Differences and Likeness of Catholicism and Mormonism

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I like to compare and contrast the likeness and difference between Catholicism and Mormonism.

I do see some similiarities but the differences are more noticeable. For the most part, the Mormonism added an addition text and claims that they can change divine revelation.

Catholicism however can trace their history to the Apostles, and claimed that Divine Revelation ended at the death of the last Apostles, and that there is no new revelation.

What likeness and differences do you like to add here?
 
Catholics have open and full disclosure of all doctrines. Mormons do not.

Both have an organised hierarchy of the faith to allow for consistant teaching and belief. Both hold to some form of a sacramental system (different terms, same basic concept)
 
My daughter (Catholic) has been invited to attend her best friend’s Mormon baptism. What is expected?..should I even take her? How do I explain?

I know I’m not really answering any questions here because I’m looking for answers myself.

Thank you.
 
lollieblue said:
My daughter (Catholic) has been invited to attend her best friend’s Mormon baptism. What is expected?..should I even take her? How do I explain?

I know I’m not really answering any questions here because I’m looking for answers myself.

Thank you.
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Catholic Answers Apologist on “Ask an Apologist” says:
“The Church teaches that Mormon baptisms are invalid. Because they are invalid, I cannot recommend attending a Mormon baptism. What I can recommend is thanking your neighbors for the invitation, letting them know that you will not be attending – there is no need to be explicit about why but just to let them know that you cannot attend – and gently and politely asking them not to discuss religious issues with your six-year-old because you would rather be the one to educate your six-year-old on religious matters. That should be direct enough for “very nice people” but, should they not take the hint, you may have to distance yourself and your child from them.”

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=88044&highlight=attend+mormon+baptism

That would be a no. 🙂
 
Believe_85 said:
Catholic Answers Apologist on “Ask an Apologist” says:
“The Church teaches that Mormon baptisms are invalid. Because they are invalid, I cannot recommend attending a Mormon baptism. What I can recommend is thanking your neighbors for the invitation, letting them know that you will not be attending – there is no need to be explicit about why but just to let them know that you cannot attend – and gently and politely asking them not to discuss religious issues with your six-year-old because you would rather be the one to educate your six-year-old on religious matters. That should be direct enough for “very nice people” but, should they not take the hint, you may have to distance yourself and your child from them.”

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=88044&highlight=attend+mormon+baptism

That would be a no. 🙂
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What a sad and miserable advice! 😦

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lollieblue said:
My daughter (Catholic) has been invited to attend her best friend’s Mormon baptism. What is expected?..should I even take her? How do I explain?

I know I’m not really answering any questions here because I’m looking for answers myself.

Thank you.
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How old is your daughter?
 
lollieblue said:
My daughter (Catholic) has been invited to attend her best friend’s Mormon baptism. What is expected?..should I even take her? How do I explain?

I know I’m not really answering any questions here because I’m looking for answers myself.

Thank you.
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A mormon baptism usually occurs when the child is eight years old. It is a nice event and an important event in a mormon child’s life. Her best friend may just be a little upset if your daughter doesn’t attend. It will also show bigotry and prejudice on your part.

Allow her to go and enjoy the event. 🙂
 
Believe_85 said:
Catholic Answers Apologist on “Ask an Apologist” says:
“The Church teaches that Mormon baptisms are invalid. Because they are invalid, I cannot recommend attending a Mormon baptism. What I can recommend is thanking your neighbors for the invitation, letting them know that you will not be attending – there is no need to be explicit about why but just to let them know that you cannot attend – and gently and politely asking them not to discuss religious issues with your six-year-old because you would rather be the one to educate your six-year-old on religious matters. That should be direct enough for “very nice people” but, should they not take the hint, you may have to distance yourself and your child from them.”

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=88044&highlight=attend+mormon+baptism

That would be a no. 🙂
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And this came from catholic answers? It sounds unloving and unchristian. I do believe that most people with common sense would disagree with the above from catholic answers.

What about attending a Bar Mitzvah? :o Or a Ramahdan celebration? :o The catholic church recognizes neither and so, no catholic should attend?
 
Both faiths may differ but both faiths can also agree:
  1. that there is a god
  2. that there exists a heavenly father, Jesus, and the holy spirit.
  3. that holiness in this world is a goal worth striving after
  4. The body is to be kept holy as a place for the holy spirit to dwell
  5. No sex before marriage
  6. Dress modestly
  7. obey the ten commandments
  8. pray often
  9. keep the example of christ at the center of life.
  10. go to church on sunday
  11. repent of sins
 
why_me said:
A mormon baptism usually occurs when the child is eight years old. It is a nice event and an important event in a mormon child’s life. Her best friend may just be a little upset if your daughter doesn’t attend. It will also show bigotry and prejudice on your part.

Allow her to go and enjoy the event. 🙂
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It’s also an event that includes LDS talks and church videos. This is not the kind of event I would let my 8 year old attend without accompanying him or her.
Why can’t the child skip the religious part and attend the get together after. Kind of like what the LDS expect non member parents to do when their children get married in the temple?
 
why_me said:
A mormon baptism usually occurs when the child is eight years old. It is a nice event and an important event in a mormon child’s life. Her best friend may just be a little upset if your daughter doesn’t attend. It will also show bigotry and prejudice on your part.

Allow her to go and enjoy the event. 🙂
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As parents, we are responsible for educating our children in our faith. It is also our responsibility to safeguard them from conflicting information they may receive.

If there is preaching and teaching of the lds faith at the baptism, then I would not let my child attend either.

It is wiser not to expose them to something we don’t believe,in or agree with, than to try and explain why we don’t believe what the lds do.

It has nothing to do with predjudice or bigotry, but more along the lines of common sense.

It’s kind of like telling your child not to smoke while you have a cigarette hanging out of your mouth.

If there is a party or celebration after the baptism, fine, but I wouldn’t let my child attend the baptism itself.
 
Thank you all for your responses. I’ve learned quite a bit from just reading the responses.

My daughter did not go to her friends Mormon baptism but I do have mixed feelings about this because what kind of Christ-like example are we setting as Catholics by not attending? I think about the example of when Christ was speaking to the woman at the well. She wasn’t even his kind and a sinner to boot and yet he approached her and spoke to her even though those he was with discouraged it. “It isn’t the healthy person who needs a doctor it is the sick person.” …right?

I think in the future we will go in in the name of love not because we support what they are doing or not( or whether it’s a valid baptism or not). In my opinion that’s not really the issue. My Catholic faith is strong enough to explain to my daughter the differences if she ever ask me. I really don’t think that she will. To her, it’s more about being there because she loves her friend.

I think I let fear keep me from taking her and this is a shame.
 
zaffiroborant said:
It’s also an event that includes LDS talks and church videos. This is not the kind of event I would let my 8 year old attend without accompanying him or her.
Why can’t the child skip the religious part and attend the get together after. Kind of like what the LDS expect non member parents to do when their children get married in the temple?
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There are no church videos at a child’s baptism. But usually there can be more than one baptism. What does occur is that there are a couple of speeches (Talks) about the why we need to be baptized; the responsibility of baptism etc. And then there is the baptism when the child is submerged in water. I might also had that if the father of the child is a worthy member and an elder in the lds church, he does the baptism.

The child is also baptised in white. It is a big event in a mormon child’s life and usually there can be a little party afterwards.
 
The differerence here however is that catholics are more or less baptised as babies. But yes, if a child’s parents converted to the catholic faith, and their child needed to be baptised I see no reason why a mormon friend could not attend the baptism.
 
lollieblue said:
Thank you all for your responses. I’ve learned quite a bit from just reading the responses.

My daughter did not go to her friends Mormon baptism but I do have mixed feelings about this because what kind of Christ-like example are we setting as Catholics by not attending? I think about the example of when Christ was speaking to the woman at the well. She wasn’t even his kind and a sinner to boot and yet he approached her and spoke to her even though those he was with discouraged it. “It isn’t the healthy person who needs a doctor it is the sick person.” …right?

I think in the future we will go in in the name of love not because we support what they are doing or not( or whether it’s a valid baptism or not). In my opinion that’s not really the issue. My Catholic faith is strong enough to explain to my daughter the differences if she ever ask me. I really don’t think that she will. To her, it’s more about being there because she loves her friend.

I think I let fear keep me from taking her and this is a shame.
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It seems like you learned something from your mistake. Also, your daughter may now think that her friend may belong to a strange faith and be intolerant toward it. But your are right, christ did set the example. Your daughter would have had a different experience but her friendship with her mormon friend would have become stronger and she would have learned that there are people in this world who have different faiths. True, she would have asked questions, but in the end, this is what life is all about:

Learning to be tolerant and respectful.

What did you tell your daughter when she asked why she couldn’t go?
 
why_me said:
There are no church videos at a child’s baptism. But usually there can be more than one baptism. What does occur is that there are a couple of speeches (Talks) about the why we need to be baptized; the responsibility of baptism etc. And then there is the baptism when the child is submerged in water. I might also had that if the father of the child is a worthy member and an elder in the lds church, he does the baptism.

The child is also baptised in white. It is a big event in a mormon child’s life and usually there can be a little party afterwards.
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Well I was told the videos are after the baptism while the baptized is/are drying and changing. I always understood that the father usually performed the baptism or another close family member, older brother, uncle, grandfather.

In any case, I wouldn’t let a 7 or 8 year old attend such a function unless I accompanied them. If we were invited as a family we’d go, if the invitation was extended to my child only, then no he/she would not be there. As a matter of fact, unless the family inviting my child to the event were close friends of mine I’d consider the invitation of my child alone to a religious ceremony inappropriate behavior on the part of the adults(no matter what religion).

I’ve sent a lot of invitations to the non Catholic friends of my kids for First Communion, and in every case the invitations were addressed to them and their families. And like me if they came they attended with their kids.
 
zaffiroborant said:
In any case, I wouldn’t let a 7 or 8 year old attend such a function unless I accompanied them. If we were invited as a family we’d go, if the invitation was extended to my child only, then no he/she would not be there. As a matter of fact, unless the family inviting my child to the event were close friends of mine I’d consider the invitation of my child alone to a religious ceremony inappropriate behavior on the part of the adults(no matter what religion).

I’ve sent a lot of invitations to the non Catholic friends of my kids for First Communion, and in every case the invitations were addressed to them and their families. And like me if they came they attended with their kids.
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I would agree with your first paragraph. And I am sure that the parents would have been most welcome. Also, in your second paragraph, the invite went out to the parents of the kids. That was a good thing to do. But I think that in this case of the woman involved, my guess is that the child invited her friend as children will do to their good friends.

Regardless, the woman made a mistake in not allowing her child to go to the baptism and she certainly would have been more than welcome to attend by the family involved.
 
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