MORMONS: What is your opinion of everyone else?

Question

I know. I know. I asked this question a few days ago. Didn't get as many answers as I would have liked. Trying it again. Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

I noticed that when you asked a few days ago it didn't get that many responses, too. So don't feel bad for asking again :)

It's an interesting question because almost once a day here on Yahoo Answers, someone asks "What do you think of Mormons?" but you rarely get the other side of things.

Here's my thoughts: There are 6.5 billion people in this world. The idea that ALL of those people should be expected to believe the same thing is pretty unrealistic. I believe that we all have our OWN interpretation of what is "right" to us. We all have our own individual aspirations, values, and morals. "Living life to the fullest" carries with it different meanings for everyone.

I have absolutely no problem in the world with people believing what they want to believe. That should be an expected notion from society, in my mind.

What I don't agree with is when people look down on others for what they believe, whether it is through a means of discrimination, or making them out to have a "lower intelligence" level. I'm also not one for riddiculing other people's beliefs. I may not agree with them, but making a mockery of those beliefs tends to offend those who FOLLOW the beliefs, and I've never been one for offending people.

I don't get too riled up when people disagree with me religiously. I'll defend my beliefs, but I'm not as hardcore as some people are. But I don't like it when people feel that it is necessary to make others feel like the scum of the Earth for for what they believe.

To put it simply...what do I think of everyone else? We are all people, with our own individual interpretations.

Answer 2

In LDS theology, any human can go to the highest heaven (the Celestial Kingdom) if they 1) follow what they believe is right and 2) are baptized into the Mormon church either during their mortal life on earth or accept a baptism in the after-life.

#2 is the part that people have criticized for being politically incorrect, but here's one way to look at it: although we all disagree about what's going to happen to us after we die (e.g., reincarnation, Heaven, Nirvanah, etc.) we all agree that something is going to happen, even if that something is just being buried in the ground. If I believe I'll turn into a tree after I die, that doesn't mean I dislike every religion that believes differently, it just means I have a different view of the way things work.

So what if we died, and it turned out that there was one true religion, and that it was some obscure denomination we'd never heard of? What if we found out that Haittan tree-worship was the right religion, and we had to hug a tree to get into heaven? Or, what if we found out that God was a moral relativist, and we had to accept the the belief that 'all moral values are relative' before getting into heaven?

I suppose if you wanted to, you could complain about how the system isn't politically correct and you could refuse to accept the obscure religion on principle, but I'm not sure how many people would really do that, given the choice and knowing the consequences.

Anyway, that's how Mormons see the afterlife: in their theology a person does have to accept LDS beliefs to get into the highest heaven, but no one is sent anywhere without 1) knowing for certain which religion will get them the best afterlife and 2) being given a chance to accept or reject that religion.

Answer 3

Which "everyone?" I really do not lump "everyone else" together, do you? I meet someone, and if we have similar interests and values we usually get along and may become friends, if not then we probably wont be friends. I may become friends with somebody else that is a lot different from me also, because I think they are interesting or amusing. I tend to judge people from personal experience, and how can I judge anybody I don't know at all? And then, I don't judge their color, their economic levels, their intellectual level or their background, or their religion or culture or at least I try not to do that only as little as possible and not in a disparaging way. But we cannot live and meet people without making SOME sort of a judgment. And it is always colored by our own point of view or our own prejudices.

Answer 4

This is such a broad question that it is near impossible to give a satisfactory answer.

Mormonism teaches that we are judged according to what we do with the light and truth we have received. Our afterlife is reward-based. Even criminals are rewarded for choosing to follow Jesus in the pre-existence. Granted, thieves aren't rewarded as much as the good of the earth, who in turn aren't rewarded as much as faithful Mormons (NOTE: baptism alone doesn't buy you a spot in the Celestial Kingdom). However, even the lowest heaven is so much better than our current earthly existence.

I think most people are good, kind, and decent,

Answer 5

completely accept as true with you! My opinion on each person else? oh, i think of that each person is an unique person this is a infant of our Heavenly Father, no rely the religion, race, intercourse, etc... we could continually all love and comprehend one yet another. i can get alongside with anybody too, no longer in basic terms Mormons. i'm the sole Mormon at homestead, my brother and mom are Catholics, my dad is Pentecostal and the closest human beings to me are an Atheist uncle (my fav. uncle, he's super), a JW aunt, a Pentecostal aunt, 2 cousins that are believers yet have no defined faith and yet another aunt this is the comparable way. they're all super, we are all very close and we in no way combat approximately it (apart from my JW aunt this is preaching me/us simply by fact she thinks we are "incorrect" i understand that no longer all JWs are like that, yet she is, yet all of us love her anyhow and he or she loves us too). All my friends are Catholics or in basic terms believers, my in basic terms Mormon friends are my contacts right here, those I in basic terms see on Sunday in church and the missionaries. life could be boring if we would all be the comparable way, yuk! I hate monotony.

Answer 6

I'm not a Mormon, but, judging by the number of people riding bicycles I passed by on my way to work today, I imagine that Mormons view others as potential future members of the LDS church.

Answer 7

Also, what's your opinion of me, a Terrestrial Kingdom hopeful? I may not accept the fulness of the Gospel, but at least I lead a righteous life and fear God. That would work for the TrK, right?

SWCares: I think the question stated "your opinion." Care to elaborate?

Fireball: The asker is also LDS. I don't worship the Trinity either. Am I going to hell? If you're not careful with the way you treat people, someone might just corner your market one of these days.

Answer 8

11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

Answer 9

One of the basic tenets of our religion is to "love our neighbors." We are told to be forgiving, tolerant, and kind. We are taught not to condone sin, but we are supposed to love all people no matter what they've done. After all, nobody's perfect! Nowhere in the scriptures or in the teachings of our prophets does it condone hatred. Obviously, some of our members fall short of this ideal, but i think the same could be said of every religion. The main thing is that members of our church try to pattern their lives after Jesus Christ, who loved all of his brothers and sisters, even those who eventually crucified him.

Answer 10

I try to be respectful to everyone else, and I expect the same respect in return.

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