The Mormons Turned On Me

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I made a post last month telling of my experience visiting the mormon church. The people seemed nice and there was almost like having automatic friends. So, I was invited back this past Sunday. When I was in the parking lot I realized that I was being shunned by some members, who had previously been so kind. One member wore a smug look on her face and said I didnt see you last Sunday and ignored me from then on. So apparently I’m being shunned for not coming to their church. I’ve attended a hand full of times too.

But my deal breaker was during Sunday school. A member ranted about the Catholic Church, all the members know im Catholic, criticizing praying to saints and Catholics not reading the bible. But where my heart sank and my blood pressure spiked, is when she said that priest drink all of the wine at communion and that’s why they’re alcoholics. Everyone started laughing and everything went in slow motion 😤😠. God forbid someone bashed their temple ordinances they’d flip out and feel hurt. For us Catholics, wine is no longer wine at communion but the literal blood of Christ. And for her to take the sacredness out of it by referencing alcoholism darn near killed me. I left early and told the missionaries that I didn’t like the negative spirit that I felt during my visit.

But I thank God for that experience because it made me appreciate what I have in the Catholic Church. After the experience I heard Venerable Fulton Sheen tell the following story/ joke that made me realize that ive visited their church soo much that, I get to be treated like the rank and file members.

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There was a man who went to heaven and thought perhaps he would like to go to hell to see what it was like. He asked St.Peter if he could go down so he went down to hell and rather enjoyed himself over the weekend. He came back to heaven and the following weekend said to Peter really I didn’t mind it down there can I go down again? Yes said Peter. And for the second time he came back and reported enjoying himself. The third time he asked to go down. Peter said, “now this is your last time.” When he got down, the devil put him in one of the hot corners of hell and he said to the devil when I was here before you treated me nicely. He said, “yes then you were a tourist, now you are a resident.”

Venerable Fulton Sheen
 
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I am wondering if there an over-riding reason that you would attend such a service? I commend you for your courage, but this can be a near occasion of sin, inasmuch as it risks leading you away from your faith. You experienced some obvious unpleasantries, but the serpent is the most subtle of creatures - and that is where the risk lies.
 
Curiosity lead me and could have cost me my Salvation. Those attributes are spot on about the adversary. Maybe years down the line someone may do a search and benefit from my experience shared in these posts. Idk.
 
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To be candid, I find the story a caricature. While various non-catholics may have espoused those views at one time or another, hearing them all in a couple days is not very probable.

I’ve also found Mormons to be much more circumspect in expressing their views.
 
I can see where if you didn’t have a mom like I did who went into overdrive lecturing me every time I mentioned maybe checking out some non-Catholic church, not to join but just to see what went on there, that one might think in an ecumenical spirit that it might be cool to check out some other church and make some friends.

I’m sorry the Mormons acted like that, but at least they showed their true colors now rather than later, before you got over-involved with them.
 
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I know it sounds too good to be true but that all happened to me this past sunday. Maybe location has something to do with it and demographics 🤔 But thanks for your comment!
 
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Thanks for your kind words. I’m a new Catholic and have always visited other churches. That’s just what we do in Detroit. Haha but thats true better now than later.
 
The true Church is difficult to join and easy to leave, i.e. John 6. A caution sign is when a community is easy to join and difficult to leave - a snare, protection from which we seek the aid of Saint Michael the Archangel. The two major pseudo-Christian sects both exhibit that exact behavior.
 
You just blew my mind! 😮 I spent so long studying in Rcia last year to become Catholic.
 
I understand trying to be ecumenical and diplomatic, but sometimes, you’ve just got to let go. Were it me (and I have a fierce temper, so not a great idea), I’d have pointed out their inaccuracies, where I think they’re wrong, and my issues with their faith tradition. Be glad you’re not me.
 
By the way, interesting you mentioned this, as just a few days ago some Mormons approached my mother whilst she was broken down in a parking lot. She was more diplomatic than I would have been.
 
“near occasion of sin” … I see that word around, but it seems like it could apply to literal everything. I may be misunderstanding it, but it seems like only people in comas can avoid near-occasions of sin.
 
My temper has landed me in the sacrament of reconciliation enough times already. I’m working on displaying charity! 😂
 
As an LDS member who specifically requested that you let us know how things go, please accept my sincerely apology for the disrespect you experienced at an LDS service. Please forgive us.
 
Visiting schismatic or unorthodox groups is not a good idea, but it has nothing to do with how nice they are, or aren’t. We should not be surprised by anti-Catholicism. A schismatic has to criticize the Catholic Church to some extant, in order to explain why is out of communion with it.
 
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Thanks for your kind words. I’m a new Catholic and have always visited other churches. That’s just what we do in Detroit. Haha but thats true better now than later.
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Visiting and joining certain services is not wrong in itself. But replacing a service with Mass is, along with receiving their communion or certain levels of involvement.
 
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CatholicDetroit said:
I know it sounds too good to be true but that all happened to me this past sunday. Maybe location has something to do with it and demographics 🤔 But thanks for your comment!
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If you are a newly minted Catholic attending their services, then I expect you come across more as evangelizing than as a prospective member.

Are they really urging you not to return? Why are you going every Sunday, it’s a half day of activities if you are attending their bible study as well as service.
 
If you think that was bad you should hear what they say when you’re not there.
 
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