Hi, everyone. I just joined LDS.net. I am 14, I live in Michigan, and I'm homeschooled.
I am currently Baptist because that is what my family is. Lately I've been strongly considering becoming LDS. I've been praying, and it seems like that's God's path for me. I've been researching it on LDS.org, and reading the Book of Mormon online.
However, my entire family is so bitter towards Mormons, especially my mom. She always says how they are lost, in a cult, that they try to "push their religion on you", that the Book of Mormon is wrong, they are polygamists, etc. She even makes fun of their garments. I want to defend the LDS religion when she says things like that, but when I do, she says "If you ever decide to become a Mormon, I won't have anything to do with you." She actually says things like that! I've never told her I want to convert, mainly because if I did she would try to tell me I was crazy and she would probably get mad. But it gets so irritating listening to her run down the LDS church with false rumors that people have passed along to her as true, especially when I can't defend it without arguing and having her angry.
Also, all of my extended family is strict Baptist, and they would probably pretty much disown me if I joined the LDS church. My grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins would all turn against me; even my best friend wouldn't want to hang out with me anymore.
This entire situation has me so tired of all the opposition that I would face if I became Mormon, but I know it would be worth it. It's just that it gets so hard when my family is so legalistic and think they know all about the LDS church, when really, they hardly know anything.
What do you think I should do, other than keep praying about it?
