Now what am I suppose to think if you say don’t have a dislike for the LDS?
“Now what am I suppose to think if you say don’t have a dislike for the LDS?”
I have no active dislike of the LDS. But I do not agree with some of their beliefs. For me to dislike something, it has to be more important to me than the LDS church is. I guess I could get all righteous about it if I wanted to make the case that I thought they were leading people astray, but I am doing good enough worrying about my own soul, and have not much left for worrying about others’ souls. If you hear me being critical of certain aspects, I am merely stating what I believe to be true. It does not mean I am on some crusade against them. If others listen to what I say, and perhaps rethink their own beliefs as a result, fine. It is no skin off my nose either way. I am not going to presume to tell someone what is Truth... merely what I believe to be true.. and I admit that I could be wrong. Everyone has free will, given by God, and far be it from me to deprive them of that gift.
If it will make you feel better, I will tell you one thing I encountered when I attended an LDS church which I approved of a good deal. I noticed they had (at least at the one I attended) no preacher. Each week, different members of the congregation stood up and gave a sermon, or “bore witness”, and that is one aspect I liked a lot. The methodists did the same, back in the days I attended that church with my grandfather. It struck me more as a place where all were equal in the eyes of God, rather than some sanctimonious person telling everyone else how they should live.
On another note, I attend a methodist church. Methodists and Baptists are in dispute with each other over whether baptism means being dunked, or if sprinkling is enough. While the methodist church says sprinkling is adequate, I still did it by immersion. I felt it better to play it safe and do it in the manner which Christ did.