Chick-fil-a praises LDS missionaries for service during storm

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Memaw said:
Every act of kindness should be praised! God Bless, Memaw
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I don’t agree with the LDS theology, Memaw, but I agree with you that every act of kindness should be praised. I personally know people who have benefited from kindnesses done by the LDS.
 
I for one am happy to see that for the past few decades the Mormon Church has made a point of helping non-Mormons and advertising it. I sincerely do believe these are good things. The troubling part to me is when someone pretends they have always been doing this. There was a time when I was in a position to ask local churches for assistance in various programs - helping at a senior center, helping at a youth training program, and so on. The response I got from Mormon bishops was, “We have our own youth programs,” “We have our own service projects,” “We already have a food program.” I was never not disappointed. I am so glad those days are past!

And God Bless Chick-Fil-A - just because!
 
lax16 said:
Okay, nice story. However I was expecting more from the story. 🤷
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I can’t get on board with the headline, there is nothing unique about what they did. My friends and I used to do this all the time, from grade school on through our 20’s. What they did is nice and should be encouraged but it’s not unique.
 
While it was nice of the men, it isn’t unique.

Governor Cuomo did the same in NY, though he used a tow truck. And there are numerous stories throughout the region of people helping others with digging their cars out or shoveling snow. They don’t advertise what religion they are, just calling themselves concerned for others.
 
At what point do we distinguish self-promotion from simply announcing what we are doing. Especially in a case like the Mormon church, where they had not participated interdenominationally for so long - and with such fervid determination to remain aloof - and have received criticism and condemnation for their reluctance to go beyond their own denomination?

I accept some of their announcements as just that, announcements. I am aware the motives of the leaders and certain others may not be to give information but either to make themselves appear more admirable, or to get someone interested in enough to listen to their missionary lessons. But at the ground level, I do believe many members see no self-promotion in the announcements.

It is true that others have been helping in times of need, and been doing so without making a point of who they are, or what church they belong to. In the case of the Mormon church, they almost *have *to state their religion, in order to overcome the once-valid but now-invalid image that they “keep to themselves”.

Is that not so?

(And in the case of Chick-Fil-A, it is not Mormons doing the praise.
Maybe Chick-Fil-A is praising them in order to encourage them.)
 
Tarquin said:
At what point do we distinguish self-promotion from simply announcing what we are doing. Especially in a case like the Mormon church, where they had not participated interdenominationally for so long - and with such fervid determination to remain aloof - and have received criticism and condemnation for their reluctance to go beyond their own denomination?

I accept some of their announcements as just that, announcements. I am aware the motives of the leaders and certain others may not be to give information but either to make themselves appear more admirable, or to get someone interested in enough to listen to their missionary lessons. But at the ground level, I do believe many members see no self-promotion in the announcements.

It is true that others have been helping in times of need, and been doing so without making a point of who they are, or what church they belong to. In the case of the Mormon church, they almost *have *to state their religion, in order to overcome the once-valid but now-invalid image that they “keep to themselves”.

Is that not so?

(And in the case of Chick-Fil-A, it is not Mormons doing the praise.
Maybe Chick-Fil-A is praising them in order to encourage them.)
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I agree, we shouldn’t be so quick to jump to negative thoughts. God Bless, Memaw
 
Lds have hidden agenda.one time the head of their church in the philippines ,sent missionaries as volunteers to help catholic laymen and women build homes for the marginalized.it was discovered later on that they were not there to help,but to proselytize catholics to leave their faith.they target catholic countries to spread their lies.im sorry ,but i dont trust any mormon.theyre the enemy of the church.have seen them erecting churches almost side by side by the catholic church and made sure that their buildings dwarves the cc.most of those new recruits or brainwashed are the uneducated people in the community.
 
Lds have hidden agenda.one time the head of their church in the philippines ,sent missionaries as volunteers to help catholic laymen and women build homes for the marginalized.it was discovered later on that they were not there to help,but to proselytize catholics to leave their faith.they target catholic countries to spread their lies.im sorry ,but i dont trust any mormon.theyre the enemy of the church.have seen them erecting churches almost side by side by the catholic church and made sure that their buildings dwarves the cc.most of those new recruits or brainwashed are the uneducated people in the community.
 
pakengkeng said:
Lds have hidden agenda…they were not there to help,but to proselytize.
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Many of us have experienced the type of situation you describe, Pakengkeng. Some, such as myself, have also experienced some Mormons who have not been caught up in that subterfuge. There are Mormons who genuinely care and want to help. I do not believe it is a ward-by-ward case, but an individual-by-individual case. I’ve never been in a Mormon ward that was so philanthropic that no one hoped that their efforts would win converts. LDS put such a high value on conversion, that helping others (non-Mormons) has value for many of them only as much as it is a missionary outreach. There are other groups that share that attitude. The Moonies (Unification Church), for example, believe that all value is summed up in accepting True Parents; to the end, many things may be done with God’s approval, that most Christians would say are immoral, or sins.

Not everyone is a wolf. I may be wary of some that look like sheep, but I know that many are indeed actually sheep. 🙂 Bless the good ones. And serve the others, that they may know Christ and the spirit of self-sacrifice - without expectation of reward (or converts) - which is a sign of genuine Christianity.
 
Tarquin said:
Many of us have experienced the type of situation you describe, Pakengkeng. Some, such as myself, have also experienced some Mormons who have not been caught up in that subterfuge. There are Mormons who genuinely care and want to help. I do not believe it is a ward-by-ward case, but an individual-by-individual case. I’ve never been in a Mormon ward that was so philanthropic that no one hoped that their efforts would win converts. LDS put such a high value on conversion, that helping others (non-Mormons) has value for many of them only as much as it is a missionary outreach. There are other groups that share that attitude. The Moonies (Unification Church), for example, believe that all value is summed up in accepting True Parents; to the end, many things may be done with God’s approval, that most Christians would say are immoral, or sins.

Not everyone is a wolf. I may be wary of some that look like sheep, but I know that many are indeed actually sheep. 🙂 Bless the good ones. And serve the others, that they may know Christ and the spirit of self-sacrifice - without expectation of reward (or converts) - which is a sign of genuine Christianity.
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Agreed. This article is really just a special interest story in a publication that is marketed and targeted to Mormons. Nothing nefarious about it.
 
iepuras said:
Agreed. This article is really just a special interest story in a publication that is marketed and targeted to Mormons. Nothing nefarious about it.
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It’s interesting that the thread was started by a Mormon.
 
iepuras said:
Agreed. This article is really just a special interest story in a publication that is marketed and targeted to Mormons. Nothing nefarious about it.
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Indeed, knowing Chick-fil-a and who/what they are, it’s just as likely that their praising and rewarding the Mormon Missionaries could be seen as a subtle attempt at Evangelical conversion as much as the missionaries themselves helping out could be. But that would be an overly cynical look at it.

I’d like to think both sides did something nice to help out in an honest manner and that this Mormon publication simply picked up on it and ran with it.
 
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