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can my kids still attend our Christian homeschooling groups? Is a Protestant/Catholic group considered an "apostate" group? It's Christian in name but there is not formal instruction going on...it's more for people to find people who have similiar thoughts, values and styles of living. A similiar calling to homeschool your children. I have friends in the group who are evangelical, Catholic, mainline Protestant, the Latin Catholic variety and a whole bunch of other denominations. We sing in a Christian Choir in our community that is all mixed denominations. Is that OK? Sorry for all the "what if" questions. The doctrine part of conversion, I can read up on that and learn. I'm working hard on that. It's the day to day stuff that I want to find out. Ew...I hope I don't cause a fight over who is Christian or not. I really wanted to know if another Christian-non LDS group is OK. I'm in a state that has a very small number of LDS and these things enter my mind. Blessings.

Thanks for the replies. I have about three weeks of food stored up but nothing more than that. I don't think I did that on purpose though...probably just food that was on sale and I bought.

Just wondering.. I assume it has to do with the End Times but what specifically are the LDS preparing for? Blessings.

I'm not LDS but Protestant looking into LDS (Just to clarify). I'm with ya. I've had so much stuff happen to me that when I announce another trial, people just say "are you joking?" It's one thing after another after another after another. I feel like it never ends. Some mornings I'm actually scared to get up and find out what is going to wrong today. After a MAJOR bill of $8,000 just this past month (Heating/cooling system broke) which we could not afford and had to scrounge around for money, the transmission on our work car is shot. We need that car to get to work...how can I pay for the transmission if we can't get to work? Stuff like this is never ending for us. Thankfully, my husband, kids and are healthy. But my trials started when my mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. At the age of 26 (when most people are still finding themselves) I was the primary caregiver, working full time, married and pregnant with my first child. She died after five long years of chemotherapy. She was my best friend. I dont think I'll ever get over that really. After my mom's death, it's just be one mess after another. The past years have been hard for us. But again, thankfully, we are all healthy. But I did have a miscarriage in the spring so I guess one tiny little person wasn't that healthy. I think I've been depressed lately since the miscarriage and not being able to get pregnant again. I've been feeling overwhelmed and like a failure. On top of everythin that keeps going wrong for us. I don't know...some people sail through life and others are just constantly burdened. I do think that trials make you a better person and you grow spiritually, even if we don't feel like we do. I'm looking in the LDS...I find no comfort in my present Protestant faith. Ok, maybe some but not much. My miscarriage put me over the edge with my faith...I searched and searched and not one person could give me any assurance of where my unborn baby went? Ok, I'm off on a tangent. I don't know if my post helped you much but I wanted to let you know that you are not alone. There are many of us who are getting tired and wearing down. I'm glad you shared. Burdens are lighter when carried together. Even if it is on the internet with annonymous people. Just knowing that there are others who walk with you helps. I heard a funny quote on the radio one day. I think it's from a Rocky movie. (I'm not a movie person) It's not how many times you get hit, it's how many times you get back up. There are days I don't feel like getting back up but I always do.

Ya know, it it's just me, I don't care so much. I do care but I don't, ya know? I'm in a VERY Roman Catholic area and being Protestant, I'm used to it. Sometimes I feel isolated but I'm a big girl. Following God can be difficult sometimes and you have to keep your chin up. When it comes to my kids and their friends, that's where i get a bit more worried and concerned. I know that God will provide what is necessary for my kids but as a parent, you do worry. You can't help it, it goes with the job. Sorry, I tend to "what if" a lot.

Note: I don't want to debate when LDS are Christians or not. I've read all that and I'm sure so has everyone else. Thanks. Assuming we convert, I am realizing that I will be hit with an onslaught of criticism and "they are not Christians" comments. I said to my husband "it will be never ending from our friends and Protestant homeschool groups, we might even be asked to leave our homeschool groups. Then what do we do???" That hits me hard. I have been a Christian my entire life and for someone to accuse me of not being Christian is hard to imagine let alone handle well. This is not an LDS area and I'm kinda of scared of being isolated. I don't even know what I'm really asking but I feel very and would just like to toss this topic around with others who have been there, done that. I'm sorta just wondering about how this all is going to feel. Blessings.

That sounds nice.

Just wondering... If we make a full conversion...assuming we have a temple recommend. (I'm thinking way far ahead of myself!) How does my family get sealed together? In a temple but are the kids with us? Are children allowed in a temple? Blessings.

Thanks for the reply! I'm going to request the missionaries when my husband gives me the A-OK. We have both gone to so many churches and talked to so many people, the idea of talking to another group... Oh, I've done my reading on LDS! I got a copy of the Book of Mormon from the libary. I cleaned out the library on Mormonism. I love to read and I enjoy the entire subject of theology, religion etc. Thank you for the sympathy on losing my baby. I had a miscarriage and to some, it's just a "medical thing" but to me, that was a child. I feel like I have five children and that is the way I say it. I can't leave out that little child. It might've even been that little child that made me so intensely unhappy with churches. No one has any answers. No one knows if the child went to heaven or what happened to it. I heard "we just don't know". I love what the LDS teaches about family. Well, anyway, I have some questions and I'll be posting over there the Questions Board. Right now, I have to get back to my kids who are making a mess. Blessings. PS This baord has fun icons!

Hello! I am reading up on the LDS faith and investigating. I was raised Baptist and have been a hard core (basically fundamentalist) Baptist. You know, the "old fashioned" Baptists. Socially, I fit with the LDS perfectly. That is the easy part for me. In fact, I LOVE that about the LDS. I'm working on LDS doctrine right now. Some I feel good with and some I'm a bit stuck on. We been very unhappy with the churches and for many years now, my husband and I have been without a church. We've tried every (mainline) Protestant denomination and nothing seems right. We church at home and baptized our kids in our swimming pool. I really am not happy with this, I want to find a church home. I want my children to have a formal religious upbringing and to be with other believers. I live in an area where there is not a lot of LDS. I don't think I've ever really met a Mormon. I see the missionairies out walking sometimes. One day, I saw some LDS missionaries out walking and it it me like a lightening bolt. The LDS!!! I've never investigated them! Maybe they are it! (is that a testimony?) And here I am... I went to a meeting (what do you call it?) or church service a few weeks ago. It was very different but it was fine. We did not stay for any Bible studies etc. after the meeting (I left the kids at home). I have not spoken to any missionaries, I am a quiet person and like to read up a bit on my own before I start involving people. My husband is open to LDS but is way more cautious than I am. He is very devout in his beliefs and changing doctrines is not an easy thing and he is right to be cautious. I have four children and one waiting in Heaven for me. I homeschool my children. I've been married for 17 years. That's it.