one of my favorite web-sites on the subject is lascasas.orgYes, I guess the missionaries who first came over with the conquistadors finally realized that if all the Native Americans were killed there wouldn’t be any left to convert.Peace.
mormons who have been through the Temple ordiances wear “garments” as a symbol of the coats of skin that god gave adam and eve after the original sin. they see these as reminders of their temple covenants and offering protection as well. (somewhat analogous to catholic scapulars)
yes, a venial sin in catholic terms although a pattern of this can get into mortal sin. (mormons don’t use those terms but it is somewhat equivalent)
they believe it is the holy spirit witnessing to them.
Do they wear them all the time? Do they have more than one pair? Do children “go through the Temple ordinances” or is it an adult thing?
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Yes, they have several sets. It is an adult thing parallel to confirmationone of the covenants they make is to wear them all the time. in practice most bishops will explain that it’s okay to remove them for marital intimacy and bathing and swimming and some other athletic activities. where medically necessary for treatment it’s okay as well. one is told to get them back on as soon as possible when finished though.
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They are married to each other for eternity unless they obtain a temple divorce. I know several Mormon men with ex-wives who are legally divorced, but still sealed to their wives. They will have those wives in the next life. Many ex-wives allow legal divorces, but won’t allow a temple divorce.
I find that sort of amusing.
When a Mormon couple is married in the temple (this is called a sealing) they are told that their marriage will last for time & all eternity.
It only works so far. If the woman decides to remarry, and wants a temple sealing to her new husband, she will have to get a temple divorce in order to cancel the first sealing.I find that sort of amusing.
If I can’t stand my husband so much that I want to divorce him, I CERTAINLY don’t want to spend all of eternity with him. That sounds like hell.
What nonsense. The idea that women are seen as inferior in marriage in Catholic and Protestant churches has no basis in fact. The Mormons can’t rectify their practice without renouncing the entire eternal marriage doctrine. In Catholic doctrine there simply is no room to say women are inferior and in fact they are single in heaven so there is no inequality there at all.
Start a new thread with the names of all the female RC priests you can find, and we’ll talk.
here is how it works nowadays:
The divorce rate for Mormons is only slightly better than the national average. Many Mormons will claim otherwise, but they are either fibbing or misinformed.
That’s the common Mormon excuse too. (Women don’t want the priesthood, their job is different…).What makes you think women WANT to be Priests?
As if we don’t have enough to do…
Dear Brother Dorsey:**Hello…I am a former RC, I was raised RC, I attended Catholic private schools etc., I converted to LDS 28 years ago when I was 21 years old. I am here because of the intense interest of the LDS church recently in the media. I am not here to convert anyone, challenge anyones faith, or cause contention. I am here to honestly answer questions about my faith and I hope to learn more about the RC faith. (I have forgotten so much). I am happily married with 6 children and am very active in my church. I never served a mission, nor have I ever been married to more than one women…at a time.. I will absolutely respect your faith as my mother and siblings are all faithful RC’s and we get along great. Please respect me and mine and don’t try to “convert” me as my testimony of LDS doctrine is as iron. Hope we have some fun and learn a lot from eachother…or agree to disagree!
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The journey to the truth of Jesus Christ and His Church is an intense one. Those who have felt this intensity have been moved to conversion. It is the very point and purpose of witness and testimony. To both awaken and open the heart of non-believers, or even fellow believers, who may achieve a further richness and depth by finding a piece of theselves in the testimony of others. Of course the greatest witness a Christian can provide is the example of their own lives. The level, frequency, and determination which they apply to their particular imitation of Christ in this life. There is no harm, certainly, in the sharing of the intellectual concepts underpinning one's religion. Nor in explaining the local and cultural customs and nuances of one's practice. Indeed, the sharing of these things can spark interesting conversation.
The problem with your statements above, and the general approach you are taking here, is that your audience is made up, (at least predominantly, I would hope), of practicing Catholic and Orthodox Christians, who believe with every fiber of their being that Jesus, the Christ...the Logos...the incarnate human form of the Living God..the Word of God made flesh...who was born of the Virgin Mary, and became Man....who suffered, died, was buried, and rose from the dead in fulfillment of the scriptures...has, Himself provided the Church, which he established upon Peter (The rock). The Church of The Lord our God has been kept alive, as Jesus has asked through Apostolic succession for over 2,000 years, (so far), as we await his glorious return. Catholic Christianity itself, then, is a fulfillment of the scriptures, and the ordained pathway to God and His Kingdom.