tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post5767537581109287614..comments2024-03-01T10:10:40.165-07:00Comments on Speak the Truth in Love: Are Mormons Christians?Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-64805533884364998672013-11-28T15:11:30.007-07:002013-11-28T15:11:30.007-07:00That is so true feelings go up down we need to tru...That is so true feelings go up down we need to trust Gods word regardless of how we feel the word of God is our blue print and a Church that follows Gods word should have his fingerprints all over itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-16547374251266471772013-11-28T14:38:04.339-07:002013-11-28T14:38:04.339-07:00Thanks for the comment. I am at peace with God. Th...Thanks for the comment. I am at peace with God. That is important to know. I would caution against using feelings too much in that. Sometimes we receive absolution and we don't feel much. Yet we know by faith that we have been forgiven and are truly at peace with God. Feelings go up and down. True peace is based on trusting God's word given through scripture and the church. Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-16321725436714215852013-11-27T19:38:18.588-07:002013-11-27T19:38:18.588-07:00Hi Randy I appreciate your honesty and openess in ...Hi Randy I appreciate your honesty and openess in on wanting to understand Catholicism, I would like to first ask you are you happy? Are you at peace with God? Because it is the will of God for us to know truth and to be saved if In all your searching you feel a restlesness and no peace that is not Gods will the bible tells us but let the peace of God rule in you. I will pray for you that God will lead you to the truthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-41345359545701315052012-09-10T21:11:54.724-06:002012-09-10T21:11:54.724-06:00I get what you are saying Nick. I just don't w...I get what you are saying Nick. I just don't want to make Mormons out to be worse than the rest of us unless I know it is true. They are easy targets mostly because they focus on stranger evangelism. Nobody lies when evangelizing a friend or a family member. It is with someone you will likely never see again that the temptation becomes acute. <br /><br />Are Mormons worse than evangelicals? I have heard some pretty dishonest things said about Catholics. Some protestant traditions are a lot worse than others. Are they worse than Catholics? I think so. Is that just because I am Catholic? Is that just because Catholics rarely engage in stranger evangelism? I can't be sure. Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-34936734001047068502012-09-10T19:32:59.100-06:002012-09-10T19:32:59.100-06:00"Making the product seem better than it is&qu..."Making the product seem better than it is" is not necessarily a lie, nor is it anything comparable to (a) using standard Christian terminology knowing full well you mean something radically different by it, or (2) outright lies. <br /><br />I do know what you mean how there can be a temptation to be a salseman, but I also think Catholics should speak out against that temptation so that Catholics avoid it as often as possible.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453168437883536663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-43700959652386134392012-09-10T13:59:20.999-06:002012-09-10T13:59:20.999-06:00I think a lot truth gets twisted when evangelism o...I think a lot truth gets twisted when evangelism occurs. That goes for Mormons and evangelical and atheists. When Catholics do evangelism they are faced with that temptation. We become salesmen. We always want to make the product seem a little better than it is. It seems like a small lie could save a soul. <br /><br />So do the Mormons lie? Mormon missionaries who become Christian say much of the material they are trained to go over is highly misleading. Scriptures taken out of context. Terms that mean different things to Mormons where that difference is not explained. Significant doctrines omitted from the presentation until the person is committed. These are not isolated incidents but part of the way they are trained.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751516602395247675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609203224961032874.post-9906709429875290002012-09-08T21:21:55.542-06:002012-09-08T21:21:55.542-06:00This is just another example of why Mormonism is a...This is just another example of why Mormonism is a false and evil religion, because they use deception to further their agenda. The campaign to come off as "just another Christian denomination" is fundamentally dishonest and intended to deceive. But I also see Mormonism as on its way out though too, because more and more LDS are seeing that the religion is intellectually bankrupt, and as the LDS tries to expand to other nations it has to tone down it's 'white American superiority' mantra that originally made it appealing. So this attempt to cozy up to the culture will ultimately backfire, as it did when the Catholic Church tried to cozy up to the world and ended up bleeding members and watering down the faith. The only thing that kept the Catholic Church alive is that it was built on Christ Himself.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453168437883536663noreply@blogger.com