Dentist scenario
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:36 pm
I’ve got some Seventh Day Adventist relatives and I know that in their dealings with people in the world, when possible they prefer to associate with other Seventh Day Adventists. Their kids go to SDA schools. They frequent SDA-run businesses. They predominately socialize with other SDAs. I understand the reasons why: People tend to prefer dealing with people with whom they’re most comfortable, and people are generally most comfortable around people like themselves. Plus the whole church-networking thingie.
Same goes for Mormons, I should think.
Scenario 1:
Let’s say you’re a Mormon dentist, and a good one with a busy practice. You live in an area with no major scarcity of dentists, including other Mormon dentists. Your customers are predominately Mormon. You see many of them regularly at the temple or meetings or socially. It’s like this for years and you’ve had a successful career. But then gradually people start noticing that they’re seeing less of you on Sundays. And at meetings. And no one has seen you at the temple in 6 months. You’re not out with your disbelief, but yeah, that’s what’s happened — eventually you just couldn’t keep up the facade any longer and go through the motions of being a good TBM. But you are not being a jerk about it — it’s a private matter for you. But people do start to talk.
Question:
Does your dentist practice just dry up and die?
Same goes for Mormons, I should think.
Scenario 1:
Let’s say you’re a Mormon dentist, and a good one with a busy practice. You live in an area with no major scarcity of dentists, including other Mormon dentists. Your customers are predominately Mormon. You see many of them regularly at the temple or meetings or socially. It’s like this for years and you’ve had a successful career. But then gradually people start noticing that they’re seeing less of you on Sundays. And at meetings. And no one has seen you at the temple in 6 months. You’re not out with your disbelief, but yeah, that’s what’s happened — eventually you just couldn’t keep up the facade any longer and go through the motions of being a good TBM. But you are not being a jerk about it — it’s a private matter for you. But people do start to talk.
Question:
Does your dentist practice just dry up and die?