been my best friend since 3rd grade please help he has already seen the bishop im worried about him
2007-06-25 19:07:40 · 11 answers · asked by thekidwithoutabrain 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How is he not worthy any more? Dying your hair black and writing sad poetry isnt exactly wrong. Please explain more. Just be there for your friend. Listen to what he has to say, and have a real interest in helping him with whatever is troubling him. Maybe you could go with him to a school counselor
2007-06-26 07:14:32 · answer #1 · answered by Encyclopedia Magandaca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 22:08:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your friend has a serious emotional issue, the bishop is normally unequipped to handle this. "Prayer and scripture study" only makes church or 'worthiness' issues much worse, and if his parents refuse to let him see a professional (not a church leader), he may become another unpublished mormon 'statistic'.
The never-attainable 'worthiness' doctrine affects many young men deeply and severely, and ultimately may destroy themselves with undeserved guilt and shame.
Now it the time to be the 'best' part of 'best friend'.
2007-06-26 04:27:31 · answer #3 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anyone is worthy!?
Now that's an interesting thought.
Brings justification by works right back into the frame.
2007-06-25 19:16:35 · answer #4 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why worry? I know he's your friend and you're concerned, but in reality it's none of your business. It is his life and his choice, and you have no right to try to convince him to change and conform to what you want. If he doesn't want to do something, it wouldn't be very friend-like to make him change his ideas so you'd be more comfortable with him. How would you feel if he tried to convince you to live more like him? Put yourself into his shoes. Sorry.
2007-06-25 19:14:19 · answer #5 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you have something to worry about or not. Mormons worry about the outside of people, but when I went Punk as a Mormon, it was to get dad to stop being attracted to me, he was an extreme OCD Mormon and was sexually attracted to me, this kid may not have problems like this and what is going on inside of him, may not have anything to do with what you see on the outside, as long as he is not on drugs, or swearing or smoking or hanging out with the wrong crowd, he is still a mormon with a differnat look.
There are many emo's Goth and weird looking teens in our nondenominational church, and skaters to, we except them as they look and have no problem with how they look on th outside. They worship God and even partisipate in leadership positions in the church, thsi brings other teens who arelike them to the church and then they get saved and they become involved in the church as well and bring more teens like them, its one thing you mormons have not realized, in trying to be to squeeky clean looking.
2007-06-26 13:57:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
2007-06-25 19:22:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did his parents ever consider taking him to a professional? He might be suffering from depression.
2007-06-26 01:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a friend like that... a little too much LSD for him, too. He got all weird for a while. i hear he's doing well now, though.
2007-06-25 19:16:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
emos aren't worthy?
wow, that's a new one.
2007-06-25 19:10:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋