So, my TBM dad is very delusional and self-righteous. I feel like he considers himself a prophet.

Well, the other day on Facebook he made a comment that, "I do get carried away defending truth. Feel kind of like Nephi when the Nephites wouldn't listen to him. Not that I am anywhere close to his purity and knowledge...At least what I see from scriptures and relentless research what is truth."
When he says, "not that I am anywhere close to his purity and knowledge"- I'm pretty certain he thinks that he is!

This comes from the guy who has lately been posting article after article from Fake News sites and who only reads Mormon written things about mormonism and god.

I can't ever discuss things with him. His view is so narrow and limited, while he thinks that he's open minded and knows everything about everything.

I just needed to vent!

I would rent out one of my spare rooms to Nephi if he would pay the rent and promise not to proselytize me.

That's the thing about folks who drive us nuts: they still have their uses. We just need to think strategically about our transactions with them. I can't tell you the number of people in my life whom I detested and with whom I had little in common...but their wallets were fat. That was good enough for me.

I'm sorry your Dad is so hard-assed about Mormonism. I'd steer clear of the closed conversations with him. Sometimes, hard-liners need someone or something to rail about. I wouldn't want you to be his kicking post. The Boner.



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My father claimed that he was like Alma of the Book of Mormon to one of my nephews. He said my nephew was like Helaman, the son of Alma the younger, who had fallen away.

My father, I suppose, fancied himself a great patriarch with fallen sons. He treated my brothers and me miserably, and we resented him for it. So dear old Dad had to pin his Mormon heritage hopes on a daughter's son.

Yes, Mormon men really can be that horrible.

You might want to start wearing two layers of chain mail around your necks, just in the off chance he does find himself as righteous as Nephi one evening.

Haha. Good thing he lives thousands of miles away then!