Any Mormon converts here? Tell your story

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Hi any Mormon converts here? Either to being a Catholic or from Catholic to mormon Tell your faith story
 
Hello Patty,
I was raised as a Catholic and then converted to LDS. This was back in 1972 at a time in America when there was a Jesus movement. I was in the Army in Fort Carson Colorado. I had a choice of sitting around the barracks or going out and doing things with some of the Mormons at the camp. Eventually I listened to the missionary talks and was baptized. I began reading the BOM. A short time afterwards I was at a club and a soldier witnessed to me. I said the accept Jesus as lord and savior prayer. I began spending time at various non denominational events. The LDS leadership weren’t to happy about that. I received teachings from both the LDS and the born again people and compare them so I was able to develop my critical thinking skills. My study of the BOM was very helpful because it contains information on the world of religion which I was pretty ignorant of. I spent time reading the bible also. Right now I think I have a coherent set of beliefs.
 
How sad you didn’t put the same effort into learning the true faith, the Catholic faith. May the graces of whatever Catholic sacraments you received sustain you.
 
Thank you. We each received what we searched for. You have found the true faith and I have found a coherent faith.
 
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Hello Gab,
There are some things we know about the world we live in. By coherent faith I mean a set of beliefs that are harmonious to what we know.
 
huck said:
There are some things we know about the world we live in. By coherent faith I mean a set of beliefs that are harmonious to what we know.
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Do you believe in the existence of God?
 
Hello Gab,
I believe in God, but I don’t believe God is a being. My understanding of “the Lord is one” is that all of the forces of nature are a part of God. Using instinct as an example I believe there is an intelligence guiding it rather than just biological evolution. This intelligence would be part of the one God.
 
no but they sure really tried. I just couldn’t find anything compelling regarding the historicity of bom I said the prayer for Moronis promise. nothing. any supernatural experiences I’ve had before or since in my own witness have been either Catholic or Buddhist. I still believe Chief Rogers of the Cherokee nation regarding Christ in America but that has little to do with Mormonism. you can google it it’s called Jesus before the Columbus time. I had really good experiences attending LDS but I will never give up my Rosary.
 
huck said:
I believe in God, but I don’t believe God is a being. My understanding of “the Lord is one” is that all of the forces of nature are a part of God. Using instinct as an example I believe there is an intelligence guiding it rather than just biological evolution. This intelligence would be part of the one God.
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To say that God is not a being would be like saying that a mind is not necessary for intelligence to exist.

In Catholic Theology, the Eternal Mind of God is called “The Father” because fatherhood is the principle of Generation. God “The Son” is the “Eternal Word” of God.

To understand this principle, the analogy of thought, speech, and act help us grasp the oneness of God’s eternal rationality. Therefore, just like your can think, say, and act out the word “love”, all three —Thought-Word-Act—are distinct yet one and the Same.

God is the Rationality behind the universe. Scripture describes this rationality as Logos (Greek) which in English, for lack of better translation, uses “Word” to encapsulate the rationality of the cosmos.

The Bible describes Jesus Christ as The Eternal Word of God becoming man. Thus the Gospel of John begins

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. . . . to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”-John 1:1-14

Salvation History is all about God Himself slowly revealing Himself to His Creation. Thus in the Old Testament God first reveals His name to Moses:

“God said to Moses, “I am who I am. . . . This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.”-Exodus 3:14-15
 
I was introduced as a child, to Judaism and Catholicism, through my late mother in New Jersey, as a result of her professional and social life. As a child, my family was not Catholic, nonetheless through my experience with friends and my membership in the Boy Scouts of America, Catholicism and my interest grew, leading to brief membership. It was not rooted and nourished as a typical Catholic family life would be through parents in behalf of their children in their parish life/etc. I have Godparents that maintained a relationship with me over the years. As with most of humanity, when off to university life and in pursuit of careers goals, my introduction, personally advanced on my own, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My best friend from junior high school was a Latter Day Saint — he and I have another friend who is also a Latter Day Saint. My friend was a great example for me, when my conviction in Catholicism was never what it has to be to maintain conviction and loyalty — further I have never, nor would lose and start the end of relationships that I have had for decades over doctrinal issues, friends who are Catholic, Protestant, or nothing at all, etc
For me, my conviction in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is and will ever be solid and unchanged particularly from what I see in my own family/friends who have nothing to do with God, organized/unorganized religion and wish to live their lives as they do. I remain humbled by the countless opportunities to serve whomever with others who do not understand my conviction and loyalty to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — for me I know that Jesus is the Son of God, My Redeemer and my Advocate with the Father. They respect that and our lives remain friendly.
 
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