Why do some people not like Mormons ? If there about loving there families and they mean well ??
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Gabriel Campos
2013-02-03 18:49:58
Missionaries in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil.
Hi friend. Unfortunately, it seems that not trusting groups that differ from our own is part of human nature. This attitude has led to all sorts of problems, from needless wars to racism to hyperpartisan politics. People try to come up with rational reasons to justify prejudice, but these reasons are usually just façades that serve to cover up more base, irrational fears.
Mormons are different in some ways from other people, true, but in most ways all human beings, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, religion, etc., are more alike than they are different. We should all learn to love and respect one another.
Anonymous
2013-02-03 19:04:12
The concept of a united family that lives and progresses forever is at the core of Latter-day Saint doctrine.
Honesty I am not mormon but I know my mormon friends tell me that mormons are all about family centered and On Mondays they spend time together and read and pray it's family time no tv or cell phones anything electronic Its about the importance of family and mormons are very Christ like and have great morals and values what ever u hear other religions bashing the LDS is sad and wrong they should not judge what they don't understand or know they should go to the source and not spread lies so If u need more info Please visit there site to learn more mormon.org so to learn what they believe and what there teach hope this helps I can't say alot cuz I am not mormon but I have nothing againest them I have a boyfriend who is mormon and I love him so much be blessed
Pamela Bonta
2013-01-31 06:49:07
In the beginning, opposition to the church was based by two beliefs: first, that no one - much less a fourteen year old farm boy - could have had a spiritual experience; second, that the scriptures are a closed book and not subject to change or additions. So why are the people who still profess this belief using modern-English-language Bibles or following pastors or even the Pope who profess to speak with God?
In modern times, some clain that we are not Christian. Since the name of our church includes Christ's name, this is a mystery to many of us. Opponents claim that we do not worship the same Jesus that they do, but comparisons of different church's beliefs show that there are many different beliefs about what makes a true Christian.
Finally, opponents believe it is a religion based on fraud or deceit on the part of its past and present leaders. As a Latter-Day Saint, this is the most baffling to me. These church leaders encourage people to love their families, serve their community, eat well, exercise, do good wherever one can, not use addictive substances, get as much education as one can, pray, read scriptures and go to church.
God bless.
Anonymous
2013-02-02 15:49:38
The history of anti-Mormon persecution has less to do with actual issues with the doctrine of the LDS Church and more to do with the history of anti-Mormon persecution. In other words, the phenomenon is a self perpetuating baseless stigma that originated in the closed minded assumptions of a class of people who could not accept the idea that an upstart religion would have the unmitigated gall to correct their biblical conclusions.
Also, the Mormons in Missouri prior to the Civil War were abolitionists and very good business builders, both of which were virtues that irked the established citizens of western Missouri to no end.
It was things like this that generated the Ill will toward the Mormons from the the founding of the Church in the early and mid 19th century. That ill will has continued, on the most part, unvetted and uncontested to this day. Issues of doctrine, though convincingly arguable via the books of the Bible, further serve as reasons to draw incorrect conclusions about the Church.
It all pretty much boils down to convenient ignorance and an unwillingness to research the extant lies and rumors beyond what has been dogmatically misstated for generations. Those who sincerely seek the truth and listen with an open mind, usually, come away with much different opinions.
Mormons are different in some ways from other people, true, but in most ways all human beings, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, religion, etc., are more alike than they are different. We should all learn to love and respect one another.
In modern times, some clain that we are not Christian. Since the name of our church includes Christ's name, this is a mystery to many of us. Opponents claim that we do not worship the same Jesus that they do, but comparisons of different church's beliefs show that there are many different beliefs about what makes a true Christian.
Finally, opponents believe it is a religion based on fraud or deceit on the part of its past and present leaders. As a Latter-Day Saint, this is the most baffling to me. These church leaders encourage people to love their families, serve their community, eat well, exercise, do good wherever one can, not use addictive substances, get as much education as one can, pray, read scriptures and go to church.
God bless.
Also, the Mormons in Missouri prior to the Civil War were abolitionists and very good business builders, both of which were virtues that irked the established citizens of western Missouri to no end.
It was things like this that generated the Ill will toward the Mormons from the the founding of the Church in the early and mid 19th century. That ill will has continued, on the most part, unvetted and uncontested to this day. Issues of doctrine, though convincingly arguable via the books of the Bible, further serve as reasons to draw incorrect conclusions about the Church.
It all pretty much boils down to convenient ignorance and an unwillingness to research the extant lies and rumors beyond what has been dogmatically misstated for generations. Those who sincerely seek the truth and listen with an open mind, usually, come away with much different opinions.