Posted by:
sha'dynasty
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Date: July 14, 2013 11:03PM
I was quite surprised with my dad's reaction when I told him I would never be attending church again. He did have an initial freakout with literal wailing and gnashing of teeth, but after that he never mentioned the church to me again and didn't even try to bear his testimony to me. I was relieved that he was actually respecting my beliefs.
Come to find out, he has been threatening my younger sister who lives at home and basically using the church as a sort of blackmail. He is constantly telling her that she needs to read the BoM and ensign and "had better start enjoying it". He has said that my sister is not allowed to live at home or go to school or drive her car (that she bought) unless she goes to the church with the family on Sundays.
I've come to realize that the only reason he has been so tolerant of me is that I no longer live under his household. I see now that when I go back and visit, he will expect things to be the same.
I have so far refrained from resigning because he literally begged me to and to see him crying in the most vulnerable state I'd ever seen him in brome my heart. But I can say that if he really does make good on the threats to keep my sister from going to school or living in his house I will resign in a heartbeat and I will never visit his house again. He would never see me again. Is this too harsh?