MormonGuru

 All humans have an inherent need to discover the purpose of their existence. It's what motivates us every morning.  I wasn’t attending mass during my college (Uni) years. But I sought meaning in life in the material world with new age beliefs. It is this search that led me to learn about the "restored" Gospel of Jesus Christ through the missionaries of the Latter Day Saint (LDS) Church.  By the time I landed my first corporate job and immersed myself into work and hanging out on Friday’s late into the night drinking and smoking, I was only Catholic on paper. I allowed myself to be deceived into thinking that if I was a good person and believe in Jesus that is sufficient. So after being pursued for months and maybe even years by Mormon Missionaries, I was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Prior to making my LDS baptism decision, I never sought to determine the authenticity of the teachings passed down through the tradition of the Catholic Churc...

  When Joseph Smith took the question of which church he should Join join in his 1832 first vision recounts the the two Heavenly figures telling him, "Join none of them for all their creeds are an abomination" (depiction of how Latter Day Saint Missionaries portray the vision) or did they mean, join none of them for all heir Creeds are an Abomination... (depiction to a Catholic being dissuaded by Satan to stay in the Catholic Church) Would God tell his earnest seekers of truth to walk away from the Church that is the holder and protector of the Universal truth? Ponder that before dismissing the creeds of the Catholic church. The Latter Day Saints have a unique tradition with an interesting take on “who is Jesus?” The Jesus portrayed by Joseph Smith doesn’t always play well with the scripture revealed to the Saints before 1830. St. Ignatius of Loyola on his series of the discernment of Spirits taught that even the devil can give you good feelings, but they always lead to Spiri...