LDS and "Heavenly Father"

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SteveVH said:
Wow! Whether or not the term “cult” is generally applicable to the LDS Church is arguable. What is not arguable is that practices such as this are certainly “cultish”. It is a way of forming young minds to link one of their most basic human needs, the love of ones father and mother, to the organization. This, together with family and community pressures to remain, with consequences if one does not, are very powerful tools; external pressures that have little or nothing to do with faith and reason.
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They tried to kidnap my kids…to me, calling it a cult is not very arguable.
 
PaulDupre1 said:
The other thing with the kids that burns me is this:

The traditional testimony that kids are encouraged to declare has three parts -
  1. I know this church is true
  2. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet
  3. I know that my mommy and daddy love me
You see what they have done? They have linked mommy and daddy’s love to the church being true and Joseph Smith being a prophet. If one of them is not true, then neither are the others.

This is the LDS child’s introduction to conditional love.
The condition is belief in Joseph Smith and his church.
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And it’s not just the kids, this carries on to the youth, YSA & so on. I rememember being asked by my parents & various leaders in my ward why I wouldn’t go up to give my ‘testimony’ or I would be questioned as to whether I have a testimony. I only rattled off these things when we were made to during primary, youth & Seminary presentations… Very cult like.
 
Porknpie said:
I have a question for the ex-LDS now Catholic’s. I have a work associate who has left the LDS church but is not currently attending any church. Is there a book that you would recommend for him given his LDS background? I haven’t had a chance to speak with him in any detail (we were close but he moved and is now only recently back in town). I typically give out a Scott Hahn book or two but wasn’t sure in this situation.

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PnP
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That’s a difficult one, I pretty much had to relearn everything from the beginning (mind you, I was comparing & questioning everything from my LDS background)
While it was a slow process, what books I found helped me the most was (ditching the KJV bible) reading a youth catholic bible, family catechism, Catholicism for dummies. The biggest help though was RCIA. Catholic answers forum has also helped me a lot 🙂
 
I just want to say thank you to those who have replied. Although there is a LDS church/meeting house/chapel-what do they call the small local ones-about fifteen minutes from where I live, to my knowledge, I’ve never known any LDS, with the exception of a former aunt, who wasn’t a practicing LDS, anyway.
 
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