Why would anyone want to be a Mormon or Jehovah Witnesses?

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I quite honestly have no ill feelings towards the church. I don’t know if you thought I did or not, but I felt I should let you know. I grew up in it and feel it teaches a lot of good things. So many people from the church are wonderful and I still have strong friendships with them. They are truly some of the nicest people I have ever met and I treasure them with all my heart. Like you said, they haven’t judged or forced me to do anything and I honestly don’t believe they would ever shun me.
 
Thecourts said:
It was personal to my life (explaining here serves no purpose), which in my view draws people to whatever part of Christianity they join.
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xpirategrrlx said:
But at its core, I think the Mormon lifestyle is appealing to those who are looking for guidance. It helps a lot of people get on the right track. 🙂
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It seems to me that you both support post #19.

The beauty of the Catholic Church is how doctrines and dogma are intellectual pursuits of reason which apply all the time, for all people, in all ages.
 
xpirategrrlx said:
They are very centered on the family unit and I see no fault with that. They offer the WoW which while I now believe is too strict, it does have some merit. A clean living, family centered religion is not a bad thing. That being said, I feel that since I disagree with a lot of their teachings, that keeping up the appearance of being a good Mormon (going to church, participating in church functions etc…) is hypocritical of me and that is why I am here.
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Being a clean living family centered religion is not unique to Mormonism. As a Catholic I’ve always been mystified by the claim that the Mormon Church has this unique claim; especially when I think that when my children married, all their non-Catholic family attended their weddings. When my best friend from high school (a Mormon) married, several of his Aunts and Uncles were not allowed to attend.
 
Stephen168 said:
Being a clean living family centered religion is not unique to Mormonism. As a Catholic I’ve always been mystified by the claim that the Mormon Church has this unique claim; especially when I think that when my children married, all their non-Catholic family attended their weddings. When my best friend from high school (a Mormon) married, several of his Aunts and Uncles were not allowed to attend.
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The whole marriage thing is one of the teachings I find issue with.

The family thing I mentioned was mostly, they teach of families forever and center a lot on being together, family home evening and strengthening the family. I know it’s not completely unique, but I do like how much emphasis they place on it. I know Christians in general are focused on family and even other religions and non-religious are family oriented.
 
The traditional family is under attack so I get comfort that some families have chosen to strengthen themselves versus becoming what Satan and his associates want — the traditional family of mother, father and children to change to meet their agenda.
 
xpirategrrlx said:
The whole marriage thing is one of the teachings I find issue with.

The family thing I mentioned was mostly, they teach of families forever and center a lot on being together, family home evening and strengthening the family. I know it’s not completely unique, but I do like how much emphasis they place on it. I know Christians in general are focused on family and even other religions and non-religious are family oriented.
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I’m just saying that when answering the question: Why would anyone want to be a Mormon; and a Mormons tells me about families forever and family home evening; I don’t see anything there that I don’t have in Catholicism. So for me, it doesn’t answer the question.
 
So what is so wrong with families being forever and family home evening? Family home evening is great is strengthening families in light of the attack on the traditional family.
 
Thecourts said:
So what is so wrong with families being forever and family home evening? Family home evening is great is strengthening families in light of the attack on the traditional family.
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If you are responding to post #66, then I think you have given a standard Mormon response. I ask that you reread post #66 very slowly and try to understand it before responding.
 
Stephen168 said:
If you are responding to post #66, then I think you have given a standard Mormon response. I ask that you reread post #66 very slowly and try to understand it before responding.
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I do not need to read post #66. My answer stands for me.

I do not have any interest in trying to explain to someone learning about the JW by giving my view since I am not a JW.
 
Thecourts said:
I do not need to read post #66. My answer stands for me.
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You didn’t give an answer; you asked a question. A question that would only be asked by someone who didn’t understand what I had just posted. That is why I ask that you read it again and try to understand it. Your desire to not want to understand makes sense in a religion based on 'feelings."
Thecourts said:
I do not have any interest in trying to explain to someone learning about the JW by giving my view since I am not a JW.
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This makes no sense as a response to my post.
 
Stephen168 said:
I’m just saying that when answering the question: Why would anyone want to be a Mormon; and a Mormons tells me about families forever and family home evening; I don’t see anything there that I don’t have in Catholicism. So for me, it doesn’t answer the question.
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And I am barely starting my research into Catholicism, so I can only answer based off what I know from my experience growing up. I don’t claim to be an expert on any of it, just that I liked that aspect of it.
 
Stephen168 said:
I’m just saying that when answering the question: Why would anyone want to be a Mormon; and a Mormons tells me about families forever and family home evening; I don’t see anything there that I don’t have in Catholicism. So for me, it doesn’t answer the question.
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So what is your issue with marriage, speaking from a active LDS member point of view?
 
xpirategrrlx said:
And I am barely starting my research into Catholicism, so I can only answer based off what I know from my experience growing up. I don’t claim to be an expert on any of it, just that I liked that aspect of it.
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I understand.
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Thecourts said:
So what is your issue with marriage, speaking from a active LDS member point of view?
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I don’t agree with not letting non members see what is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life. I told my mom (a Catholic) long ago that if I ever married, I would not do so in a ceremony that excluded her. I always felt it was wrong to exclude the woman who brought me into this world, especially since we are so close.
 
xpirategrrlx said:
I don’t agree with not letting non members see what is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life. I told my mom (a Catholic) long ago that if I ever married, I would not do so in a ceremony that excluded her. I always felt it was wrong to exclude the woman who brought me into this world, especially since we are so close.
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My suggestion, despite the happiest of the day, is to understand who can enter the temple and who can not. God established such qualifications in the first temple ever on the earth so it unfortunate that that point is not understood.
 
Thecourts said:
My suggestion, despite the happiest of the day, is to understand who can enter the temple and who can not. God established such qualifications in the first temple ever on the earth so it unfortunate that that point is not understood.
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Which is why I never had a desire to marry there.
 
Thecourts said:
My suggestion, despite the happiest of the day, is to understand who can enter the temple and who can not. God established such qualifications in the first temple ever on the earth so it unfortunate that that point is not understood.
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That isn’t relevant since temples were not where couples got married.
 
xpirategrrlx said:
I am not speaking of soda. Just in general. We are raised to believe things like coffee, tea etc are bad. I feel it is not bad in moderation. However, if someone finds you had a sip of wine, you are looked down on.

And as for appearance, I don’t mean as a uniform, I mean acting like a good Mormon, but not believing it in my heart. No one can SEE I’m a hypocrite, but I feel like one.
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The WoW talks about “hot drinks,” and the interpretation of that over time has always seemed a bit funny to me. First, hot drinks applies to tea whether it’s hot or not, and to anything with caffeine. Second, hot chocolate is in bounds, despite being a hot drink while plenty of cold drinks are excluded. Third, certain kinds of soft drinks used to be banned according to authoritative interpretation, but that same authoritative interpretation has placed some of them back in bounds more recently.
 
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