Why don't Mormon's celebrate Easter? [Asked by a Mormon]

Pacumenispages.yuku.com ^ | April 20, 2002 | Abutleraz

[Colofornian]

The Christian World just recently celebrated Easter. But as a general rule, it seems to me that Easter Sunday is NOT properly observed -at least in the ward's I have belonged to.

I remember vividly an Easter Sunday (15 years ago) wherein the sacrament meeting was a missionary farewell--no particular emphasis on Easter, Christ's Atonement of Resurrection.

I went to Sunday School--the instructor simply taught the next lesson in the manual--no emphasis whatsoever on Easter related topics.

I went to Priesthood Meeting--same story in my Elder's Quorum. Finally, after going from classroom to classroom I discovered that the Priest's quorum of having a lesson on Easter.

This last Easter, the sacrament meeting program was very much Easter centered with the choir singing an Easter Cantata (by Gerald Lund and His wife--very nice!). However, the congregational hymns (3) WERE NOT from the Easter hymns in the hymn book.

The Sunday School class I attended had an Easter Centered Lesson, but that is only because I taught it! (Gospel Essentials).

What is the deal? It seems to me that this is the one Sunday on which we could deviate from the lesson manual just enough to focus on the central doctrine of our Church and Christianity!

I recently voiced this opinion in Correlation Meeting and received a lecture from our Relief Society President that it would be completely inappropriate to deviate from the lesson schedule!

What has been your experience?

Is there some church policy that I am not aware of that prohibits us from having a special lesson on Easter?

Are Church instructors so mindless that they can't do anything but blindly follow the manual?

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Elsie]

After all; Headquarters proclaims that it contains the FULLNESS of the gospel.

[muawiyah]

Everybody pretty much agrees that Unitarians are NOT Christians. At the same time three of 'em have been elected President, and a couple of others are thought to have actually been "unitarians" (small letters because they weren't members of an organized Unitarian church).

The reason Unitarians aren't Christian is simple ~ they are not Trinitarians, and some of them are actually Atheists. We can apply the same standards to Jews and we'll get the same result ~ they are not, in fact, Christians.

By necessary implication that standard can be applied to any other group or individual, and you will come up with the same result. Like Buddhists are not Christian. Moslems are not Christian. Jains are not Christian; etc.

Regarding crosses on steeples, due to intense and grinding poverty on the American frontier and newly settled areas (E.g. Western New York), it became quite common for churches to do without steeples as well. Some in the Christian Church Movement still don't have crosses up there ~ but they use the reason that charity must come before building decorations.

[trebb]

"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."

As far as He was concerned, you didn't have to act in order to sin - your thoughts themselves can be sinful.

[Tainan]

Bless ya dude...My Lord Jesus Christ died on that cross so that those who choose to believe in Him could have everlasting life.

Now what You chose to believe is up to you. Bless ya.

[Notary Sojac]

The reason Unitarians aren't Christian is simple ~ they are not Trinitarians

Are you seriously proposing that anyone who does not accept the idea of the Trinity cannot be a Christian? By that logic there were no Christians before the Council of Nicaea at the earliest.

[greyfoxx39]

The mormons have substituted false idols for the cross..the moroni statue, the "CTR" symbols in jewelry. BUT mormons insist that Christians recognize them as Christian.

I never will.

[greyfoxx39]

Interesting here at “ask a mormon” what they say about the cross or lack of the cross.

More lies.

[SkyDancer]

I once was challenged with “Well if Jesus was electrocuted would you wear a small electric chair or have an electric chair mounted on your church?” - There are some people you just can’t reach.

[Campion]

unlike yourself that believe that Christ ditched his ressurected body once he left the earth

No orthodox Christians believe that. If the LDS told you that was mainstream Christian belief, they lied.

We however, do not believe in the Easter Bunny

No, but you do believe in a "prophet" who once announced that the moon was inhabited by men who dressed "in the Quaker style" and lived to be 1000 years old.

[Godzilla]

water is not wine norm

You only celebrate with prison rations.

[Godzilla]

We however, do not believe in the Easter Bunny

and instead of pulling a rabbit out of his hat, he tossed a peep stone in and pulled out a poorly written piece of fiction

[fulltlt]

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I tried to find it for free on Amazon and could not find a free version. Can you post link?

[hoosiermama]

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[aMorePerfectUnion]

“We do not wear Crosses because to do so would be to celebrate the murder weapon that killed Jesus.”

Actually, mormons don’t “celebrate the murder weapon” because they do not read the scriptures. The cross
is as foolish to mormonism as any non-Christian group.

Instead, they celebrate sweat.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“If Mormons believe Jesus “paid the price” in the garden, then Mormons believe... Jesus “paid the price.” “

Not so. Sweating is not where atonement and redemption happened. That required the giving of a life and blood.
If mormonism taught Jesus paid the price, they would not be focused on the worldly attainment of worthiness.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“my favorite oracle of anti-mormon bigotry”

It is not bigotry to teach the truth. If it were, than Christ, all the Prophets and all the Apostles were bigots.
If they were all bigots, than all Christians should be identical.

Given that mormonism claims it alone is “restored christianity”, mormonism is the Queen of Bigotry.

Do you own a mirror?

[muawiyah]

The enunciation of a doctrine in a proclamation by a council simply means it has been recognized and was always there all along ~ and it's pretty clear that's the case.

So, yeah, if you're not a Trinitarian........ and just take it from there.

Remember, at some point the early Christians weren't even called Christians. They were first called Christians at Antioch. Before that they were Jews.

[svcw]

Really?

Mocking of God Almighty again, saying God has a personality disorder?

What do you think the Easter celebration is?

It is the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

I have been to many mormon Easter Sunday meetings, they do not discuss Jesus Christ of the Bible, they don't even discuss the lds jesus.

[Caipirabob]

Morning all...Talisker - one of the key issues we've been discussing is trying to reconcile the facts of mormon practices with how the democrats are going to portray mormon practices come the election.

It's a tremendous concern. The democrats are going to launch an assault of such magnitude against romney and his faith such as the world has not seen since Hitler's days.

We need to separate fact from fiction if we are going to be able to stop the onslaught.

Please take a moment to see these video's from Glenn Beck's site to see how obama's media dogs are already attacking the mormon faith.

The big problem with this issue is that there is already plenty of ammo that supports the history of institutionalized discrimination practiced by the mormon church.

Our attacks are nothing more than an examination of the direct text of the BOM. The rats are rapidly showing they are easily more viscious with their accusations. Is it the truth or not? Many of us aren't familiar enough to know and we are researching it as fast as possible and discussing it with family and friends.

If I go by literal interpretations of the BOM, say in Nephi, Jacob or Alma, then I'm left with the impression that plenty of damage can be done to the mormon church based on their religious doctrine. If I go with what I've read of direct quotes by their leadership over the years, I'm left with a worse impression.

This is deeply troubling information and we are trying to digest it in a short time before it's too late and this election turns into a total disaster.

I would encourage you to read and research as well. It's critical we all understand the facts we are dealing with.

[svcw]

My uncle the bishop used “well if Jesus were beat to death with a shoe, would you wear a shoe around your neck”.
Next time I saw him I had put a Barbie shoe on a chain and had it around my neck, he was not amused.
You are correct, the draw of godhood is great (just ask Eve), and it is a shell of defiance difficult to break.