An odd alliance

[_MCB]

Thank goodness the Baptist pastor was smarter than that, and saw a bigger picture than that narrow outlook.

LOL. Yes, a much bigger picture. Discontented souls.

[_Jersey Girl]

harm
[quote][But she said many in the community and in her own church would not agree, because by crossing the threshold of the LDS church, they felt that they were giving implicit agreement with the doctrines of the church./quote]

This sounds way too familiar and some part of me understands it but the larger (I hope better) part of me finds it so disheartening.

I've crossed the threshold of the LDS church more times than I can count.
I've crossed the threshold of the Catholic church far more times than I can count.
I've crossed the threshold (if this counts) of a Hindu funeral.

That I crossed the threshold of these places and forms of worship in no way means I gave implicit agreement with the doctrines of said places and forms of worship.

It simply means that I was invited and I went as a good guest.

Because my friends are LDS.
Because much of my family is Catholic.
Because my Hindu friends son suicided and I went to comfort her.

Is all of this "god stuff" not supposed to be about people?

[_Jersey Girl]

You know what, harm, there is no question in my mind that if you or I visited each other, the one of us would willingly "cross the threshold" of each or the other's church and spend our Sunday together.

[_harmony]

Is all of this "god stuff" not supposed to be about people?

Only about "special" people. And some people in my ward have a problem with that same attitude sometimes. (I don't want to sound like the LDS people don't suffer from the same foolishness as others in my community. We do)

I know there are some members who came simply because they were afraid that the Baptist preacher would preach against the Mormons from our own pulpit.

Idiots.

The thing I thought was so significant about the service itself yesterday was that the talk the Baptist preacher gave was pretty much the same talk the SP gave at a funeral for an LDS woman the previous week. They could have interchanged talks and the spirit would have been the same.

I don't think either of them picked up on that, but I thought it was funny.

[_Jersey Girl]

harm

The thing I thought was so significant about the service itself yesterday was that the talk the Baptist preacher gave was pretty much the same talk the SP gave at a funeral for an LDS woman the previous week. They could have interchanged talks and the spirit would have been the same.

I totally believe you, harm. Other than the particular hymns sung, I've seen little to no difference in LDS gatherings that I've attended, message-wise, from that of Baptists.

[_harmony]

Other than the particular hymns sung, I've seen little to no difference in LDS gatherings that I've attended, message-wise, from that of Baptists.

I talked with Momma and her friend (Momma was in charge of the dinner) after the dinner was over and told them that they could have brought their coffee pot and served coffee, and no one would have been rude.

They said they'd talked about it and decided that since Mormons didn't drink coffee, they wouldn't serve it at the dinner.

I thought that was very thoughtful of them.

[_Joey]

So, the verdict is in: yes, Baptists and Mormons can work together for the greater good without killing each other, can allow each other the pathway to preach to each other's congregations, and do so without bloodshed or hard feelings.

Where has all this killing and bloodshed been experienced in the recent past??? Are we adding in some drama and theatre here for visual effect and why??

[_Simon Belmont]

picture of Christ that we've been repeatedly told to take down.

I am not sure I believe you harmony. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not tell wards to remove pictures of Jesus Christ.

[_harmony]

picture of Christ that we've been repeatedly told to take down.

I am not sure I believe you harmony. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not tell wards to remove pictures of Jesus Christ.

Well, that validates it, Simon! If you don't believe, it has to be so.

[_Joseph]

The spirit of helping others is as it should be. Can you really blame some of the Baptist members for being wary since lds-inc believes they are part of the Church of Satan? I bet some of the members remember lds members not allowing their kids to play with the Baptist kids. Might go the other way as well at times depending on parental paranoia.