If you join a Mormon church does it mean you are renouncing the catholic one?
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yes it does.\n\nwhile you would not be renouncing GOd or Christ, you are renouncing the tennants of the Catholic church so.... you would be a mormon, not a Catholic.
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No.  Anyone who discontinues sessions without permission of the Church is disowned or shunned by them.
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Absolutely not.  Mormons marry one wife and NONE are arranged. People who practice polygamy are not a part of the LDS church (Mormons).  Mormons abolished the practice of polygamy in the 1800's.  Groups who still practice today are not in anyway affiliated with the Mormon Church.  A Mormon who was to marry more than one wife would be excommunicated.
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You should not be so concerned about becoming a platinum member of some church. You should be concerned about being a member of Christ.
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Nope.  Mormonism is a religion for dirty minded old men.\nWomen are its primary victim.
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Hmm, the match is interesting, maybe we should all become Mormons, the only trouble is, I keep mis-reading it as morons, sorry, I don't want to upset anyone, it's just that my word eyes aren't too good.\n\nYes, I could, but no, I wouldn't want to.
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Isn't that a Mormon church? If it is, then it's full of morons. The Bible clearly says not to add or take away any part of it, and they just decided to write their own version.
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My entire family is Catholic and I was baptized Catholic.  I attended church every Sunday until I was almost 17.  \n\nReasons why I stopped going:\n1. I finally realized it just didn't mean anything to me\n2. I sat there and thought about everything but what was going on (many times about things that probably shouldn't be thought about during mass - ex. "Wow that guy in the third pew is so attractive!!"). I spaced off for the entire hour.\n3. I don't want to disrespect the people who actually care about the religion. I felt like I was making a mockery of them and their faith by being at mass and spacing off the whole time.\n\nI honestly don't think I'd consider going back unless I had a huge life-changing experience that made my faith much, much stronger. I believe in God, but I don't really like the idea of organized religion. Maybe I would if the church became a lot more liberal toward many social issues, but it's not likely.\n\nHope this helps!
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I appreciate your wisdom.  It is true that growing up in a church doesn't necessarily make it true.  It doesn't necessarily make it untrue either.  When I was serving as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I went through a period where I encountered many people who said that the only reason I was a member of this church was because I was born into it and taught the religion by my parents.  At first I didn't know how to deal with this concern because it is true that my parents are Mormons and I have been associated with the church since birth.  However, upon further reflection, I realized that THIS IS NOT A BAD THING.  Just because I am blessed enough to have been acquainted with the church my whole life does not make it untrue.  Therefore, after that, my answer to people who brought this up was, "I'm very grateful that I had parents who taught me to follow Jesus Christ when I was a child."  My belief that the church is true is not based only on the teaching that I received as a child, but also on many personal experiences I have had since where I felt that the Holy Ghost was testifying to me that the teachings of the church were true.  Because of this, I would very much like other people to join my church so they can experience the happiness that I know comes from living the gospel of Jesus Christ.\n\nI completely agree with you that it is not our place to say whether a certain person is going to hell or not.  In fact, I think that, after it's all said and done, many people are going to be surprised with the results of the final judgment.  I appreciate your reminding us that it's not for us to judge.  I hope there is never reason to accuse me of having done this on this website.
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Mormons believe that the "true" religion of christ was lost from the earth shortly after christ died.  This "true" christianity was then restored through their first prophet, Joseph Smith, in 1830 when god and jesus appeared to him and told him he had been chosen to restore the true church to the earth.  He also was visited by Moroni, supposedly a prophet from a lost race of ancient americans, who told him where to find golden plates on which was written the spiritual history of his people, similar to the bible but with all of the events taking place in ancient America.  The book he "translated" from these plates became the book of Mormon (Mormon was one of the ancient American prophets), and tells their history as well as the story of Jesus visiting the faithful in America after his resurrection.\nThey believe "as man now is, god once was...and as god now is, man may become" -- meaning that god was once a guy on a planet like us, he did good, achieved eternal life, and was given this earth to rule.  They believe that each of us can do the same, after our lives are over if we're righteous we can get our own world to create/rule over, populate with spirit children, etc.  You get to be a god!\nThey have secret rituals that are done in their temples that are derivatives of Masonic rituals, secret underwear that reminds them of the rituals done in the temples and which are supposed to protect them from harm, still hold plural marriage (polygamy) as a tenet of their religion although it's currently not practiced officially by church members.  They are adamant about collecting 10% tithing (you have to "settle" with your local church every year, showing your tax return and proving you paid your 10% to be considered a faithful member).  They're big on missionary work and getting new members, sending thousands of missionaries to every country in the world they can every year.  They believe they can do "sacraments" (baptism, temple marriages, etc.) for their relatives who have passed away and never had a chance to join the Mormon church, which will give them the chance to accept it in the afterlife.  There are other differences, but that's the gist of it :)\n\nI'm a former Mormon who did a 2-year missionary stint, and know the temple routines very well.  Send me an e-mail or IM if you want to know more.
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I did have a similar situation and I left that religion. If you truely believe in something you will not have issues with it, like you said here that you have issues you can't resolve. If you truely believe in something you can't take part and leave another part.\n\nYou said everytime you hear them speak of the church you know it is true. You need to know it is true though it beliefs and teachings not what other people say about a church. What people say and do, don't make something true. Thats one of the reasons I left Christianty.\n\nLook inside your heart. Does it really all make sence, does it really seem like the truth. If you do this and it does then you should not have any issues. If you still have issues maybe it is not as true as you feel it is.\n\nPray to God, any only God. Ask him to guide you to the truth. God willing he will lead you to the one true faith.
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I am a Christian, so when I was baptised I renounced satan, all his works and and all his empty promises. Also, Christ said that if anyone wants to be His follower, they must renounce themselves, take up their cross and follow Him. It's not completely clear to me what He meant by renouncing myself, but I take it to mean that I put aside purely selfish desires and try and put other people first and think what Christ would have done inmy situation, especially by praying about things. \n\nI suppose I have had to suffer in order to follow Christ, as I get made fun of by some people and twice I had to give up a love affair because it was only going into sex and we couldn't be married and that was hard. However, it never seems difficult in the end because you get all the comfort you need from Jesus and his holy Mother.
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maybe you havent gone to the right church
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I married my wife in a Mormon Temple in 1971. In the ceremony they tell you that the keys signs and penalties they give you, as you complete your endowment, are guarded by sacred oaths of secrecy. The Church has changed the ceremony at least once since then so I am not sure what they say now. If what they are doing now is the right stuff I don't know how the early Mormon leaders made it to the 3rd level of the celestial kingdom, or is it the other way around and today's Mormon can't make it???   Jim
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No.\n\nThey are three different entities in the Mormon belief.\n\nBesides that, it is a different god than the God of the Bible as Christians understand it. Therefore it is a different Jesus and a different Holy Spirit. They use Christian terminology, however, their theology is totally different.
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Whether or not you are Catholic is not a question of legality. It is a question of Spirituality.\n\nTry to think of your Baptism's wider implications. The Catholic Church recognizes and respects baptisms that take place in other Christian denominations. That is because, once baptized, we become members of His church; either directly as Catholics, or indirectly as non-Catholic Christians.\n\nOnce Baptized, you are considered Christian. In your case, a Catholic Christian. You may be inactive in your church, but that does not in any way nullify your baptism.
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They won't come out and say it exactly in those terms, but yes.  It's like a ladder you climb.  The more steps you take in the church, the higher up you go in the heaven levels.\n\nBaptism is the first step.  When you get baptized, you agree to abide by the church rules and to take on the Mormon lifestyle.\n\nNext (soon after) you get the "gift of the Holy Ghost."\n\nThen you go to the temple and eventually receive your "endowments."\n\nFinally  you get married in the temple, which pretty  much seals the deal for you to get into the "best heaven" (Celestial Kingdom).\n\nOf course, in order to get into the temple, you have to follow all of the church guidelines such as paying tithing, obeying the Word of Wisdom (dietary restrictions), being honest in your dealings with fellow man, etc.\n\nThere's even more involved than those major steps.  Those other things include stuff like serving a mission, receiving your Patriarchal Blessing, researching genealogy, and doing "work for the dead" in the temple (basically doing everything you've done yourself but in the name of people who have already died).  And of course, expressing kindness and serving others are other "ladder climbing" traits.