Why am I paranoid? I don't think I was supposed to be disfellowshipped in the first place.
2007-09-29 19:15:34 · 7 answers · asked by lovehawaii_23 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you did something that needs to be handled with his assistance, then you have to go. He cannot excommunicate you on his own. Pray, go, and talk.
2007-09-29 19:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by LDS Mom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you dont think you should have been disfellowshipped in the first place then you might want to look at yourself and your pride issues.
I have a friend, a wonderful person, that as a younger person messed up a few times with a boyfriend. She wanted to repent and she went to her Bishop. He told her not to take the sacrament and she couldnt hold a calling as part of her repentance process. Well months went by and he still refused to let her get off this disciplinary process. She started complaining about how other people in her situation wasnt on it so long and she had a few bad things to say about the Bishop. Well listening to her complain sort of confirmed to me that the Bishop was probably right about keeping her on this disciplinary action because she just wasnt very humble about how her actions had caused this to all occur. I really think it was her attitude and her need for a bit of responsiblity and humility that held her back.
Eventually she did sort of change her attitude and she was completely taken off any of the disciplinary stuff. She soon after went on to serve a mission and is a very strong active member.
You need to pray and trust that it will work in a way it should. Some people are given longer or harsher actions then others based on things like if they have gone thru the temple or served a mission.
Be sincere in your repentance process and even if a Bishop is being unfair, because he is human too, you will not suffer in the long term by following his council.
2007-09-29 19:22:40 · answer #2 · answered by cadisneygirl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One thing you need to understand is that whether someone gets disfellowshipped, or excommunicated, or neither, is not always dependent on what type of sin they committed; it is also very dependent on their degree of repentance and their attitude about the whole thing. Someone who is very penitent and feels godly sorrow for their sins is more likely to receive full fellowship sooner than someone who committed the same misdeeds but is not remorseful for their actions. The difference is that one has truly repented and the other hasn't.
One time I was really nervous about confessing something to my bishop, because I did not know if it was something that might have caused me to get excommunicated. Fortunately it wasn't, but I still went to my bishop with the attitude that I needed to confess this and accept whatever consequences came my way. I believe that having the right attitude and being truly repentant helped a lot.
2007-09-29 19:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by all star 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your bishop can't excommunicate you. You would have to go before the high council. So quit worrying and go work things out with your bishop.
2007-09-29 19:19:29 · answer #4 · answered by gumby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Somehow I suspect it's because somewhere or another you're not being honest with yourself and with God.
You shouldn't be asking questions like this here. It's not our concern why you're being excommunicated or whatever. And I advise you not share the story here or with anyone else besides your bishop.
2007-09-29 19:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by Lex 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you feel paranoia, if you don't want to talk to the bishop because you're afraid you'll be ex'd, perhaps you should take a good, long hard look at what you did to get disfellowshipped.
2007-09-30 01:11:36 · answer #6 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have you by the short and curlies, don't they.
It must suck to be you.
There are no imaginary sky thingies.
There is NO evidence for a belief in 'god' that will stand up to Logic and or Reason.
2007-09-29 19:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋