what i like about Mormons

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Interesting…His cousin could become our president…now don’t you feel like kin?
 
I have a Mormon friend and she’s a good woman indeed. Her sons are currently on missions. She talks about how its important to get abstience back in vogue and was always very welcoming to others, and respectful of my Catholicism.

And I have Muslim friends who are also similar in mind to my Mormon friend. Then I have lots of Chinese friends and they are hard working and respectful, not all drowning babies in rice paddies and executing people for their organs.

There will always be good people in all groups of society and nations. We should only concern ourselves with people who seek to put division in society and are otherwise immoral in practice and beleif.
 
KathleenGee said:
Interesting…His cousin could become our president…now don’t you feel like kin?
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personally i would love it. his daddy did great things for michigan when he was govenor. orin b hatch also comes to mind. thats another thing Mormons have provided for us. solid state and federal leadership. Peace 🙂
 
vera_dicere said:
I have a Mormon friend and she’s a good woman indeed. Her sons are currently on missions. She talks about how its important to get abstience back in vogue and was always very welcoming to others, and respectful of my Catholicism.

And I have Muslim friends who are also similar in mind to my Mormon friend. Then I have lots of Chinese friends and they are hard working and respectful, not all drowning babies in rice paddies and executing people for their organs.

There will always be good people in all groups of society and nations. We should only concern ourselves with people who seek to put division in society and are otherwise immoral in practice and beleif.
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yes! feel free to put in what you like about any group that gets their butt kicked on a regualr basis on this forum. Mormon, Muslim, Masons etc. your are so correct. their are good people who are in every society, and nation. and there are Chinese who have had a multitude of sorrows sticking to their guns im sure. living under a communist government has got to be incredibly tough. my prayers for them. Peace 🙂
 
What I like about Mormon people (yes, they are very much a unique, sub-culture within the greater American culture):
  1. Extremely strong family connectivity. Mormons, unlike so many other American sub-cultures have kept the pre-Industrial Revolution, strong extended family model alive all the way into the current century. Catholic Americans were doing pretty well too, but have done much more to assimilate into the (now) normative nuclear family. Growing up a Mormon it wasn’t uncommon to meet new family members up until the time you were sent off on your mission (I swear that whenever I’d attend yearly family reunions it felt as if I was related to the whole state of Utah plus parts of Arizona, Nevada, and Idaho).
This close family unit though was much of a double edged sword. Not only does having a large, close-knit family ensure stability and love, but it makes privacy almost nonexistent, and at rare times increased the pressure to “not let the family down”. The individuality that so typifies your average Westerner’s teenage years takes on a much different form as a Mormon. In your typical Mormon family everyone is up in your business because, well, you don’t really have your own business. Your business is the family’s business. When you fail, the family fails, when you succeed, the family succeeds. When you hurt, they hurt, when you’re joyful, they’re joyful.
  1. The intense activity in church matters. Everyone has a unique roll in the Ward and if YOU don’t, trust me, the Bishop will find something for you to do, even if it comes to you finding that God is calling you to be the ward janitor! 🙂 This is something I sometimes miss, and to which I can admit has at times caused me to slip through the cracks within my own (Catholic) parish. I guess as a side note to church callings would be the home teaching program / all around Ward concern for each and every family. This communal concern, I’m not even exaggerating, is damn near universal for Mormons. I’ve visited Wards all across the US, Canada, Mexico, and some in Germany and England, and it’s all there (must be something in the Jell-O). If you miss a Sunday, others point out that they noticed your absence and hope all’s well. If you miss two Sundays, members are dropping by your house to see if there’s anything they can do for you. Before you know it the Relief Society is dropping off baked goods, the home teachers are coming over to give you a blessing, the young men’s are coming by to mow your lawn and prune your hedges, etc.
  2. Strong emphasis on priesthood authority. Mormons might personally disagree with their hierarchy, and will exhaust the proper channels by which to address their concerns, but it’s very rare that you’ll find Mormon women just ordaining themselves priests, or random members of the ward deciding that they have the proper authority to bless the sacrament, or some other scandalous act that has sadly become more common than it ought to be in some Catholic parishes in rather liberal areas of the globe.
These are just some of the many traits common among Mormon people which I respect and admire. All traits of which I’ve refused to rid myself since my conversion.
 
xixxvmcm85 said:
What I like about Mormon people (yes, they are very much a unique, sub-culture within the greater American culture):
  1. Extremely strong family connectivity. Mormons, unlike so many other American sub-cultures have kept the pre-Industrial Revolution, strong extended family model alive all the way into the current century. Catholic Americans were doing pretty well too, but have done much more to assimilate into the (now) normative nuclear family. Growing up a Mormon it wasn’t uncommon to meet new family members up until the time you were sent off on your mission (I swear that whenever I’d attend yearly family reunions it felt as if I was related to the whole state of Utah plus parts of Arizona, Nevada, and Idaho).
This close family unit though was much of a double edged sword. Not only does having a large, close-knit family ensure stability and love, but it makes privacy almost nonexistent, and at rare times increased the pressure to “not let the family down”. The individuality that so typifies your average Westerner’s teenage years takes on a much different form as a Mormon. In your typical Mormon family everyone is up in your business because, well, you don’t really have your own business. Your business is the family’s business. When you fail, the family fails, when you succeed, the family succeeds. When you hurt, they hurt, when you’re joyful, they’re joyful.
  1. The intense activity in church matters. Everyone has a unique roll in the Ward and if YOU don’t, trust me, the Bishop will find something for you to do, even if it comes to you finding that God is calling you to be the ward janitor! 🙂 This is something I sometimes miss, and to which I can admit has at times caused me to slip through the cracks within my own (Catholic) parish. I guess as a side note to church callings would be the home teaching program / all around Ward concern for each and every family. This communal concern, I’m not even exaggerating, is damn near universal for Mormons. I’ve visited Wards all across the US, Canada, Mexico, and some in Germany and England, and it’s all there (must be something in the Jell-O). If you miss a Sunday, others point out that they noticed your absence and hope all’s well. If you miss two Sundays, members are dropping by your house to see if there’s anything they can do for you. Before you know it the Relief Society is dropping off baked goods, the home teachers are coming over to give you a blessing, the young men’s are coming by to mow your lawn and prune your hedges, etc.
  2. Strong emphasis on priesthood authority. Mormons might personally disagree with their hierarchy, and will exhaust the proper channels by which to address their concerns, but it’s very rare that you’ll find Mormon women just ordaining themselves priests, or random members of the ward deciding that they have the proper authority to bless the sacrament, or some other scandalous act that has sadly become more common than it ought to be in some Catholic parishes in rather liberal areas of the globe.
These are just some of the many traits common among Mormon people which I respect and admire. All traits of which I’ve refused to rid myself since my conversion.
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The sense of “commune” and “community” is what is lacking in our society today, and the things you described in paragraph 2, while they might be annoying when you want some time to yourself, are priceless when you get right down to it.

Since they are traits you have refused to rid yourself of, I hope you can share them and instill them in whatever you do.

When I found out that the Men in Black weren’t out to “convert” me, just to share their testimony, I was much less defensive to their presence in the neighborhood. Although when I started to talk about St Francis, their eyes glazed over. They offered to cut my grass!
 
Their sense of duty. Which is where everything that is likable about them comes from.
 
I really like the Missionary boys who occasionally knock on my door. Recently I told them I am very happy being Catholic and not interested in reading their literature. I also gave them a cold drink and invited them to step inside and cool off in the A/C because it was an espeically HOT day. We chit chatted for awhile and off they went. They seemed like exceptionally nice young men. Their mothers must be very proud of them. I would be. 👍
 
zerinus said:
But returning to the topic, the thing that I like most about Mormonism is that it is true! 🙂
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Now Z…be a good boy and don’t stir the pot. This is a good thread about why people like mormons. Don’t give anyone an excuse not to like them. 🙂 Now go home and have a nice kiwi drink and relax. 🙂
 
There has been a lot of negativity toward mormons on the catholic sponsored mormon threads. But fortunately the moderators are now intervening more. That is a good sign because the moderators are stressing the word ‘charity’ more.

I think that mormons and catholics have much in common, especially the ones that are active in their faith. And they have found issues to support in the greater community together. And this is done in Utah and in other areas where catholics and mormons come together to support moral issues.

Mormons are a good people who seem rooted in the gospel of Christ. I think that people need to overlook the doctrines of others and just see the humanity that people have and come together to celebrate that humanity founded in Jesus. And the rest will take care of itself and the world will be just a little less divisive.
 
I LOVE the mormons!!!
Their love for their neighbor is truly inspiring!
Also, I will be taking a canning class at one of their…I don’t know what their called…but they have FREE gardening and canning classes!! And they let you use their canning equipment, too! You just bring the jars and lids and food! I’m SO excited!
 
why_me said:
There has been a lot of negativity toward mormons on the catholic sponsored mormon threads. But fortunately the moderators are now intervening more. That is a good sign because the moderators are stressing the word ‘charity’ more.

There has been a lot of LDS negativity toward Catholics, too…some of which has been addressed. You should be a tad more even on this. I am not sure why Mormons feel the need to paint themselves as victims

I think that mormons and catholics have much in common, especially the ones that are active in their faith. And they have found issues to support in the greater community together. And this is done in Utah and in other areas where catholics and mormons come together to support moral issues.

True, but the glaring difference is that we have, and the one we are instructed to do all we can to stop, is that Mormons worship a false god and follow a false prophet.
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rwillenborg said:
I LOVE the mormons!!!
Their love for their neighbor is truly inspiring!
Also, I will be taking a canning class at one of their…I don’t know what their called…but they have FREE gardening and canning classes!! And they let you use their canning equipment, too! You just bring the jars and lids and food! I’m SO excited!
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lol. Have fun, but be aware nothing from the mormons is “free”. They are hoping to gain your soul.
 
I just thought of something I admired about LDS recently. Their school, Brigham Young University.
 
I really admire how they train their kids…I heard when I was LDS that more Mormons were Eagle Scouts than from any other denomination.
 
RebeccaJ said:
lol. Have fun, but be aware nothing from the mormons is “free”. They are hoping to gain your soul.
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Actually, this is truly free. It’s part of our promise of self-reliance. The cannery (yeah! that’s what it’s called - at least in my neck of the woods) is not a place for proselyting.

That’s one thing I like about Mormons - the emphasis on self-reliance, get out of debt, prepare for any emergency. I’m not sure if it’s common knowledge everywhere, but in my town, most everybody who don’t know anything much about Mormons know, at least, that they have “a year’s worth of food”. 😃

It has helped me, personally, when my husband got laid off - twice within a year! Knowing that we won’t be hungry or not have medicine or not have soap, etc, was a big relief.

There are a lot of non-LDS people who use the “Provident Living” training materials.

When Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina struck, for example, the LDS church can answer the emergency very quickly because a lot of the LDS members can go to their “storage” to help. And not only that, able men and women are prepared with their chain-saws, hammers, etc, to answer a crisis. And at times, they are prepared to lose money from their jobs to take a few days/weeks off to answer a crisis.

It’s certainly something that is beneficial, not only for LDS, but for everyone. I’ve shared as much as I know about provident living to all my family and friends. Some of them are applying the concepts in their lives.

The emphasis lately has been on employment training and searching. Anyone who needs a job can find help there.

Here’s the website:
providentliving.org/

No strings attached. Guaranteed.
 
Also another resource that the LDS Church provides for everyone is Family Heritage (Genealogy Research).

No strings attached as well. It is part of the LDS doctrine of the “gathering of the tribes of Israel” and the promise of Elijah to “bring the hearts of the sons to the fathers” and all that stuff.

Okay, so the main purpose of this is to have the opportunity to perform sacred ordinances (i.e., baptisms, etc.) for those who have already passed - so it is really for the benefit of fulfilling LDS doctrine.

But, even so, people far and wide have used the LDS genealogy research materials to research their genealogy. No strings attached.

Here’s the website for that:
familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
 
Famous LDS people off the top of my head:

Harry Reid - majority house leader, democrat, Nevada
Orin Hatch - republican senator, Utah
Mitt Romney - presidential candidate, 2008, lost to McCain in the Republican primary

David Archuletta - American Idol runner-up (can’t remember what year)
The Osmonds - Donny and Marie and their siblings
Gladys Knight - singer

Orson Scott Card - author, Ender’s Game series, one of my most favorite sci-fi books
Stephanie Myers - author, Twilight series, no, sorry, I didn’t like the writing style even if I liked the “concept”

Steve Young - QB for San Francisco 49ers

Aaron Eckhart - actor, two-face in the Dark Knight.
The lead actor of Napoleon Dynamite - can’t remember his name.

That’s all I can remember.
 
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