I know there have been so many questions about this topic, but I just don't understand it. I mean, I'm Mormon, and I'm having a dance tonight at my church. I asked one of my friends to go. Her mother wouldn't let her go because she told her that I was Mormon. That's totally wrong in my opinion. What's yours?
2007-10-20 11:27:32 · 20 answers · asked by Aimee 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay, I wanna express my opinions to the people who have posted their answers. What it has to do with a dance, is that it is a church dance full of Mormons. Secondly, Mormonism is not a cult. What I just wanna say to people that think that Mormonism is wrong, just because it is different from theirs...Do you think that every other religion is a cult, just because they don't believe what you do? Do you think that the leader of your religion ( if you have one) is able to receive messages from God? Have visions? That's what we believe. We believe that Joseph Smith was able to humble himself enough in front of God that he was able to receive answers to his questions. The answer was that the other religions were preaching false doctrines, and he needed to help begin one that was true. And no, it is not the church of Joseph Smith, it is the Church of Jesus Christ. We do not worship Joseph Smith in any way. We appreciate the work he has done for God.
2007-10-20 11:41:45 · update #1
Continuing...Our dance are very appropriate. They do not breed immorality in any way. The music is clean, the dancing is clean, and there are about 15 chaperones, watching us teens. And people get so annoyed with the missionaries, but my opinion of that is....first of all, why don't people hate Jehovah's Witnesses like they hate Mormons. I personally have nothing against Jehovah's Witnesses, but they come to our house all the time! Second of all, they are not stalking anybody. It is not conceited to spread the word about something that you believe in. I mean, the missionaries that came to the Americas several centuries ago converted American Indians, and no one has a problem with them. And if a person from your church ( if you have one) wanted to tell people what they believe, would you discourage them? Or would you support them because they are spreading the same beliefs that you have?
2007-10-20 11:49:43 · update #2
Thank you for that history Scientif...
2007-10-20 11:52:56 · update #3
Let me guess. You think that the marriage was ruined because one of the people in the marriage joined the Mormon church. And I am not forcing my opinions on people. I'm just telling you what I think, and that I think that your attitude against me was totally uncalled for. And I am not desperate and looking for excuses. I'm just trying to tell you what I believe, and that is that the missionaries are merely trying to get people to believe what they believe. It's your problem, not mine, that they bother you. My cousin is on a mission in Albania right now, and I believe that what he is doing is right. And I have nothing else to say on that subject.
2007-10-21 08:28:54 · update #4
The same thing happened to my son. Half of his cross country team was coming to a dance. Then ALL last minute cancellations. Gee...I can't understand parents these days. A dance with no:
sex
drinking
swearing
smoking
They would rather them go a school dance where kids are freaking on the dance floor and having sex in their cars. Yeah that's LOADS better.
IDIOTS!!
2007-10-20 13:57:37 · answer #1 · answered by LDS Mom 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Long time ago, it was thought to be that Mormans had many wives. My friend married a morman man recently and her parents freaked out. It's not the case, maybe back then? but not now. My husband was raised morman and wanted to raise our children morman, when the guys with the backbacks started coming around allllllllllllll the time, I decided that maybe we would look into other religions. We could not escape the back packers, they were everywhere, it was like they were hunting us down. We told them that we were seeking other religions and yet they still kept knocking on the door and waiting for us outside to come out. It got creepy, maybe that is what some people have a problem with. In my opinion it should not matter what anyone else thinks, belive in what you want to believe. I think that the mother should let her daughter go to the dance, just to get a chance to see that there are other religions than her own.
2007-10-20 11:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by curious 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mormons are often ostracized because they practice a religion that is fundamentally different from almost every other Christian denomination. Your friend's mom is probably afraid that a Mormon social function will include lots of positive information about Mormonism, which might persuade her daughter to convert to Mormonism. She would probably be comfortable with her daughter attending a religious function of a denomination that is closer to her own.
2007-10-20 11:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is your church is always setting up people for conversion.
And what I personally have against Mormons is watching them break up a friend's marriage, knocking on my door and trying to invite themselves in, bothering my neighbor Melissa nonstop because she is polite, and just generally being pests.
If you kept to yourselves and didn't have ulterior motives, I wouldn't be so hostile.
I feel discriminated against by the LDS. I have called their local church, given my name and address and asked to be left alone. What happened? Swarms of helmeted backpackers at my door. I nearly had to call the police.
So for a Mormon who is involved in pushing their faith nonstop to cry persecution is laughable. Stay away from peaceful folks at home and you won't feel so badly.
I don't care what you think about Joseph Smith. What I care about is your church's nonstop bothering of nice, polite and peaceful folks. Your missionaries take every bit of kindness as an invitation and are persistantly rude. You have not addressed the fact of obsession with converting others and the fact your dance is probably a step toward a conversion atttempt.
No more excuses from you.
You asked, I answered. I don't force my opinions on anyone. Your church and JWs do. You dragged the JWs into this, not anybody else. Now you are sounding desperate, over your head and looking for excuses.
You didn't address the issues I brought up about personal experiences, such as my friend's wife and the utter lack of compunction by your church, which was more interested in her income as a doctor than anything else.
I have no church. I don't go recruiting. I live in peace and demand the same from the JWs and the LDS. The gloves have long been off.
2007-10-20 11:32:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is not that the people are not nice, just the beliefs are not correct. Her mom may not want her to get involved in the mormon church. I am sure she does not mind you being friends with her daughter. I am sure that you are a very nice person also. If you think it is wrong you have the right to your opinion. God Bless You
2007-10-20 11:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think there are so many misconceptions about mormonism, they are often hard t clear up. But most people dont know anything about Mormons,so they ask some one, "Hey, what's a Mormon?" And they usually get a fundy with no undies to tell the that we have horns and wear magic underpants.That throws people off, and they just don't know the truth. We're people, just like you. and we don't deserve to be discriminated against becasue of our relgion anymore than someone else deserves to be discriminated against for their race, religin, creed or background. IMO.
2007-10-20 11:38:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say this, but you're looking for rationale where there is none. I had a good friend in high school until her father discovered I was LDS - where a week before, her parents thought I was a great influence on her daughter [christian, no drinking, swearing, smoking, chaste, etc] suddenly, she was forced to stop talking to me, we couldn't hang out, etc. There was nothing rational about it. It was prejudice that blocked reason and logic. It took me nearly 20 years to understand it. Seek answers in how Laman and Lemuel and their descendants reviled and hated Nephi & his followers and descendants.
Best wishes.
2007-10-21 04:36:33 · answer #7 · answered by strplng warrior mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people consider the Mormons to be a cult, and do not want to associate with members of a cult, or in this case, have their child associate with such people. I'm thinking much of it stems from the teachings of the church regarding who will be saved.
2007-10-20 11:36:04 · answer #8 · answered by R G 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I have a problem with any religion that tries to convert me. I think it's arrogant to assume that one's religion is the only way or that I might have any interest, and when I express my lack of interest they keep talking. It's not just Mormons. To disallow someone to associate with you based on your religion is pretty disgusting though.
And all Christianity was considered a cult when it first started.
2007-10-20 11:41:06 · answer #9 · answered by Jareth's Trousers 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mormons are some of the nicest people ever, in the whole world. But it's like a cult, a club. It's overpowering, like they have church activities ALL the time, and who else goes around knocking on doors to talk about their religion?
2007-10-20 11:37:11 · answer #10 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋