liz3564 wrote: I also went to the Young Women's president and told her to please advise the other girls to quit pressuring Amy about baptism. It was important that we honor her parents' request.
We are good friends with Amy's parents, and I was not willing to jeopardize that friendship.
You're the coolest Mormon I know. In fact, I'm altogether suspicious of your membership.
:)
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
liz3564 wrote: I also went to the Young Women's president and told her to please advise the other girls to quit pressuring Amy about baptism. It was important that we honor her parents' request.
We are good friends with Amy's parents, and I was not willing to jeopardize that friendship.
You're the coolest Mormon I know. In fact, I'm altogether suspicious of your membership.
:)
LOL! Thanks, Schmo!
I REALLY am a member...I just try to be normal.
Well..as normal as I can be...I'm kind of crazy by nature.
liz3564 wrote:My younger daughter is 15. Her best girlfriend lives down the street from us. This girl, I'll call her Amy, became very interested in the Church.
Amy attended Church with my daughter on Sundays and Wednesday nights. She even goes to Seminary with her in the mornings.
She took all of the missionary discussions.
Her parents were fine with her going to church and taking the missionary discussions, but Amy's mother had a problem with her getting baptized. Her mother felt like being a member of the Church was a big commitment, and wanted her to wait until she was 18 to make that kind of decision.
Amy was getting pressured by a number of well-meaning girls at Young Women, asking her when her baptism date was going to be, etc.
Amy was rather distraught and spoke with me.
I told her that her mother was absolutely right. Being a member of the LDS Church was a huge commitment, and that she should not feel any pressure, or be in any hurry to join. She could attend Church with us, and participate socially in every way without being a member.
Since she had already taken the missionary discussions, if she wanted to be baptized when she was 18, everything was in place for her to do so.
She was relieved.
Good god, it sounds like she already is a member with her attending meetings and morning brainwashing for young minds. Do her a favor Liz. Tell her the god awful truth.
However, I'd bet that if the Mom wanted to baptise the daughter the judge wouldn't hesitate a bit. Mothers have FAR too much power over how the kids are raised, and often they are not better at it than the father.
Agreed. Which reminds me of one of the mythologies that exists in the Church...that women are more spiritual than men.