Were you asked inappropriate questions in "worthiness" interviews by your Mormon Bishop?
I had an interview with my bishop one time over my bisexuality. One of my most embarrassing moments and I never want to live through something like that again. This conversation happened when I was TWELVE and I was not allowed to have my parents with me. This was a private one-on-one between me (who was a fucking minor) and my bishop (who was in his 40s, maybe even 50s)
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The questions the Bishop and Stake President ask are often quite intrusive. They seem to have an obsession with sex and sexuality and what we do in our bedrooms. I wouldn’t let them meet privately with my children and ask such questions. If my kids had questions about sexuality, they knew that we could talk openly and non-judgmentally.
God knows if we are worthy of him. There is no need for a Bishop to conduct an inquisition into our intimate lives - especially since they don’t really have any spirit of discernment or any pastoral training.
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I didn’t even know what masturbation was until my bishop described it to me alone in his office. At least in my case I don’t think he had any ill intent. This is just the kind of thing that happens when a former marine drill Sargent, warehouse manager is told to interview children without having any kind of social work, legal, ethical, or psychological training.
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I was not only asked inappropriate questions; my bishop pulled me out of a youth class on Sunday without my parents' knowledge and taught me what masturbation was and how it works, then told me never to think about it again.
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I was not. I was fortunate to have respectful bishops.
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