Yes. You should know this already.Like I said…I had no assumptions. You have tried telling me how wring I am…I have stated my positions. are you an apostate? i never considered it. it seems a bit odd that you came into this conversation telling me I am wrong and then assume I am so awful as to consider you an apostate.
Why do you do that? is it because I left the Catholic Church?
You have me at a disadvantage. If I respond with a list of the plethora of things Catholics have done, I get banned. So, list away. You may do so with impunity.The conduct of others no longer matters to you? Not the actions of Joseph Smith, or law-breaking polygamists or those not willing to excavate Cumorah?
Are you saying tithing is not in the Bible?Christians have never been required to give 10% of their income to the church. They are required to support it but not at 10%. It is not a Christian commandant.
it is interest how sure signs that Mormonism is false can now be ignored.The conduct of others no longer matters to you? Not the actions of Joseph Smith, or law-breaking polygamists or those not willing to excavate Cumorah?
The same could be said for the Catholic Church…or any church. I prefer to not throw those stones.it is interest how sure signs that Mormonism is false can now be ignored.
Polygamy is in the bible but it was never a Christian belief or practice.Are you saying tithing is not in the Bible?
That was my point.The same could be said for the Catholic Church…or any church. I prefer to not throw those stones.
Over the years I’ve know young adults who served missions for their church, they didn’t have to pay living expenses, their respective churches paid them. I find that model much better.you are mixing apples and oranges.
That is what it will cost a missionary per month to eat and live. The missionary pays his own way…the Church does not pay him. The Bible is clear that you should not get paid…do you expect Missionaries to never eat and sleep outside? You are confusing living expenses paid by the missionary and his family with getting paid for church ordinances. That is different than paying a priest for an ordinance of God…don’t you agree?
I have NEVER had to pay. Not when I came into full communion back in '07. Never. I don’t pay for confession, or the Eucharist, or when I was anointed. Im never asked about my contributions.Yes, that is my experience. The Catholic Church does not charge fees for the sacraments.
At a Parish Finance Council meeting, a member suggested we change a small fee to non-parishioners to cover the utility bill, but the Priest said, “we do not charge for the sacraments.”
I wouldn’t think that a small fee to cover the utility bill would be “charging a fee” for the sacraments, so I would not be surprised if some parish someplace would do it. But I have never heard of it, at any parish I’ve attended.
Then we agree.That was my point.
There is no required fee for a baptism or a wedding.*The only time in any Church I have had to pay anything has been when I was Catholic. I had to pay for a baptism, and I had to pay for a wedding.
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I see what you are saying. However, I never said you pay the church for a mission.
Who conducts Mormon weddings in the temple? We attended a Mormon wedding at a resort performed by the bishop. I wonder if he got paid for his time?
TK, I know that LDS church leaders earn salaries and that mandatory tithing pays for the temples. Catholics do not have that type of requirement. It is far cheaper to pay $200 for a wedding then 10% of your income
That’s apples and oranges.
Well…that, I guess, is a matter of preference. Some parents paid for their college…I paid my own way…I preferred doing it myself.Over the years I’ve know young adults who served missions for their church, they didn’t have to pay living expenses, their respective churches paid them. I find that model much better.
It is not my intention to put you at a disadvantage or to get you banned.You have me at a disadvantage. If I respond with a list of the plethora of things Catholics have done, I get banned. So, list away. You may do so with impunity.
I am as forgiving with certain things LDS have done in the past as I was when I was Catholic and forgiving of all the wrongs Catholics had done.
Does that answer your question?
perhaps not in your parish…there was in mine.There is no required fee for a baptism or a wedding.
you have me smiling…because what you are saying is what I have heard over and over from Catholics…it is what I would say when I was Catholic.It is not my intention to put you at a disadvantage or to get you banned.
No, it doesn’t answer my question. You sound like a tape recorder saying all the same tired things that I have heard countless times from Mormons over the past 25 years.
Duplicate post.Not sure I said that. Please show me where. I looked and did not see it.
I said that I did not pay the CHURCH to go on a mission. I paid living expenses in Honduras.
I paid 200.00 to the priest for the ordinance of marriage as a Catholic. I did not get charged anything to be married when I was LDS the first time.
I hope you see the difference
You are right.There is no required fee for a baptism or a wedding.
What am I saying that you said over and over when you were Catholic?you have me smiling…because what you are saying is what I have heard over and over from Catholics…it is what I would say when I was Catholic.
It is what ALL Catholics have said…including me…you…and othersWhat am I saying that you said over and over when you were Catholic?
Why would that make you smile?