things to talk about, I would suggest avoiding religion for a while.

Answer 5

dear that is not a religion that i would like it... it is not a new religion or anything that I would like to go for ... it is just something that someone ( a human being has made up ) why do not you look at real religions .
I am Hindu,but I am reading about the Baha'i faith and I really like it, I am not sure if I will change or not yet. but I always think that i I want to change my religion I will go for the Baha'i faith, it is the youngest religion does not do anything with any other religion but believe in all... and has so many things that works very well with our world...

I will give you some links:
http://www.bahai.org/
http://www.christianity.com/
http://www.islamworld.net/
http://www.judaism.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
http://www.hindu.org/

Answer 6

His opinion and beliefs are not something that you need to worry about either changing or "fixing". Live your life, practice your faith, and love your father as he is. Over time, he will see that your choices are the right choices for you. If you stop looking at his view of you as broken, then he may be able to see you as right just the way you are.

Answer 7

I recently became a Bahai, and I know what you mean, my family did not like it at the very beginning, they thought that I reject their faith but later on when they got involved with some Baha'i meeting and met some of my good Baha'i friends they changed their mind... now they are so glad that I went after the truth.. and my father is really in to the Baha'i faith.
he like it as it is the youngest of the world's independent religions. It is based on the teachings of Baha'u'llah (1817-1892), Who is regarded by Baha'is as the most recent in a line of Messengers of God that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ, and Muhammad.

Baha'u'llah taught that there is only one God and one human family, that all religions represent progressive stages in the revelation of God's Will, and that humanity is reaching its long-awaited stage of maturity, when a peaceful and just world order can finally be realized.

The worldwide Baha'i community, composed of people from virtually every racial, ethnic and religious background, is working to give practical expression to Baha'u'llah’s vision of world unity. We invite everyone, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity, to study, worship and work with us to bring into reality the vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one home.

so that is was my reason to go aftehr my faith and i fyou have any good reason you do not have to worry about it, they will find that too

Good luck

Answer 8

What in the world is LDS?

He may never "get over it". This may possibly be one of those things you'll just have to agree to disagree on. Doesn't mean that he doesn't love you.

Answer 9

The Mormon religion is dangerous, it may be out of love that your father has for you that he is concerned. The problem with the Mormon religion is that they have a different Jesus from the Jesus that is in the Bible. How is their Jesus different?

The Mormon Jesus is the brother of Lucifer(Satan)
The Jesus of the Bible is the only Son of God

The Mormon Jesus did not pay for my sin, I must be an LDS member to be saved from my sin
The Jesus of the Bible did pay the price for my sin and is all I need to go to heaven

The Mormon Jesus was not always without sin(A doctrine that is hidden from most believers in the Mormon church but is in their writings)
The Jesus of the Bible is unchangeable from eternity past.

The Mormon Jesus is not one with God the Father and God the Spirit
The Jesus of the Bible is one with God the Father and God the Spirit

The God of Mormonism is one god of many gods that exist and not necessarily that great of a god
The God of the Bible is the one and only God and a great, great God

And most importantly, the God of Jesus and Mormonism is not able to save you from your sin.

The Book of Mormon has been found to be unreliable historically.

The Bible has been found to be accurate 100% historically.

LDS claims that the Book of Mormon is more reliable than the Bible because of translations but then contradicts itself by quoting large portions of Isaiah in King James English with translation errors and all.

I pray that your eyes will be opened and that you will find the true Jesus and the true Gospel.

Answer 10

Express your love for him no matter what and then drop it don't make his problem your problem. Accept the fact that he does not agree with your beliefs. And maybe with time he will come to Accept your choices. Don't argue or pressure anyone with different points of views on anything. Just accept the fact that he May never agree with you and love him anyway

Answer 11

well he does not have 2 get over it lol he is a parent.but there r things u both can do so that it does not get into a family fued.u can both agree 2 disagree and let it slide.tell ur dad u do not want 2 fight anymore over this but that u r going 2 be who u r.tell him u love him and respect his opinion u just do not share it.