Re: We are relieving you of being a Visiting Teacher
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 1:04 pm
You are right in saying they are afraid. I don't know how, but somehow it is implicitly taught along the Mormon Corridor that people who have heretical beliefs are a contagion. If they have a "real" conversation about your experiences they will catch the "disease". There are probably dozens of scriptural and General Authority statements that suggest this unspoken fear. And you know, it seems to me that most people lack the confidence in their own spirituality and belief system to handle a real discussion. If you'll pardon the reference, they are snowflakes who might wilt at the slightest suggestion (and proof!) that there's no Wizard in Oz. I guess it's a kind of quarantine. And sending VTs to give you a vaccine/antibiotics in a closed, controlled setting is "safer" than allowing you to contaminate the rest of the ward, so to speak.Misbehaved Woman wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2017 6:14 pmDecon blues, No one has taken the time to ask or listen to my explanation or experience. Yes I have been visited with small awkward talk but no one in the church wants to really talk and even worse no one in the church wants to discuss the gospel let alone any questions or problems that might arise.deacon blues wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2017 5:53 pm Did anyone want to listen to you for an explanation? My experience is they want to visit you and either make small talk for 45 minutes, or bear their testimony. They don't want to listen.Thanks for your posts.
So I guess I'm trying to say that there are plenty of reasons not to take this personally, but when you are treated this way by people who you served for years and thought were your friends, it's very painful. It is one of the many things that sucks about having the curtain pulled back, or taking the red pill.
