Say your niece was getting baptized.

[Bini]

Thanks Maureen. That kind of bothered me too.

Not kind of - does - for me.

[Traveler]

Traveler, this got my curiousity. Do you make it clear only to LDS members or is this your feeling toward non-LDS weddings also? And if so, do you make it clear to non-LDS family or friends that you have less respect for their union?

M.

I discuss with them according to their desire to learn, know and understand the eternal covenant of marriage. But for someone that is not interested - I see no reason to discuss any truths; be it quantum physics, dark matter, dark energy, particle physics or eternal marriage covenants - if they are not interested.

There are some rather strange ideas about marriage in our society that I do not support - even though I love and support individuals that disagree with me about such things.

I have many friends with strange ideas about all kinds of things that I do not believe in or support. How do you handle friends that are involved in things you do not support?

The Traveler

[Maureen]

I discuss with them according to their desire to learn, know and understand the eternal covenant of marriage. But for someone that is not interested - I see no reason to discuss any truths; be it quantum physics, dark matter, dark energy, particle physics or eternal marriage covenants - if they are not interested.

There are some rather strange ideas about marriage in our society that I do not support - even though I love and support individuals that disagree with me about such things.

I have many friends with strange ideas about all kinds of things that I do not believe in or support. How do you handle friends that are involved in things you do not support?

The Traveler

I think I have a "live and let live" philosophy. Although if I find a friend whose ideas are not in line with mine and are spouting information on something that can be interpreted very differently than their views; I will offer my interpretation and share it with them as tactfully as I can.

M.

[Traveler]

I think I have a "live and let live" philosophy. Although if I find a friend whose ideas are not in line with mine and are spouting information on something that can be interpreted very differently than their views; I will offer my interpretation and share it with them as tactfully as I can.

M.

I am not sure from your answer that you understood the question. What I asked is how you handle friends involved in "activities"that you do not support.

Since I am not privy to the range of activities you do not support - I will use an extreme example - hoping that the extreme example will not offend as much as a less extreme example but in so doing get an idea into your "live and let live" attitude. Say you have a friend involved in the abuse of legal drugs that effects both them and their family (children)? What do you do or say. Would you initiate any discussion or action?

The Traveler

[Maureen]

...Say you have a friend involved in the abuse of legal drugs that effects both them and their family (children)? What do you do or say. Would you initiate any discussion or action?...

It's hard to say for sure, since I'm only offering a possible scenario to a hypothetical situation. If I knew that the childen could be in danger, I would probably bring up the subject and ask questions first, so that I knew exactly what was going on. I would give my advice and let them know that if I felt their children were in danger, that something would need to done to make sure their children stayed safe. I think I would offer help first before getting the authorities involved.

My initial answer was more in thinking about friends that have different political attitudes. IMO, certain people I know see their political party with rose coloured glasses and they offer such extreme ideas about how the governing party is wrecking the country. They have every right to their over the top views but sometimes I try to offer a more balanced way of seeing things. I think I do anyway.

M.

[M_T_E]

Family comes first to me, even if this was someone I did not see very often I would still make the effort to attend because despite not being active in any religion, I know that ones baptism is a big special event.