There is only one church that requires effort from all its members to bulid the kingdom of God on earth. In order for a person to show his faith in God and the restoration members are asked to participate in leading, teaching, and most important is to serve our fellow man. We do this because we have in Christ.
So, you try to build the kingdom of God on Earth because you have Christ? Hmmm...
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world." (John 18:36)
And basically all churches "participate in leading, teaching and [...] (serving) our fellow man". That's nothing that LDS have any kind of corner on. My former diocese in the Southern United States operates a social service program that has helped people here in America, in Egypt, in other parts of Africa, and in Syria and Iraq with over 100 small projects providing support of everything from schools in Egypt, Iraqi and Syrian refugees of ISIS, individuals needing medical care in different countries, education, and so on. They also have various leadership programs and job training programs, and prison ministries.
In your faith a persons only requirement is to have faith. Nothing else is needed to be saved in Jesus. Doesn't matter that few of spend time on forums trying to convince poor blinded dumb Mormons that they are wrong and going to hell.
This is just inappropriate. For one, when have I ever said that 'poor blinded dumb Mormons' (not the kinds of words I would use to describe anyone) are going to hell? How could I possibly know that? I can't, and I wouldn't pretend to. Also, couldn't the same be said to you about the time you spend here slandering other peoples' faith because they're not Mormons?
Or that few of you go and spend a life time in third world countries bringing knowledge of Jesus and in general helping and serve our fellow man.
Is it better that people do those things so as to look better or think themselves better than those who do not? I don't know how many people from whatever churches might go to particular parts of the world or why. It's not my place to judge anyone on that account. I do know that missionary work can be very rewarding and fulfilling (since I did two mission trips to rural Mexico while still a teen growing up in the Presbyterian Church over 20 years ago, long before I was Orthodox), but it's also not feasible for everyone in every situation. One thing I will say for the Mormons is that they have a missionary imperative which they do take very seriously, and that is admirable. I do not believe that they are bringing people knowledge of Jesus, but in terms of making the spreading of their faith a priority, there's probably no single organization that has a better-organized or more widely-served missionary program. I remember years ago when I was in college, I had a professor who mentioned that when he was in rural Guatemala doing fieldwork back in the 1970s or 1980s, pretty much the only outsiders who could speak the local Mayan languages were the Mormon missionaries.
You believe that the greatest show of faith is no greater than a person who is selfish and never spends one second in the service of others but says he is a believer.
Alright, I'm trying to be polite, but stop telling me what I believe. You're not only wrong, you're being rude for no reason. I don't appreciate it. Knock it off. If you can't have a conversation about where we differ and why without insulting others, then you shouldn't be posting here.
It doesn't matter that the bible says that we will all be judged on our works. Doesn't say we will be judged on our faith, just what our faith motivates us to do for God.
And apparently it doesn't matter that Jesus tells us (and you) that His kingdom is not of this world, and that He never spoke of a 'taking away' of His Church to be restored later, or any of the other stuff that Mormons believe. At least what being 'judged by our works' means is something that reasonable and sincere Christians can discuss and debate. There is no such possibility when it comes to the various particular Mormon beliefs (theological, soteriological, etc.), since they are too far outside of Christianity to have a common base from which to discuss these matters. Anything a Christian says to a Mormon regarding Christianity can merely be dismissed as not in keeping with the BOM, the 'restoration' narrative, and so on. So it's a bit silly that you then fall back on what you think the Bible does and doesn't say, when it's so easy to dismiss any replies you receive according to your belief in
other revelations.
I note that once again you do not actually engage with the content of the posts you are supposedly replying to. I post a video explaining what a Mormon service consists of, and ask how this represents the path of most resistance in comparison to Christianity, and you reply with appeals to Mormonism's social programs (which, while admirable, are not any more characteristic of Mormonism than those of mainstream Christian churches; the Roman Catholic Church has a much larger network of such programs than the LDS or for that matter the Orthodox do, but that says nothing about the challenges involved in being a Roman Catholic compared to being a member of these other groups, which is what I'd expect "the path of least/most resistance" to be a reference to). The video was not about Mormon social programs, and you did not even prove how these present such 'resistance' for Mormons. You simply say that they exist, and assert that this proves something about Mormonism that can't also be said about Christian churches. And you are clearly wrong in that assertion.
(Also, if that's how you want to pursue things, wouldn't it make more sense to use the proliferation of social programs under the LDS church as evidence of great sacrifice or 'resistance' if the LDS church
weren't rich, powerful, controlling many businesses, having a lot of political clout, etc.? But all of these things are true of the LDS, and less so of some other churches. All that really 'proves', however, is that Mormons have more resources and possibilities to spread their message than others do. That's not a positive affirmation of your church's message. That's an economic and social reality that not all churches can enjoy as the LDS do. 'Resistance' is not the way I would describe that.)
