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ralphinal
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But is it enough to embrace the “orthodox Jesus?” Why stop at the first course? Dine completely with us. Give up the diet and join the feast of Truth!
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
Do Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses have an easier time converting Catholics than Evangelicals when they come to our homes?
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Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
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Murdock
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With respect to ONLY the United States, and not other countries, there is some survey/statistical data that suggests that Mormon success in conversion is about the same as to Protestants and Catholics.
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which conducted a telephone survey of American adults, published on July 24, 2009 “A Portrait of Mormons in the U.S.” It can be found on the web at pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=428 and has a wealth of statistical information about American Mormons.
The Pew Forum reports that about half of Mormon converts were raised as Protestants and that about one-quarter of Mormon converts were raised as Catholics.
The Pew Forum also reports that 51.3% of Americans are Protestants and 23.9% of Americans are Catholics.
Thus, it appears that the proportions of converts to Mormonism from Protestantism and Catholicism mirror the proportions of Protestants and Catholics in America.
Among the wealth of statistics from the Pew Forum:
26% of all adult Mormons are converts compared to only 11% of all adult Catholics who are converts but
Only 1.7% of American adults are Mormons
–Murdock
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which conducted a telephone survey of American adults, published on July 24, 2009 “A Portrait of Mormons in the U.S.” It can be found on the web at pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=428 and has a wealth of statistical information about American Mormons.
The Pew Forum reports that about half of Mormon converts were raised as Protestants and that about one-quarter of Mormon converts were raised as Catholics.
The Pew Forum also reports that 51.3% of Americans are Protestants and 23.9% of Americans are Catholics.
Thus, it appears that the proportions of converts to Mormonism from Protestantism and Catholicism mirror the proportions of Protestants and Catholics in America.
Among the wealth of statistics from the Pew Forum:
26% of all adult Mormons are converts compared to only 11% of all adult Catholics who are converts but
Only 1.7% of American adults are Mormons
–Murdock
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2nd_Adam
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Thank you for the stats, I find that to be very interesting. If we went worldwide, do you think Mormons convert more Catholics than Protestants?
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zerinus
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I will be happy to be your invited guest. What did you want to talk about?
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zerinus
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Thank you Ralph. I have always enjoyed our theological discussions.
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ralphinal
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There are more Catholics in the world, so one would assume that in shear numbers, more Catholics than Protestants are converted.
By percentage, however, it may be different
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ralphinal
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As have I.Thank you Ralph. I have always enjoyed our theological discussions.
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2nd_Adam
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Why don’t you start a new thread about who is closer to the Catholic Faith, Mormons or Reformed Christians?Thank you Ralph. I have always enjoyed our theological discussions.
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ralphinal
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We’ve done things like that before. The truth is that both are about the same. There are major theological issues with both, and both reflect the Truth in different ways. In the end, most Reformed are right on with the Trinity and the nature of Christ, so they are probably closer.Why don’t you start a new thread about who is closer to the Catholic Faith, Mormons or Reformed Christians?
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2nd_Adam
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But I’m your seperated brother in Christ and Zee is not! You might be stuck with one of us for all eternity.
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zerinus
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Historically, the demography of Mormon conversions has changed over the years. When the LDS Church was first organized, it grew rapidly, and its converts were almost entirely drawn domestically form the United States; and they were overwhelmingly from a Protestant background. Still in the early history of the Church, while Joseph Smith was still alive, the first major missionary expedition of the Church abroad took place in Britain, as a result of which a large influx of Mormon converts joined the Church and immigrated to the United States who again had been largely Protestants. For several decades after the death of Joseph Smith, most Mormon conversions were still centered in the US, again largely from a Protestant background. As time passed, and the Church continued to expand its missionary effort abroad, overseas conversions became more significant; but it was determined more by geographical areas rather than by their religions. For example, at present South America is a particularly fertile ground for LDS conversions, who are mostly Catholics; but that is not because they are Catholic. The same phenomenon is not observed in France or Spain for example, who are also Catholics. So what religion they are in does not seem to have a lot to do with why they convert to Mormonism; but their geography apparently does!
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zerinus
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You had the idea first, so why don’t you?Why don’t you start a new thread about who is closer to the Catholic Faith, Mormons or Reformed Christians?
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zerinus
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I doubt that! Christian theology is not just about the Trinity.
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zerinus
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I am sure you consider yourself to be his separated brother; but I don’t. I consider him to be my real brother, not even separated.
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2nd_Adam
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I start too many threads. It’s time for others to start ones that we can play on.
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2nd_Adam
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LOL… spiritual brothers has nothing to do with those we like. God determines who’s in and who’s out. He usually puts us with people who give us a hard time for our personal growth.I am sure you consider yourself to be his separated brother; but I don’t. I consider him to be my real brother, not even separated.
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zerinus
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I consider him to be my spiritual brother.
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2nd_Adam
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You both don’t represent your mutually exclusive magestriums. Which apostolic succession is the real one? How can historic orthodox Christan be right if the great apostasy is right? It seems you are abandoning the mission of the Mormom Church.
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zerinus
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LOL! Leave that to me, I will be the judge of that. I represent the word of God:
Matthew 12:
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
We may have different “Magisteriums,” but I have no reason to doubt that he wants to do anything other than the will of his Father in heaven, therefore he is my spiritual brother. You see, my good friend Adam, you can never beat a Mormon in Sola Scriptura! LOL
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2nd_Adam
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Mormonism is denial of scripture, since the Mormon Church teaches that the Catholic Church distorted the Scriptures. Why don’t you guys use the Joseph Smith translation as compared to a Protestant translation?LOL! Leave that to me, I will be the judge of that. I represent the word of God:
Matthew 12:
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
We may have different “Magisteriums,” but I have no reason to doubt that he wants to do anything other than the will of his Father in heaven, therefore he is my spiritual brother. You see, my good friend Adam, you can never beat a Mormon in Sola Scriptura! LOL
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