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coriander-candlesticks · 3 months ago

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Not my grandpa pulling the "your Heavenly Parents love you" card right after we talked about...so many things not related to theology.

To be fair, he'd been talking about the struggles a couple relatives had had with their faith before then, but. Not appreciated. I wasn't expecting it (though I should have) so I wasn't prepared to give a "well I'm going my own, private path" response (I am NOT ready to tell family members about exploring polytheism and I don't have a way to leave if it goes poorly until my flight Sunday morning.

I was able to stop the conversation eventually but. Oh boy.

#if heavenly parents are as benevolent as the church says they are then they'll understand #if not? im not beholden to them anymore anyway #fortunately he does understand that you can have spirituality outside of the church #so the conversation wasnt as bad as it could have been #but did not enjoy the conversion attempt 0/10 do not recommend #(he's a convert too which. complicates things)#coriander says #pagans of tumblr #exmo #exmormon #apostake #not gonna really apply helpol tags to this b/c im not talking about it specifically #religious trauma cw #christianity cw #mormonism cw #conversion cw #the greek poem book & my journal were sitting in the other room during the conversation too which i find kinda funny ngl #like sir. if i told you i was still religious im sure you'd be pleased but i dont think learning in what way would exactly make your day

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