Posted by:
Andre
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Date: January 19, 2018 05:27PM
I hate it so much. It makes me angry.
I've done NOTHING but help my Ward out for years and years. I've accepted every calling (even in the crappy ones that no one else wanted). I speak in church. I give prayers. I played the piano/organ in sacrament. I did my home teaching faithfully and tried to make the lessons fun. I always accepted visits from my own home teachers and tried to be friendly even when I hated it. I volunteered to feed the missionaries. I went to seminary and institute as much as I could. I'm nothing but polite to my ward members.
And I get called a "Jack Mormon" just because I didn't go on a mission a few years ago. (Or a fence sitter. Or "prideful" and "hard-hearted.")
Do people not realize how hurtful that is? To be called unspiritual and lazy even though you've been trying to do the right thing all of your life and go the extra mile to participate in the Ward? I'm suddenly not valid in the eyes of my family, friends, and ward members just because I didn't go on a mission. I'm a "Jack Mormon."
I'll be honest, I didn't go because I wanted to go to college instead. It probably wasn't a good enough excuse, but it's not like I was off doing drugs or joining a gang instead of going on a mission.
I don't get it.