The problem here is quite simple: A protestant would certainly think that catholicism is a flawed religion. And a catholic would certainly think that protestantism is also a flawed faith. What to do with flaws? However, stressing the positives and negatives would be the way to go. But to only stress flaws would only sow distaste and misunderstandings. And certainly not wellbeing between peoples.
Telling the truth from a bias point of view just may be disparaging. How can it be otherwise? Telling the truth about what? What is the truth? That mormonism is a flawed religion? For whom? Not for mormons and not for most people. It is just a religion. Now we all could point to other faiths and say, lo…that faith is flawed. But in the end, it will achieve very little.
For Catholics. If a Catholic is trying to raise a well-formed Catholic child, what sense does it make to tell the child that Mormon beliefs are equal to Catholic beliefs?
Tell him to take it to his parents. If the book was given to him by a friend, he should say thank you—and not read it until and unless his parents encourage it or he is old enough to make his own choices in the matter.
Mormons will argue that revelation is ongoing, but what they won’t tell you is that Mr. Young considered his sermons to be scripture:
Perhaps you were not aware of the context and would appreciate increased understanding. I’m certain that you would not deliberately take quote out of context in a thread dedicated to helping a teacher of the young give accurate information about someone’s faith.
Here is the context of the quote, emphasis mine:
Brigham Young:
Please note two rather important qualifications that Pres. Young mentions here: first, he reserves the right to correct a sermon once preached; to go over the transcript. It is to be noted that even though most of his sermons are recorded, he was not able to do this with all of them, and ironically, he wasn’t able to do this with ANY of the speeches in the Journal of Discourses. They were transcribed and sent to England, where they were published without any (name removed by moderator)ut or corrections from the speakers. Interesting circular problem with that, isn’t there?
Secondly, he has to identify them as scripture…his words have to go out with the 'Thus saith the Lord" part. For us, that means canonization, and even though the canon is NOT closed for us, it’s still not all that easy to get something put in the Doctrine and Covenants (the book that represents our open canon; the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Pearl of Great Price are done already.)
So…you want Brigham Young’s words that are ***scripture ***according to *HIS *estimation as well as ours? You will find them in the Doctrine and Covenants, and that’s the only place you will find them.
I rather think that if it was given to him by a friend, he probably won’t get past “I, Nephi, being born of goodly parents…” and any aghast reaction a teacher has will only give him incentive to find out what the horrible truth about it IS.
Abbreviation: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is the largest denomination of “Mormons,” and the one from whom most Mormons come. We sometimes shorten that even further to “LDS” for “Latter-day Saint.”
Please tell us about baseball baptisms.
You know the difference between the “Psalm of Nephi” and the Psalms attributed to David is that…
I suppose when we die, the truth that is in the "eye of the beholder", and objective truth will meet. Exhorting someone to Jesus Christ and His virtues of humility and charity seem a pretty safe path to me.
An honest and sincere Mormon who couldn't have known better is one thing. Another playing mind games to convert one against their will so they can get brownie points in their church is another altogether.
If another little boy gave this child the book; believe me his elders will be back to try and cash in. And they won't be waiting until he is thirty.Anyone over the age of 18 is old enough to marry, sign contracts, vote and serve in the military; to kill and die for our country. Anyone over the age of 21 is old enough to drink, gamble and smoke.
A: the ‘little boy’ is twelve.
And basketball baptisms (in the Philippines).
On the “Mormons Have My Child” forum, we have dozens of brokenhearted parents whose children (often well under 18) were lured to the homes of LDS neighbors and introduced to the LDS cult (usually by attractive opposite-sex LDS). These neighbors love-bombed the kids (in secret without the parents knowledge of course), told the kids that their parents were “unworthy”, that their parents don’t really love them or else they would have been sealed to them for eternity. Then they were introduced to the missionaries. These kids were encouraged to call the LDS neighbors “mom and dad”, and to become estranged from their real parents. By the time the real parents found out what was going on, it was too late - the child had been completely brainwashed. Even if the kids could not get baptized until age 18, the damage was done and they self-identified as Mormons and rejected and condemned their real families as “unworthy” and “apostate”.
I have had mormon missionaries on my doorstep several times. Of those times, two were specifically asking for my daughter by name. Once when she was 10, and again when she was 16.
It sometimes happens. It shouldn’t.
No. That does NOT happen. Ever. It is so completely against what we teach about family that I’m calling you on it. No.
No.
No.
No.
if there was a misunderstanding with your daughter’s friend, I’m sorry. You handled it exactly right.