My shelf crashed in early 2012. My Bishop had asked me to take on another calling in addition to the two I already had. I told him I couldn't handle it and started to discuss the reasons why which included my inability to submit to male authority. He cut me off and with this look of horror and said something along the lines "you are one of THOSE?" Meaning a feminist who questions the priesthood and the church authority. He was completely shocked. Up until that point I had a calling that required weekly communication with him- yet he never had a clue, despite all of my non-conformist opinions. He just never saw what was right in front of him because I showed up every week and got my calling done.
I was released from all callings within a few months, based on the premise that I was moving- and It was obvious to me that he had no interest in resolving my issues unless my definition of resolving = returning to full faith. It required a lot of pretending on both of our parts after that last interview.
Both sides pretending
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