The building in his avatar is a temple, which are used for special purposes and of which there are 125 worldwide. They don't all look quite that cool (although most do), but they are all more interesting than our regular meetinghouses.
Ask a Mormon, Part 3
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Well, a need for physical proof could cause some problems, as faith is an integral part of conversion. We can't judge exactly what would happen or who will go where because we don't know everything about each person's life and decisions the way Jesus Christ does, but I do know that faith, as in believing things "which are not seen, which are true" is an important principle. Furthermore, repentance through a broken heart and a contrite spirit isn't usually an instantaneous thing. You could however, in theory, convert after this life but before judgment day.
Once again, we don't have nearly enough information or right to pass judgment on anyone, but it does sound like you're doing the best you can, which is all that matters. As long as you are doing what you believe to be right and you hold yourself up to your own personal standards of right and wrong, you're heading in the right general direction. Missing out on blessings, opportunities, and the atonement? I believe so. However, as long as you live up to what you believe is right I couldn't ask for more.
Hope that makes some sort of sense.
Watching, or performing?
Given our ethnic make-up, I dont think there are a whole lot of Mormon breakdancers. I like watching other people do it though.
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For what it is worth, on my mission I did know a member who was a professional breakdancer.
But of course, beyond that we are quite diverse in our likes and dislikes. If it is not prohibited, there will be a member who does it. 13 million individuals throughout the world will be a pretty diverse group.
But of course, beyond that we are quite diverse in our likes and dislikes. If it is not prohibited, there will be a member who does it. 13 million individuals throughout the world will be a pretty diverse group.
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Well, I can only speak for myself...if they aren't practicing Mormons themselves, I don't really care what they do. I haven't heard any other LDS people voice ill will towards either of them.
Its a long and complicated story. Most American Mormons live in the Rocky Mountain West, which is a highly conservative area of the country (mormonism aide). One of the leaders of the LDS church in the 1970s had been a cabinet offical for Ike's administration, and was very politically conservative, which partly triggered a shift in our own voting demographics.
Given our history, we typically don't trust the government at all (they failed to protect us in the 1800s), we're socially conservative, and we believe in self-reliance as well.
All that being said however, of our three biggest LDS posters, none of them are really conservative Republicans, and I have written A LOT about this issue at CFC...I think its a bad relationship.
I think that this is changing a little bit with Mormons in my generation...people are showing some political flexibility that might have been absent in our parents.
I get the impression this Christian reconsiliation has become more important to the church over the last few years, and I think thats likely to continue with the Monson presidency. Just a hunch.
Individual Mormons will tell you that we're Christians, and we might get a little upset when other churches tell us we're not. The church as an institituion didn't place much of a priority on this, but I think thats changing a little.
I saw a few Mormons on their mission in Nigeria, why do you go on such a wide assimilation program? Why do you also go to the most religious countries on earth? Do you assume that people would just rather switch from their religion that they've had for over three hundred years?
I'm not trying to sound mean by the way, just asking.
I'm not trying to sound mean by the way, just asking.
We go almost everywhere in the world, not just Nigeria (I served in Sacramento). We do iit because we feel that our religion has made us happy, and we want to share it with other people. It honestly isn't about power, its about love and compassion. I know I wouldn't have gone across the country for something that I didn't really believe in at the time.
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We'd like to share the message of the restored gospel with everyone, not just a specific group of people. Anywhere they will let us in, we will send missionaries. We don't really have a preference for "religious" countries either, per se, for exactly that reason. We go everywhere and are a worldwide church. If there seems to be an imbalance, it must have to do with the church growing faster (i.e. more people accept the gospel) in already religious areas. The church is growing much faster in South America than Europe, for example.
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I guess that makes sense... Don't you think you got in a bit late on the game?
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Do you consider mormons to be somewhat along the same lines of jehova's witnesses? I mean as far as knocking on peoples doors trying to "spread the message"? Don't you think that if people didn't have a religion and wanted one, they would find it on their own? I've never had other religious groups knock on my door. Mail me a letter sure! I don't mind that. But something about coming to my house... I always take off my shirt before I answer (LDS and JW's)
What do you mean?
I think our tone is different from the JWs...I feel like that they're a lot more antagonistic. You all might say that the way we do it is ineffective, but hundreds of thousands of people join the church this way. If it works, then it works...and if it doesn't, we'll stop doing it.
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