...Not all Mormons are fortunate to have such high-quality non-Mormon friends. Well, they don't just happen. You have to make them. But first, you have to recognize the need...
...No fair using token gentiles, either. Co-workers, neighbors and the guy who fixes your car do not count. They have to be real friends, the sort of people you want to hang with...
a lot of us are mired so deep in the LDS culture that we haven't a clue how to make friends with people who aren't carbon copies of us.
Christ's teachings are the answer for any Christian of any denomination or faith in terms of their daily walk with those around them.
My experience is that when I act this way (ie...the way Christ himself would act) to my neighbors, co-workers, etc...that friendship follows.
That's what the Church teaches...that's what it's "culture" is all about.
TO ALL WHO WANT TO HELP US TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT CHRIST AND HOW HE GUIDES HIS PEOPLE ON EARTH.
If this thread is like most others that have anything to do with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or as we are more often called, the Mormons, it will soon be taken over by those who, for reasons of their own, choose to put down my Church, and those of us who worship with it.
We find no problem with people who really want to talk to us about converting to their religion, we spend a lot of time doing it ourselves.
What we find offensive is when people leave out part of the truth to make a half-true lie , or when some one renames something, that we find important or sacred, so it sounds like gutter talk.
I do not know how to tell the difference all the time. There are some Handles that keep showing up, and they are easy to spot. Sometimes, though, I have given a hard and not so kind response to some who honestly care for us and our salvation.
Please forgive us if we get you mixed up.
Thanks for your time,
fred
This article was humor and not meant to be taken too seriously, but it does have truths in it.
Bugs the bat crap out of me when I hear a fellow LDS Member say something like “oh I won’t hang out with non-members”...I seriously want to smack em up side the head sometimes.
Funny article, Alex.
Well...THAT line got a ROFLOL!! out of me...
Congrats..!!
My friend responded "thats ok, we don't like them either"
One Mormon author once wrote "Mormons are like fertilizer-- If you pile it all up on one spot it stinks.... but if you spread it around it does a lot of good"
Some of my best friends are non Mormons - not to mention my whole entire family.