Reply #215

many people ask me why has Christianity drifted to such shallowness, lock step thinking, and bigotry (LDS and Jehovah's Witnesses). My response? Because good people stood by and said nothing, especially us Christians grounded in truth. Reality is, unlike JFK and Catholicism, LDS is aggressive in spreading their message with "missions". Indeed, the Catholic church was once like this, but there is a reason why this approach waned over the years.

When LDS members come to my door, they quickly realize I am Orthodox Christian and instead of me asking questions, they start asking me questions about my faith. The more I go in depth about the Orthodoxy the more confused they become, and you can see the wheel spinning in their eyes as they try process the information. It is almost like an epiphany.

LDS, Jehovah's Witnesses, and other new age Christian movements rely on promises, gimmicks, and exertion of control of people's lives. That pretty much is all counter to Jesus Christ, and his apostles. This is what caused the schism with Catholicism and Protestantism, because once an entity like a church which is composed of a oligarchy of high ranking holy elders start to dictate and decree how one lives it misses the main point of Jesus Christ's philosophy.