Friday, August 12, 2011
Is this a good answer to the Mormon question that was probably removed by Mormons?
Yes and absolutely these type of cycles exist. Deep rooted in to the religion and other religions as well. I myself found myself at the age of college. When leaving the church and finding new friends was about the easiest step I could find. But behold when I told my parents I no longer believed. They kept helping me with college and at the same time kept trying to pull me back into the church. When I became an apostate towards them they tried to see if stopping the support they gave me would entice me to come back to the church. But they warned me they might have to stop supporting and I prepared myself for it. I finished college on my own. Though finishing college doesn't make you completely independent I found myself after college with out a job in the clutches of the IT boom collapse and the recession we were in when Bush Jr. took office. I felt enticed to move back home to Utah and try it getting a job. Thankfully, after enough determination and job hunting I scored an entry level job at IBM in Boulder Colorado.. Thank god I loved College there and loved Colorado attitude much more than salt lake city. I was about 2 weeks away from moving back to salt lake city and seeking support and even toying with the idea of going back to church. Knowing I had to show my commitment to the church to have a better edge when looking for Jobs in Salt Lake City. It isn't definitive but a good Mormon background helps with the job search there. But I didn't. Now I've been with the girl of my dreams for 7 years. Somehow in the disgruntlement of religion and LDS family. I decided I didn't want children. And keep in mind knowing that I didn't have the support of my family in having a child out of wedlock and having a liv'in girlfriend out of wedlock I wasn't scoring any points with my parents. By common law we are married these days. But only for the financial benefits. We both see the institute of marriage to be very counter productive in a relationship. We are together now and probably will be forever.. No kids. Too smart for heaven's sake. My wife and I are DINKs... Duel Income No Kids.. and loving life. ... I've worked hard at my career and my relationships. And I'm more blessed than any of my family or friends are back home that are in the trenches of that religion. I don't consider it blessed. But I do consider it my hard work and fortitude which can in part be attributed to the LDS religion as they are very hard working individuals for the most part. And any inheritance that would have been coming to me.. I don't need it.. I learned to live on my own and learned that Knowledge beats Faith and religion to the bloody pulp.
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