What is the doctrine on this since they were baptized? I would rather hear from experience since it is not easy to ask sombody this right out.
2006-08-06 06:22:08 · 5 answers · asked by Sqwrll F 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I mean they left for good, sorry about the spell check
2006-08-06 12:55:03 · update #1
Hmm, do you mean leave temporarily or leave permanently? I once had a friend whose brother left the Church, and it was about 2 or 3 years before he decided he needed to come back. He had to start all over again and get re-baptized. In the meantime, I know the family went through a lot of soul-searching and wondering what they could do to help him see that the principles he had grown up with were correct, in spite of the anti-Mormon materials a minister in another faith had bombarded him with. Because I was close to the family at the time, I also felt bad and made an effort to start searching out anything I could find to counter those anti-Mormon materials. By the time I found one or more definitive books to refute and explain every one of those anti-Mormon claims, the brother was already in the process of coming back into the Church. I learned a lot about how you have to let people get answers on their own, and I believe most Mormon families will continue to try to reach out and invite their children to come to family activities, etc. Now that may depend on the reason the children left the Church, or what kind of lifestyle they are involved in. If they have become deeply involved in lifestyles which are extremely dangerous physically and spiritually, the family may feel a need to keep their distance - not because they don't love their children, but because there are some lifestyles which could prove hazardous for anyone living nearby - say like drug abuse, but I would bet they will keep praying for them.
If you are referring to temporary inactivity, well, I could relate to that with the fact that my little brother is not attending church for now. He is 18, but he will participate in family prayer and scriptures for maybe 10 minutes once a week, not without some grumbling about the scriptures, though. So maybe we would consider him marginally active. We are hoping that when the time is right, he will want to come back to church and be more active, but we recognize his free agency. I think most of his friends right now are inactive, so they may all decide to come back together to church in the near future.
2006-08-06 07:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I, myself is not a momon but a good friend of mine is. She said that she is not allowed to break off from teh relegion, if she does her family will disown her. now i don't knwo if thst'a the families choice or the churches, thats just the deal with my friend.
I know this probably didnt help but it's all I have.
2006-08-06 06:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by Miss. Advice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its ok as long as the kid doesnt have attention deficit and move to Washington coz that would be LDS with HDSD living in DC.
2006-08-06 06:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
really can be a lengthy discussion. If you want to know, email me privately. In any case they would feel the same as any parent from any denomination- concerned for their kids.
2006-08-06 06:27:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they feel sad, because they believe families are forever and when one falls away they believe they will not be together in the next life.
2006-08-06 06:27:47 · answer #5 · answered by gruntlicker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋