What’s done is done. She doesn’t have a Mormon membership record to follow her around in life. I think she’s seen the last of the ward and any other Mormon proselytizers, are just part of living in Utah. She knows what to do.My Catholic faith is not a thing I do for an hour then I go live godlessly. My point is I can be around people of all backgrounds and have an enjoyable time and not talk about religion if it’s not appropriate.
Like I said, you just never know what the true intentions are. The next thing would be a BoM showing up at your house, then missionaries asking for your wife, which if they are received, that will be shortly followed (within 1 or 2 weeks) by the missionaries asking your wife to get baptized.Funny thing about that “you can just go to confession” thing. I remember a number of times in my life when thinking of “letting go” where the thought of following through and then saying out loud to another person what I had done put the brakes on the whole situation. The very idea of confession sometimes led me to the conclusion that that is not the kind of behavior I want to own.
Well, you have two options before you:
You should totally send a video back!!! Now is the time to celebrate the sacrifice and resurrection of our Lord! Don’t go and shove your joy under a bushel.
FYI: a Mormon bishop is not the same thing as a Catholic bishop. A Mormon bishop is a guy with a day job, who works part time as the priest leading the local congregation for a few years, and then someone else takes a turn. He leads the congregation and (hopefully) keeps things organized, but doesn’t get paid, doesn’t give the sermons every week, and probably is married with kids.
Interesting that you can pick out which is the older one of the pair. There’s usually just a few months difference. And the older one isn’t always the one in charge.
I’m not denying that some Mormons will do make friendship and gestures just for missionary efforts.
Like I said, you never know. Which means, not all Mormons are alike. I tend to ere on the side of caution. Sorry, but that is how it is after living in Utah for a lifetime, and raising a family here. Any non-Mormon here knows, you have to always be on guard against Mormons trying to convert your family members.
Why should “getting your name taken off the rolls” be necessary for this? Shouldn’t “Leave me and my family alone - I’m not interested” be enough? Just sayin’…
It’s that way it is with the vast majority of churches.
Exactly. I jumped through the hoops, and nothing at the ward level changed. The ward still harasses me 7 years later.
Nooooooooo!!! :banghead:
Could one of the knowledgeable folks here, speak to what a baptized Catholic must do to no longer be considered a baptized Catholic by the Catholic church and its members?
As we believe in one baptism, once baptized Catholic, always baptized Catholic. However if a Catholic makes the decision to leave the Church there us nothing formal he/she must do. Outside of family and friends questioning them, there is no harassment.
There is nothing one can do, because baptism is permanent. We Catholics believe that baptism is not merely symbolic. The individual actually receives divine grace. Baptism makes one an adopted son or daughter of God. It washes away original sin. This cannot be undone, no matter what the individual does with their life. They can reject God of their own free will, but that does not make them “unbaptized.” This stands in contrast to the LDS concept of baptism. For them baptism is not permanent, because a Mormon who is excommunicated has their baptism nullified, and must therefore be “re baptized” to come back into the fold. Also, Mormons get excommunicated far more frequently than Catholics. For Catholics, excommunication is reserved for extremely serious offenses, and is very rare.
I’ve heard other LDS say the exact same thing. You guys must be learning somewhere in talks or Sunday school that this somehow makes you unique compared to Christian churches. It doesn’t. It’s an arrogant statement because it implies that Christian churches are lacking commitment the Mormons have. Whether you realize it or not, that is what you are saying. Take away mandatory tithing in order to receive a temple recommend or “mandatory” callings and LDS are just like everybody else. Mormons have all the same problems too, no matter what fassad members may put up.
I would not be comfortable if I was asked to do this, I feel it is deceptive to invite someone to an event dressed up as a social occasion or insert my self in someone else’s service work in order to get them to commit to lessons about my faith.