Have you ever changed your Christian denominations.?

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No, I’m a cradle Catholic. One thing I’ve never understood though, is how a cradle Catholic could ever convert to another denomination. The Blessed Virgin and the Saints are my family, and I would miss them terribly! The very thought of losing them is deeply disturbing. Not to mention the fact that you had the fullness of the Truth and tossed it. I could never ever leave them or the Catholic Church.
 
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IMO, they convert to one of the denominations from Catholicism because they were improperly catechized when they were younger. They never realized the fullness of Truth. Also because someone invited them to one of the denominations and they learn all they have to do to get to heaven is say the Sinner’s Prayer. Yes, they lose out on so much when they leave.
 
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Lutheran, (baptized when infant) until I was 9.
Church my parents created which was located downtown where the insurance company used to be from 9 to 17.
AOG/non-d from 17 to 27.
Methodist from 27 to 31.
Catholic from 31 to now, (48). Home for good.🙂
 
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We acknowledge that they believe in a figure by the name of Jesus. But he isn’t the historical Jesus, he’s a Jesus that came to the Americas. They also deny his divinity which is when they cease to be Christian. Would you call us Trolls if we said “Islam isn’t Christian”? That statement is similar, they aren’t Christian because although they believe in Jesus, born of Mary, they deny his divinity. Both believe the Bible was originally truth but was then hopelessly corrupted.
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You seem to have added additional hurdles in order to exclude.

By the standard definition of the word CHRISTIAN, they qualify. Introducing Muslims is a red herring, they aren’t baptised and don’t really believe/follow his teachings.
a person who has received Christian baptism or is a believer in Jesus Christ and his teachings.
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Not yet. I have gone though from a practicing Catholic at a much younger age to more or less non-practicing. Because by practicing I would mean someone who attends Mass every week and adheres to all Catholic Church teachings. Not sure if I will ever be anything else at this point even if I were to worship in a denominational faith community. And even then it would be a more liberal faith community if I ever did, such as one of the mainline-liberal Protestant denominations. Nothing too conservative seems to work for me with my conscience.
 
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No.
I spent many years outside church when the people in it fed my anger in unhealthy ways, so I asked God to call me back when it was time. But there’s only one church I would consider (not) going to.
(And, yes, that’s a Gaiman/Pratchett paraphrase)
 
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They are not. To be a Christian, even if that Christian is a schismatic or heretic, one must be validly baptized using the Trinitarian Rite
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If you’re saying that to be valid you have to baptize in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit, Mormons do that.
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I find it trollish when people deny that LDS put Christ as the founder of their religion.
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We acknowledge that they believe in a figure by the name of Jesus. But he isn’t the historical Jesus, he’s a Jesus that came to the Americas. They also deny his divinity which is when they cease to be Christian. Would you call us Trolls if we said “Islam isn’t Christian”? That statement is similar, they aren’t Christian because although they believe in Jesus, born of Mary, they deny his divinity. Both believe the Bible was originally truth but was then hopelessly corrupted.
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The LDS church itself disagrees with you, and states it believes in the divinity of Jesus Christ.


Second sentence (first sentence is in the link) of this article states, and I quote, “Though the label ‘Christian’ is often associated with particular creedal claims which the Church does not adopt, Mormons use it to express their belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ [emphasis added by me].”

I do believe the Catholic Church does not hold their baptisms as valid.

Mormons believe that God had a wife and Jesus had a Celestial Mother, and that God and this wife procreated both Jesus and the Holy Spirit (no idea what they think or if they think about Mary, or if Mary is supposed to be this Celestial Mother).

The LDS church does a LOT for disaster relief and a lot of ancestral records are held and have been developed by the Mormons, and they share all that with others (there’s a records depository in Raleigh, NC, that I’ve actually been to and it’s incredible what they have in there)…they believe in the baptism of the dead, sort of converting their ancestors. They are indeed generous with that information. Ever hear of Ancestry.com? 🙂 That has roots deep in the Mormon Church.

All the Mormons I’ve ever met and worked with have been WONDERFUL people, very kind and friendly.

But their beliefs…are very different.
 
Pup7 said:
All the Mormons I’ve ever met and worked with have been WONDERFUL people, very kind and friendly.

But their beliefs…are very different.
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They live by the essential instructions in the bible, but haters will always find a distinction that disqualifies them from membership in the Christian club. Expect we will soon see it explained that LDS definition of “divinity” is not the same as real Christians.
 
almost2 said:
Have you ever changed your Christian denomination?
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Not me, I’m Catholic.

But among our Protestant friends, there are a lot of people with no particular loyalty to a specific denomination. People switch from a Presbyterian church to a Baptist or pentecostal or methodist church all the time, the loyalty is more toward Christianity as a whole or to a local congregation or preacher than to a denomination.

Its different if you expand the definitions of “protestant” to include LDS’ers and JW’s and all of that. They are really separate from mainstream protestants like Baptists and Presbyterians.
 
Whitney said:
If you’re saying that to be valid you have to baptize in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit, Mormons do that.
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Not really. They mean separate beings, though they use the same names. That’s fundamentally different from what Christians profess about the one, true God in the Apostles, Nicene and especially the Athanasian Creed.

Mormon baptism therefore does not follow the Trinitarian belief or formula, as it baptizes in the names/shared name of their gods, rather than in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
 
I have changed to many different religious types including Christian and non-Christian. I was born into the non-denominational Church. My fathers family was Lutheran and southern baptist so I spent time in both of those. In high school I went to a Pentecostal holiness church for a little while. I also became Wiccan for about a year in high school too. I also attended Christ, the Scientist, Seventh-day Adventist, Church of God, church of the brethren, Church Of Christ, missionary baptist, premitive baptist, Free Will Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Jehovahs witnesses Methodist, Bahá’ís, Native American Peyote Religion, Unitarian Universalists, and Eckankar. I have drifted from Church to Church, religion to religion trying to find a place I felt connected to God and Jesus. When I met my husband and after the birth of our son I took him to a Catholic Church for the first time. At the end of Mass I felt different than I had in any other place. I find there are a lot of things I don’t understand, a few people who should reconsider where they are headed in life and a few things I don’t agree with completely but it was the closest I’d ever felt to complete my whole life.
 
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I was raised off-brand Pentacostal and my dad was a preacher. I attended a Catholic church in college for a couple of years after escaping bedlam, but ultimately I ended up in Hermetic neo-paganism. Even though I didn’t eventually become Catholic, it was an experience that i’m grateful for and it was helpful in developing a happier and more rational approach to religion. According to my family, however, I was seduced by the Whore of Babylon, have a “spirit of defiance”, and am under demonic influence.
 
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steido01 said:
Not really. They mean separate beings, though they use the same names. That’s fundamentally different from what Christians profess about the one, true God in the Apostles, Nicene and especially the Athanasian Creed
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You should read up on the ‘no true scotsman’ logical fallacy.
You are quiet adept, and likely don’t even know it.
 
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steido01:
Not really. They mean separate beings, though they use the same names. That’s fundamentally different from what Christians profess about the one, true God in the Apostles, Nicene and especially the Athanasian Creed
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You should read up on the ‘no true scotsman’ logical fallacy.
You are quiet adept, and likely don’t even know it.
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sayerofthelaw said:
According to my family, however, I was seduced by the Whore of Babylon, have a “spirit of defiance”, and am under demonic influence.
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In other words, a fun and interesting person. I’d invite you to the neighborhood block party.

I’m Episcopalian though, which puts me loosely in the “cavorts with witches” camp with some posters here, I’m sure. So you’re in good company.
 
Excuse me? Christian baptism has a clear definition with a clear formula and meaning. Deviating from it is easily identified. Mormon baptism is not Christian baptism; to say so is not any sort of fallacy, but a logical conclusion based on the clear definition of Christian baptism.

Do you even Christian bro?
 
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