Southern Baptist marrying into a Mormon family
Hey there everyone! I wanted to stop by and say hi!
So I married my wife whose family is mormon 6 years ago. She was coming out of mormonism when she met me and I guess I kinda was a crutch for her. Because she was going to a mormon college and was surrounded by everything mormonism.
Anyway, she was the black sheep of the family, very strong minded and questioned everything. That's why she left. I supported her in it, and we moved on with our life etc...
Now I grew up in a southern Baptist church and went with my grandma every Sunday till I was about 16. The reason I didn't keep going is because I didn't feel it was right for me.
But mormonism gets under my skin even more for some reason.
Firstly she has 3 siblings, all of them are still mormon with spouses... my wife hasn't been able to attend any of their "sealings" at all because she hasn't gotten the special underwear or the temple recommend.
When I bring this up with her parents they blow it off and act like the sealing isn't a big deal... and that its more about the reception. And I don't believe that for one second tbh...
Then the Temples. They're just weird to me... like, I was always taught that Jesus took away the need for temples. Because he split the veil between us and God and that we can just talk to God any old time etc...
I am told by her parents that they have had sacred experiences in the temple and their lives that prove the church is real etc... but they won't talk about them with me because they're between them and God. That makes no sense to me because I've been told you need to shout that crap out to bring people to Christianity that way!
I personally had a Near Death Experience a few years back, that proved to me God is real and that he doesn't really need anything from us except to accept him. So I share that with everyone! its even on my reddit page!
Also from what my wife has told me and from what I understand, the BOM and whatever else they read really goes against everything I was taught.... now I will say, I don't believe the Bible is completely correct in some parts either. Mostly because it's missing information and has been cherry picked, and after so many translations, is probably unreliable.
That being said, saying Jesus is Lucifer's brother is wild! And that the holy spirit, Jesus, and God are all separate is wild as well. Jesus even says that he is God in the flesh...
Then, there's the complaints about media, especially movies and shows. They are always complaining about how there's nothing for them to watch because it's all rated R or tv-MA and how there's so much cussing and they just can't stand it. Imo, just get over it. They're words. And if you don't want to watch it because of the rating, that's on you. Not something everyone else should cater to them for.
Also, my brother in law (wife's sister's husband) is an asshole. Like, we all went over to my in laws to take family pictures around new years and my wife and I brought our dog. As soon as we walked in the house, BIL walked out and refused to take pictures with a dog. He proceeded to leave and we had to take pictures without him and their son. This leads me to say, I said that his reaction was bullshit (yes, I used that word in their presence) and got in more trouble for cussing than he did for throwing a fit over a dog. Doesn't make sense.
Whats also funny to me is that her siblings got married literally the same year they met.. and are having problems. like the one I spoke about above is mentally abusive. And her other sisters husband and her sister have problems because they don't know how to communicate with each other. leaving her sister to talk to her mom all day every day..
Whenever I talk about religion with them, they have that holier than thou sentiment. Her dad even compared my knowledge in my work field to their knowledge of religion which doesn't make any sense...
Like they're talking down on us... It's so bizarre to me... I also feel like my wife and I are kinda shunned from her family a bit because she isn't mormon anymore...
I guess I'm trying to get answers as to why they act the way they do, and if their church is so true then why don't they show that it is actually true and share their holy experiences?
Edit: They aren't bad people imo, they're very nice and love their kids etc. But their religion is what I have a problem with. And how its shaped them.