Paige2007UGrad
New member
I believe that Christ atoned for my sins. I believe if you know any LDS church goers you will see that thy try so hard to live in line with Christ, they try and do for others and obey the commandments and try so hard to do whatever they are asked by their leaders.
People in this faith amaze me because there are so many active church-goers and they are so hungry to learn more. Not only do you find them learning on Sunday, missionaries will dedicate 1 1/2 to two years to teaching and doing much good. We don't only have missions of ministry but missions of service as well. I believe Christ's life was about service.
We are a people who truly try to do much good. Of course there are the unfortunate few who will not let their children hang out with others who are not LDS and have to say snide remarks about others of other faiths... but if you listen to our dear prophet you will know what kind of people the Lord expects us to be.
The prophet himself speaks of love and reaching out to others from other faiths and being good to all many no matter their faith. Not to try and make them our faith, but just out of the good in our hearts.
Our message really is about trying to have our lives in line with Christs. I hear it time and again... that the truest way you know how much you have come unto him is by the way you treat others. That is the message of our gospel.
We are no better than anyone else. We have the goal of returning to a Heavenly Father who loves us in mind. We also have a goal of helping as many of our brothers and sisters as we can to get there along the way.
I hope this bring a little more enlightenment to your views of us. While their are a selct few who have been in our religion who have done some sort of evil or harm... I want to make perfectly clear that that is out of line with our teachings.
I hope the best for everybody, and while sometimes I can be outspoken about things that I do not perceive as good. I hope that it can be taken as me hoping for a better way for that person so that they may succeed too.
Amanda
People in this faith amaze me because there are so many active church-goers and they are so hungry to learn more. Not only do you find them learning on Sunday, missionaries will dedicate 1 1/2 to two years to teaching and doing much good. We don't only have missions of ministry but missions of service as well. I believe Christ's life was about service.
We are a people who truly try to do much good. Of course there are the unfortunate few who will not let their children hang out with others who are not LDS and have to say snide remarks about others of other faiths... but if you listen to our dear prophet you will know what kind of people the Lord expects us to be.
The prophet himself speaks of love and reaching out to others from other faiths and being good to all many no matter their faith. Not to try and make them our faith, but just out of the good in our hearts.
Our message really is about trying to have our lives in line with Christs. I hear it time and again... that the truest way you know how much you have come unto him is by the way you treat others. That is the message of our gospel.
We are no better than anyone else. We have the goal of returning to a Heavenly Father who loves us in mind. We also have a goal of helping as many of our brothers and sisters as we can to get there along the way.
I hope this bring a little more enlightenment to your views of us. While their are a selct few who have been in our religion who have done some sort of evil or harm... I want to make perfectly clear that that is out of line with our teachings.
I hope the best for everybody, and while sometimes I can be outspoken about things that I do not perceive as good. I hope that it can be taken as me hoping for a better way for that person so that they may succeed too.
Amanda