Something different- admirable qualities of other faiths

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mrS4ntA:
Baptists: fiery love of Our Lord and the Scriptures, though they can be quite anti-catholic at times.
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Thanks from a Baptist! Although I try to not to be “anti-Catholic”!
Peace…
 
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Chris-WA:
Mormons–the way they practice what they preach and the way they educate their members. My wife is LDS so I’ve had a good 3rd-person perspective on Mormonism for over a decade. Though I find their beliefs full of serious error, I do greatly admire their commitment to those beliefs, which honestly puts most of us Catholics to shame. Church-going Mormons dress appropriately for church, have reverent music in their worship (no matter where you go), and most importantly, know their faith a heck of a lot better than Catholics know Catholicism, which I believe is the single biggest reason why I keep running into ex-Catholics on their side.

Both adults and children go to Sunday school every Sunday, even through the summer. The bottom line is that the average Mormon is far more equipped to spread and defend their faith than we are. I wish we required (or at least highly encouraged) our adults to go to religious education every Sunday after Mass. I think we would have a lot more knowledgable and committed Catholics if we did. At the very least they would be able to defend our faith a lot better.
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I also greatly admire Mormons. They are serious about their faith and are committed to Christ and their families. If only Baptists had their zeal there would be more Baptists in the world!
 
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mrS4ntA:
Isn’t it because they believe birthdays are pagan celebrations (as is Christmas)
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One of the reasons is that Herod had John the Baptist beheaded on the celebration of a birthday. They will point out to you that in the Scriptures, nothing good came about on a person’s celebration of a birthday.
 
Re: the JWs and the 144,000;

The 144,000 **chosen (**and it’s a feeling thing - if they feel called to the chosen 144,000, no one may question) go to heaven while the rest “sleep” (ECC 12:7)., until the 2nd coming of Christ. Afterwards (if they all become JWs), they remain on earth forever. The ones who reject, are forever destroyed. No hell as we know it.

I asked a mormon about artificial birth control. As posted by ChrisWA, they have no problem with it so long as they have children.
 
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