Catholics, Jehovas witness, Mormon, penacostal, menonite, baptist, muslim,buddhist any religion NO ATHEIST?

Question

1. What religion are you?
2. Do you have a sacrament? If so what does it consist of?
3. Do men and woman hold high callings in your church?
4. What values do your religion hold in regards to dress, appearance, jewelry.
5. Do you participate in any ritualistic types of ceremonies?
6. Do you have symbols or significant things that would show that you were that religion?
7. Does your church have strong beliefs about family?
8. What types of activities are you not able to participate in?
9. Is there a reason behind the architecture of your buildings?
10. Do you have missionaries or people that "recruit" and invite people?
11. Are all people invited into your religion?
12. Do you believe in Jesus and God and The Holy Ghost?
13. Have you converted to this religion? If so what religion were you before?
14. If you are jehovas witness what is the reasoning behind the few allowed into heaven and why doesn't your religion have any windows in your buildings?

15. Catholics what is the reason you pray to mary and have mary statues outside your churches not Jesus?

This is in NO WAY TO BASH OR DISRESPECT ANY RELIGION. THIS IS FOR MY OWN INFORMATION AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL THAT ANSWER WILL NOT BASH ANY RELIGION. GIVE SPECIFICS TO YOUR OWN RELIGION ONLY. AND AS QUESTION ONE STATES PLEASE TELL ME WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE SO I CAN DIFFERTIATE THEM.

please if you are wiccan or pagan you are welcome to answer. I do not want any one bashing in here that's all. FOR THE PERSON WHO CALLED MORMONS A CULT, THAT IS SO NOT TRUE AND HOW CHRIST-LIKE IS THAT? i ASKED FOR NO BASHING. lET ME SAY THAT ANY RELIGION NO MATTER THE DENOMINATION IF THEY WORSHIP cHRIST THEY ARE CHRISTIAN. I was seriously asking these question so I can be informed on the differences. Do you all tell other people who are interested that you won't tell them? What makes you like your religion. You don't have to answer all the questions I just compiled them as a basis of what I'm looking to be answered. Do you like that people have misconceptions of your religion? This is why I am asking so I will know the truth about what you believe unlike the idiot who stated mormons are a cult.

Answer 1

1. Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians.
2. A sacrament is a religious ceremony imparting merit; Jehovah's Witnesses do not recognize any ceremony as imparting merit intrinsically. Water baptism without heartfelt dedication is useless.
3. Jehovah's Witnesses do not currently use the term 'high calling' because this non-biblical term does not have an unambiguous definition. Decades ago, Jehovah's Witnesses occasionally refered to the heavenly hope of the 144,000 as a 'high calling'; it does include both men and women. Similarly, the preaching work is performed by both men and women (and boys and girls).
4. Jehovah's Witnesses recommend clean, modest attire appropriate to the needs of the task or occasion. Ostentation is frowned upon, as is long hair on men. Witnesses do not wear religious icons or items which would identify them with an organization at cross-purposes with God's.
5. Jehovah's Witnesses do not like the terms "ritual" and "ritualistic", but their thrice-yearly baptisms and their annual observances of the Lord's Evening Meal could possibly fit a loose definition of 'ritualistic ceremonies'.
6. Jehovah's Witnesses do not have any symbology associated with their religion.
7. Jehovah's Witnesses do have strong beliefs about family.
8. Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate nationalistic or so-called "religious" holidays.
9. Jehovah's Witnesses do not espouse any particular architecture, other than economy, safety, and practicality. They believe that crosses and church spires both have pagan origins.
10. Jehovah's Witnesses do have missionary programs, but every active Witness performs a regular public ministry personally. Witnesses do not "recruit", they preach to glorify and warn. While their preaching tends to lead to growth, this is a side benefit rather than a primary motive.
11. Jehovah's Witnesses are entirely impartial; their meetings are open to the public. Anyone who lives a godly lifestyle and expresses an informed conviction to do God's will can qualify for baptism as a Jehovah's Witness.
12. Jehovah's Witnesses believe in Christ Jesus the Son, Almighty God Jehovah, and the Holy Spirit as God's active force.
13. The majority of Jehovah's Witnesses still convert from Christendom, but fewer and fewer were affiliated with a specific denomination.
14. The majority of Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls actually *DO* have windows.

Jehovah's Witnesses understand heaven to refer to the dwelling place of spirit creatures such as Jesus and the angels. They understand the Scriptures to teach that exactly 144,000 humans will join Christ Jesus as kings and priests to administer God's Kingdom (which will soon replace all earthly governments).
(Daniel 2:44) God of heaven will set up a kingdom... It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite
(Revelation 14:1) Lamb [Jesus] standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand
(Revelation 20:6) they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him

Over whom will they rule? Over the vast majority of mankind, most of whom will have been raised from the dead after Armageddon.
(John 11:23,24) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”

Hell is NOT someplace/something mankind needs to fear; there is no suffering in the grave. Sometime after the resurrection, death and "hell" will themselves be destroyed.
(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all
(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]
(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire


Almighty Jehovah God selects those few who have the heavenly calling. Each person "feels" his own hope and each person's hope remains unquestioned by his fellow Christians. Still the vast majority (literally more than 99.9%) of Jehovah's Witnesses expect an EARTHLY hope, the same hope given to Adam and Eve.
(Genesis 1:28) God blessed them and God said to them: “Be fruitful and become many and fill THE EARTH and subdue it [caps added]
(Genesis 2:17) You must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die [so never eating from that tree means never dying]

Learn more:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_02.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/10/1/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm

Answer 2

1. What religion are you? {Catholic Christian}

2. Do you have a sacrament? If so what does it consist of? {Seven, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharest, Reconcillation, Annoiting of the Sick, Holy Orders, Holy Matromony.}

3. Do men and woman hold high callings in your church? {Yes}

4. What values do your religion hold in regards to dress, appearance, jewelry. {Dress, modest, appearnce, neat but no need for "snobby dress" Jewelry, O.K. normally smaller and in good taste.}

5. Do you participate in any ritualistic types of ceremonies? {Sure, we have traditions that started with Jesus, as well as the Bible.}

6. Do you have symbols or significant things that would show that you were that religion? {The Crucafix is the most recognizeable.}

7. Does your church have strong beliefs about family? {Unbelieveabally Strong, the family is the cornerstone of our Faith and society.}

8. What types of activities are you not able to participate in? {Any violation of the 10 Commandments,}

9. Is there a reason behind the architecture of your buildings? {To inspire, none that I am really aware of.}

10. Do you have missionaries or people that "recruit" and invite people? {Sure, all religions do, not just to convert, but also to help other less fortuniate people have a better life. We are called to help our fellow man, no matter what their faith.}

11. Are all people invited into your religion? {Absolutely, but you need to be a member to recieve the Eucharest because we believe that in the real presence of God in it.}

12. Do you believe in Jesus and God and The Holy Ghost? {Yes, we believe in the Trinity, three persons in the one true God.}

13. Have you converted to this religion? If so what religion were you before? {I was a Protestant Christian before, studied all the other major religions and then converted to Catholisism.}

14. If you are jehovas witness what is the reasoning behind the few allowed into heaven and why doesn't your religion have any windows in your buildings? {Does not apply.}

Thank you for your honest questions and I hope this helps!

PS we keep Jesus at our Altar, not outside! We ask Mary for her help as she is our holy mother, we do not worship Mary.

Answer 3

1. What religion are you?
Roman Catholic

2. Do you have a sacrament? If so what does it consist of?
Seven, in fact. Baptism, Communion, Confessin, confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders, Last Rites

3. Do men and woman hold high callings in your church?
Priests (and above) and nuns

4. What values do your religion hold in regards to dress, appearance, jewelry.
Nothing specific, but we do ask that you respect the Lord's House when you enter. No stringy tops or torn jeans or bikinis and men wear a shirt

5. Do you participate in any ritualistic types of ceremonies?
Mass every week

6. Do you have symbols or significant things that would show that you were that religion?
The crusifix, sacred heart medalian, mircalis medal

7. Does your church have strong beliefs about family?
Kinda

8. What types of activities are you not able to participate in?
Not allowed to be a priest (which I wanted to be as a kid) or an alter boy (though some places have alter angels for girls)

9. Is there a reason behind the architecture of your buildings?
My personal church is plain because it was built in a time when catholic churches were being burnt down in my area

10. Do you have missionaries or people that "recruit" and invite people?
Scarily, yes, and I was a member. I"m just not confortable with converting others

11. Are all people invited into your religion?
Yes

12. Do you believe in Jesus and God and The Holy Ghost?
Yes

13. Have you converted to this religion? If so what religion were you before?
Sorta. I was born Catholic, became Pagan, went back

14. If you are jehovas witness what is the reasoning behind the few allowed into heaven and why doesn't your religion have any windows in your buildings?
N/A

15. Catholics what is the reason you pray to mary and have mary statues outside your churches not Jesus?
We have Jesus in our churches. The statues of saints and Mary are like pictures of beloved relatives. We don't pray to them like God, but ask them, like we would a brother or sister, to intercede on our behalf.

Answer 4

I am Roman Catholic.

There are traditionally seven sacraments, but the two most commonly observed sacraments are Holy Eucharist (Communion) and Baptism.

Men hold positions of authority in the Church, but not women.

Our church typically promotes modesty in dress, but doesn't have set rules for clothing or jewelry.

Yes, the Mass is rather ritualistic.

Yes, we have many lovely crucifixes, statuary, medals and crosses to choose from.

Yes, the Church is strongly family-oriented.

Abortion is condemned by the church, as well as capital punishment. Artificial birth control is frowned upon. Also, we are advised not to participate in Communion at other churches.

There is a wide variety of architecture in our churches. Sometimes, there is symbolism in the cathedrals, and other church buildings are more functional than symbolic.

We do have missionaries.

All people are invited to "come home to Rome" (that is, convert to Catholicism), but we don't just take people off the street. There are classes to attend. One must be properly catechized.

Yes, we are Trinitarians.

I was born into an Italian Catholic family, and hence, had no need to convert to Catholicism. I was already there.

Oh, I see you've added an extra question. The reason we pray to Mary is because she holds a special place in our theology. She was chosen by God to be the earthly mother of Jesus Christ, and is therefore blessed above all women. How could Christ in Heaven turn a deaf ear to His own mother? She is seen as a mediator. And who says we don't have statues of Jesus? Sitting right outside my church is a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Answer 5

1. What religion are you?
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)

2. Do you have a sacrament? If so what does it consist of?
Yes, we partake of bread in the rememberance of the body, and water in the rememberance of the blood.
3. Do men and woman hold high callings in your church?
Men hold the priesthood woman hold other callings in the church

4. What values do your religion hold in regards to dress, appearance, jewelry.
Modest in dress, good hygeine and frown on body piercings.

5. Do you participate in any ritualistic types of ceremonies?
We have our sacrament meeting which consists the sacrament.

6. Do you have symbols or significant things that would show that you were that religion?

The CTR symbol which stands for "Choose The Right"

7. Does your church have strong beliefs about family?

We have strong belief in Family. Most church activities are revolved around family not just the adults. You can be a single parent, single person. You do not get shunned if you do not have kids, or if you are divorced.

8. What types of activities are you not able to participate in?

We do not consume alcohol, tobacco or coffee and tea. We refrain from gambling, pornography, or any activity that will have an impact on our thoughts or actions that would make us fall away from Christ.

9. Is there a reason behind the architecture of your buildings?

Somewhat. We have temples which have the angel moroni on them- The Angel Moroni was the messenger that appeared to Joseph Smith as a resurected being and prepared him to translate the Golden Plates from Hebrew into The Book of Mormon. He represents the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ on this earth.

10. Do you have missionaries or people that "recruit" and invite people?

Yes, we have missionaries that teach the gospel to people all over the world. They tract in neighborhoods and teach people who they have been reffered to by members or if they contacted the church and wanted to learn more about it. They are not pushy and these young men go for 2 years and woman 1 1/2 years to teaching the gospel.

11. Are all people invited into your religion?

Everyone is welcome to attend our church. Those who have been baptised and are worthy can enter into the temple. On the outside of our church under the name it says "visitors welcome"

12. Do you believe in Jesus and God and The Holy Ghost?

Yes all 3 are greatly important.

13. Have you converted to this religion? If so what religion were you before?

No I was born into my religion. My father had converted from catholosism before he met my mother who was mormon.

14. If you are jehovas witness what is the reasoning behind the few allowed into heaven and why doesn't your religion have any windows in your buildings?
N/A

Answer 6

1. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
2. Yes, we have Sacrament every Sunday, which consist of bread and water, in remembrance of Jesus Christ.
3. There are no high and low callings. Men and Women each are call to different callings to serve others and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Some just have more responsibilities than others.

4. We are taught to dress modest, clean, and pleasant.
5. We have baptism rituals, sacrament too, and other Priesthood ordinance rituals.
6. Symbols, not really, unless you consider the angel Moroni Statue on our temple as one, we are taught to be an example of our belief.

7. We are very strong on family, marriage and family go beyond this life.
8. We do not participate in activities which is harmful, namely, drugs, alcohol, smoking.
9. Archtecturally, they inspires spiritually, and a tribute to our God.
10. We have missionaries all over the world to invite people come unto Christ.
11. All people or races are invited to our belief.
12. We do believe in God the Eternal Father,
his son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost as the three God Heads.
13. I am converted, before that, I do not belong to any other belief.

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Answer 7

1. Theravada Buddhist
2. Meditation, both sitting and walking
3. Yes, both can become arahats
4. It must be modest, we cannot become attached to the material world
5. No
6. Buddhastatues, a jade lotus, they are focuses for meditation
7. No, not really. We are to respect them and love them, just like all other human beings
8. Anything that is not necessary, things born out of desire for worldy things. We also must follow the Fourth Noble Truth which is the Noble Eight-Fold Path, which prohibits certain things, i.e. lying, stealing, killing of any kind, ect.
9. Our buildings range in architecture from Indian to Japanese, really no set structure.
10. No, it is against our teachings. We only share the Dharma if asked.
11. Yes
12. No, Buddhism is an agnostic religion, we neither believe nor do we disbelieve in any higher power.
13. Yes, I was once Christian, but I gave that up and researched all world religions, eventually deciding upon Buddhism.

Answer 8

1. Mormon (aka Latter-day Saint)
2. Yes. Bread and water to represent the body and blood of Christ. Technically, it doesn't really matter what is used in the sacrament because the key element is what the symbols represent. Originally the Church used bread and wine. I have even heard of crackers and juice being used in remote areas of foreign countries.
3. Yes.
4. We should dress modestly (no revealing or obscene attire), clean and well-groomed appearance, simplicity in jewelry (no earrings for men, women may wear one in each ear), etc.
5. Yes; sacrament each week, baptisms, temple ceremonies.
6. The way we live our life should be a symbol of who we are.
7. Yes. We believe families can endure beyond the grave.
8. Whatever constitutes sin. Includes but not limited to: gambling, premarital or extramarital sex, pornography, drinking alcohol, using tobacco, illegal behavior, and so on.
9. Our buildings are very beautiful, and I believe this glorifies God. They frequently have steeples that point to the sky, as a symbol that our minds should be directed toward God.
10. Yes.
11. Yes.
12. Yes.
13. Technically no, but even those who are "born and raised" in the Church (like myself) are taught that they too must be converted by gaining their own testimony of the truth.

Answer 9

1. Brethren in Christ
2. Yes, the Lord's table, bread & grape juice
3. Everyone is equal
4. No rules, you can wear what you want
5. No
6. No
7. Strong beliefs about relationships in general.
8. Can participate in anything I want, but not all things are beneficial.
9. No, just a plain building.
10. Yes, but more interested in teaching about Jesus then getting them to join our church.
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Yes, before had no particular belief.
14. Not Jehovas Witness

Answer 10

1) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)

2) Yes. Every Sunday we eat bread and drink water in the rememberance of Jesus Christ.

3) Yes.

4) Modest dress and avoiding body piercing

5) Temple Work

6) Hopefully my attitude and actions will be enough of an outward symbol so that people will ask about why

7)Yes. one of the most important strengths is in the Family.

8) We are advised to avoid situations or activities that do not promote the Spirit

9) Other than safety, efficiency, and asthetics - no

10) Yes

11) Yes

12) Yes

13) Yes - I had no real ties to any specific religion, but I did attend various services and meetings throughout my life.

Answer 11

You're right, a true Christian does not hate. He hates what is bad and false, but not any person. He would actually show principled love to that person by setting a good example and trying to help him learn to do better. The thing is that many professed Christians simply *don't* believe the Bible. There are so many who think that 'Jesus accepts you as you are' and live or condone lifestyles that the Bible condemns. Also, they believe things that are not Bible teachings, but come from paganism. There are just some things that is it absolutely NOT up to humans to decide, but there are a lot of people who think that they can. You're also right in hinting that there should be unity among Christians. There should also be doctrinal unity, but some people believe Jesus is God's son, some say he's God himself. Some people say God torments people forever in hellfire, others say that he's far too loving for that evil idea. Some say the human soul is immortal, some say it is the person themselves and so dies when the person dies. In all 3 of these cases, both simple cannot be right and true and one person believing it will not make it true for him. Our opinions won't alter facts! There are also some churches that actively spread misinformation and fear-inspiring lies about other groups leading to fear and prejudice. I've seen that happen only too often and the rudeness of these misled people makes me feel very sorry for them and quite certain that they are not being taught Christian truth. 'By their fruits you will know them', said Christ.... Christ also said that many people claiming to follow him would be rejected by him (but he did NOT say that they would be forgiven for not getting it right!), that his true followers would be in the minority and would be no part of the world and hated by it, and that we had to look for love as an identifying factor of the true Christian congregation. That would naturally eliminate each and every church who have involvement in the military or politics at any level, any who are involved in sex and business scandals and who treat others with rudeness and prejudice. A few things to think about anyway.=)