This sounds alot like the following if you make the changes.
I don’t believe you (or the people talking about JS’s murder) are trying to justify it, but your post looks just as much like justification as theirs. Yes I know you said the Mormons were wrong but others here have said the same thing about those who killed JS and you don’t accept it.
Hello GodIsGracious! Good evening to you.
Hello PaulDupre! I hope you are well today.
I would have to say that in the last few years Mormons have become less anti-Catholic as they’ve realized that stopping gay marriage and other moral problems will require working with other Christians, especially Catholics. I also think that there are more and more Mormons discovering the difficulties inherent in Mormon history. They remain faithful to Mormonism, but without the hard edge the older folks had 30 years ago. I talked to a Mormon branch president who essentially told me he had quit reading LDS Church history because of all of the problems he was discovering. He just accepted the Book of Mormon and let the rest go.
I don’t think that the mormon church is anticatholic. Of course being a restoration church which claims that an apostacy occured would make them anti, I suppose. Now of course, the catholic church does not consider the lds church to be christian. So, I would assume that the catholic church is antimormon. Right? And as you can see on this section of the forum, the catholics seem to be antimormon. Right?
LDS history is quite young and so it is still up close. The catholics had the same problem with the reformation. Many left the fold because of history. Now, the reformation is long past and no one or very few leave catholicism over history.
It is not that the Church is “anti-mormon” because she “thinks” mormons aren’t christian, it is because the Catholic Church has the Truth, as revealed to her by Jesus Christ and that mormons, as a religion, do not. So to say that the Catholic Church is “anti-mormon” is a false statement. There is no such thing possible for the Catholic Church. It is, however, correct to say that mormons are committing heresy and are in apostasy.
The difference is that Mormon historic problems have to do with the very foundation of the Mormon Church. Catholic historic problems generally began occurring in the Middle Ages when the Catholic Church was already well established.
Good morning Holly3278! I’m hoping your day has started out great.
Good morning GodIsGracious! Thank you for your post.
LOL! You couldn’t come up with this yourself, but had to copy what I said?Good morning GodIsGracious! Thank you for your post.
You make an interesting point that I believe also reflects this issue here with the Mormon church. With only a few modifications, I would accept your post to accurately reflect the LDS Church’s position towards the Catholic church or any church, for that matter.
It isn’t that the LDS church is anti-Catholic because she thinks Catholics aren’t Christian, but because the LDS church has the whole truth as it has been restored by Jesus Christ in these latter days and that other religions, to include Catholics, do not have the whole truth. So, to say that the LDS church is “anti-catholic” is a false statement. There is no such thing possible for the LDS church. And although I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Catholics are committing heresy (because I believe and the Church teaches to respect and allow all people to worship how, where, or what they may) , they are in apostasy.
Of course, you may find people in the Mormon religion who are anti-Catholic, but I agree that this is a different thing altogether.
Kind Regards,
Finrock
Mormons are in denial about what their leaders have taught in the past so they run and hide behind their standard works. It’s a dodge. Maybe they should clarify it once and for all and write a catechism. That might end all of the confusion.Good morning Holly3278! I’m hoping your day has started out great.
The article is interesting, however, I don’t believe that it accurately reflect the Church’s position. In the past and even today, there may be Mormons who were anti-Catholic and/or Mormons who have some aversion to the cross. But, this doesn’t translate to what the Church’s actual position is or what it’s general membership believes as a whole. As is often the case, assumptions like this arise from something that may be true on an individual basis but which cannot be carried over to the whole. The basic issue here is a hasty generalization.
The Church has provided an official commentary on what actually constitutes Church doctrine that is binding on the people. I provide portions of that statement below. I think it will be helpful in recognizing that although some LDS members, even leaders, may have expressed anti-Catholic or anti-cross viewpoints, that doesn’t mean that this is what the Church as a whole teachers or even what the general membership believes.
"Much misunderstanding about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints revolves around its doctrine…
The Church welcomes inquisitiveness, but the challenge of understanding Mormon doctrine is not merely a matter of accessing the abundant information available. Rather, it is a matter of how this information is approached and examined.
The doctrinal tenets of any religion are best understood within a broad context and thoughtful analysis is required to understand them…
Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine. A single statement made by a single leader on a single occasion often represents a personal, though well-considered, opinion, but is not meant to be officially binding for the whole Church. With divine inspiration, the First Presidency (the prophet and his two counselors) and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (the second-highest governing body of the Church) counsel together to establish doctrine that is consistently proclaimed in official Church publications. This doctrine resides in the four “standard works” of scripture (the Holy Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price), official declarations and proclamations, and the Articles of Faith. Isolated statements are often taken out of context, leaving their original meaning distorted.
Some doctrines are more important than others and might be considered core doctrines. For example, the precise location of the Garden of Eden is far less important than doctrine about Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice. The mistake that public commentators often make is taking an obscure teaching that is peripheral to the Church’s purpose and placing it at the very center. This is especially common among reporters or researchers who rely on how other Christians interpret Latter-day Saint doctrine" (newsroom.lds.org).
Kind Regards,
Finrock
To be fair, most Protestants are anti-Catholic too. In the days of the infancy of the Mormon religion, almost all Protestant churches in America were strongly anti-Catholic. They called the Catholic Church the Whore of Babylon. These days, both Protestants and Mormons are less anti-Catholic. I think it’s a good thing. People who follow Christ should find commonality with each other not throw stones at each other.
Jerusha, you never cease to astound me. Did you actually read what you just wrote?
No, because “sin was not imputed when the law was not”.