Comments by "" (@gwengold8154) on "Peter Santenello"
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I really enjoyed reading your comments. Peter should do a series on Catholics next. There's a lot that I don't know, even though I'm fairly familiar with some Catholic beliefs.
I really liked what you had to say about the Eucharist. We call it the sacrament. We do allow strangers to take it, which I've never really understood tbh. Sometimes, the members of the church are forbidden from taking it during the repentance process. Some people think this is too harsh, but it really is meant as a protection. We promise God solemnly to keep His commandments and take His name upon us and always remember Him. If someone were deep in sin and just took the sacrament anyway, they bring damnation upon themselves. It's not like they go straight to hades, but it sure isn't good. You have to mean the solemn promises that you make to God.
I would say that our bishops are more like Catholic bishops than pastors in the protestant world. We have the preparatory priesthood, which is the Aaronic priesthood. Then, the Melchizedek priesthood. Generally, a boy, age twelve, is ordained and becomes a deacon. At about fourteen, he would be ordained a teacher. At about sixteen, he would be ordained a priest. At about eighteen, he would be ordained an elder. Later on in life, he would be ordained a high priest. These are some of the offices of the holy priesthood of God. Bishops are, therefore, priests, but they are elders and high priests also. :-) Patriarch is another priesthood office, but only a select few are Patriarchs. Bishops oversee a ward, and the stake president is sort of equivalent to a Catholic bishop.
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I can try to answer some of your questions. All of the top leaders are men. They are what we call the first presidency and the quorum of 12 apostles. They are men because only men are ordained to the priesthood or given the authority to hold the priesthood. We do have what is called auxiliary leaders who are women. They are in charge of the global relief organization called the Relief Society and the Young Women organization and the Primary organization within the church. In every local congregation, there is a bishop who is always male, and a woman always serves as the president over the women.
Most of the church leaders are Republicans. One former member of the first presidency was a Democrat. I believe that one member of the 12 apostles was also a Democrat. But it's rare. Most of the members in Utah are Republicans. You are very, very lonely as a latter-day saint Democrat in Utah. Latter-day saints exist all over America and the world, so outside of Utah, you have a wide range of political views. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada was a latter-day saint and a top Democrat in the United States Senate. We are encouraged to vote and vote our conscience.
We feel about the poor that there should be no poor. We are trying to build a true zion people in anticipation of the return of Jesus Christ. In order for this to truly happen, we would need to eradicate poverty completely. It can be done. We know that the city of Enoch had no poor among them. There is a parable in the Book of Mormon about how a good father will never stand for half his sons to be in rags while half are not. Our God is a loving Father who wants all of His children provided for. The Book of Mormon also says that if a beggar begs bread of us and we say that he has brought it upon himself and we judge him, that it is a sin. It reminds us, "Are we not ALL beggars?"
There are people who say bad things about every single religion in existence. You will have very many people willing to offer their opinions on what the dark side of this religion is. I guess that is up to you to decide. I would say that it is probably that we have not yet become truly one. And the Lord Jesus Christ says, "If ye are not one, ye are not mine."
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@jjoflower6811 We don't believe in a priesthood of all believers. We believe in an actual priesthood. I think that is where some of the confusion comes in. Like the lady said, we believe that every single person born is born with the light of Christ in them. During all ages, there were good people, doing good things. Or trying their best to live a godly life. We simply believe that the authority to hold the authorized priesthood of God was missing. It had been lost to the earth. We say that John the Baptist came to Joseph Smith and ordained him to the priesthood of Aaron, or the Aaronic priesthood. Later, we believe that Peter, James, and John ordained Joseph Smith to the Melchezedek priesthood. Thus, every male in our church who holds the priesthood authority can trace his authority back to Peter, James, and John and then the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
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