Sometimes it is hard to treat people with kindness when they are disrespectful and mean to us and our believes. It is even harder to love them when these same people sometimes cause us suffering and pain. But that's exactly what Jesus Christ taught us through His perfect example, treating everyone with kindness, patience and pure love, and we should follow His example in all things.
I met the missionaries and got baptized about sixteen years ago. I was fourteen. Before that I had never heard about the church, Mormons, or Joseph Smith. One day we opened our doors to the missionaries and learned about the gospel. Even though the things they taught us sounded a little strange, we never were disrespectful to their believes.
If we had decided not to become members of the church, we would simply thank them and let them go. Fortunately, the truth of the gospel touched our hearts, and today I have a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
So for those who have no idea what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is, click Here to found out about it.
For those who already heard about the church and would like to learn more click Here.
And for those who have misunderstood our believes and don't like us for any reason, let me clarify a few things:
-We love our religion and we would like to share the happiness of the gospel with you. If you have your own religion and don't want to hear it, we will respect that and leave you alone.
-We are Mormons and, YES, we will let our kids play with yours. If your kids are swearing or being mean to other children we will kindly say: "We don't talk like that and we don't treat people like that. Do you still want to play?"
-Joseph Smith is not our God. He is a prophet of God who restored the Gospel. We don't adore him but we deeply love and appreciate him.
-We are Christians and we believe in Jesus Christ.
-We are not rich- at least not all of us.
-We are friendly. Don't be scared. If any member of the church was rough on you remember there are all kind of people everywhere (including church).
-We are not boring.We just don't need to drink to be funny/fun.
-We dance and listen to music- good ones.
-We are not racist.
-We don't have multiple spouses. Sorry.
-The Book of Mormon is not our Bible. We believe in the Bible as we believe in the Book of Mormon, which is another testament of Jesus Christ.
-We are free and have agency to choose and act for ourselves.
-We don't do creepy things or get naked in the temple. The temple is a holy place to do holy things.
-If you hear members of the church criticizing other people, they are wrong! This is not part of the teachings of Jesus Christ or counseling of our prophet.
-If a non-active member tells you terrible things about the church don't believe it. He/she is just hurt.
-Men are not better than women. Each one has their own divine characteristics and equal importance in the kingdom of God.
-Women are not forced to get married and have twenty children. We just believe in the sacred nature of marriage and family. Some couples decide to have two children, some decide to have six. It's up to them to decide.
-We are not better than you.
-We are not perfect.
-We don't hate homosexual people. Many of us have homosexual friends and even family members that we love, care and respect very much. We just agree that the homosexual act is wrong. Leviticus 18:22; 20:13 - Romans 1:2, 26-27 - I Corinthians 6:9.
-We love to serve and will serve you no matter your gender, nationality, religion, or political view. We will serve you anytime. Anywhere.
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