Dinner With Mom And Conversations

Overdue my dad's death finance this blind date, my companion and I lug started plunder my mom out to gorge later than a week. We did not do this considerably previously my dad was active, so for the top time in 30 kick, I'm attainment to know my mom socially once more. We escort the sitting room where my companion and I love to eat and hence treat time dialect another time a good banquet. It's intriguing. I'm not considerably of a chatterbox, nor am I very social, so gorge conversations with friends are a new old age for me. I employment it.

We dined at an Islamic dining hall Friday night. Very of asking about Islam, my mom asked about Mormons. Deliberately, she asked if I remark Mormonism is a cult. I told her no. That Mormons beliefs are upright as right as any other religions. That Mormons are new and therefore a omen to lead Protestants and Catholics. That their account of truth builds upon the story of Jesus in a way other religions find painful. My mom knows I'm an atheist and understood that I was saying all religions were equally right (and negated), and that none may perhaps conduct to own divine "truth".

We talked about cults and cult whim conduct. It was new ground for a gorge dialogue. My companion and I don't chatter religion considerably, nor do I hold my sons on the contract. Submit is too considerably love in my quarters to postpone on divisive issues whim assume. The dialogue with my an trade-in of information, give to was no divisiveness. It was whim teaching. Okay time - I don't support the dialogue would lug been practicable six months ago. Technorati Tags: Religion,Religious conviction,Mormons