I am Roman Catholic investigating the Mormon Church

We should all search for the truth and get to know God. Read the Bible completely for yourself and then examine every religion in light of what it says. If you love God, and we know that God loves everyone of us, then he will guide all sincere ones to the truth. Not all people have an understanding of God and those that don't might criticize and condemn us for the choices we make. However some of them, by seeing our good example, may one day join us. So always be like Christ in dealing with everyone. It is not something we have to do, it is what we are, once we have accurate knowledge and truth. I wish you success!

If you study about religion you will find out that Mormon, is also coming from the Roman Catholic Church. But the only different was they change some of the doctrine and dogmas of the Catholic Church. Mormons mostly not follow what is written in the bible but they have their own books to follow...

You are old enough to make your own choices regarding religion. However, your family is well within their rights not to be happy about it. I started out Protestant. I am now working toward converting to Judaism. That is because I found a home with Judaism that I never truly found within Christianity--not because I happen to have a Jewish boyfriend. As I've told him, even if our relationship were to end for some reason, my relationship with Judaism would not. If you do consider converting, you must ask yourself if that how you truly feel about Mormonism? Or is your connection merely due to happening to be with a Mormon? That said, I plan to raise Jewish children. If one of them were to leave Judaism, I would not be happy about it. I would wonder where I had gone wrong in my guidance of them. Would I stop loving them? No. However, there are many areas within the family life where they would no longer easily fit, because the belief systems are significantly different. I know this, because I have made that change; I no longer really fit within my old world, and my mother basically only gets that we go to the "Jewish church" and don't celebrate Christmas (which doesn't seem to sit very well with her, but she's been holding her tongue). If I were not converting, I would still have chosen to raise our children Jewish. Why? Because it is unfair to so split children between two very different worlds. You haven't done anything wrong, but you are playing too close to a viper's nest. Before you bring up issues of religion with your family again, you may really want to figure out where you stand on some things--your own faith, where your relationship is headed, how you would want to raise children. You might want to decry your family's close-mindedness, but even someone such as myself (who has friends from a variety of faiths and has done some study of different religions) can see the potential for issues ahead. Be certain of where you stand and what you want, and you will be able to navigate this path.

There is a sentence in your post that caught my eye: "This is why I dislike religion in that it divides people and hinder understanding sometimes". Maybe the answer for you both is that you do your worshiping away from a special church (as an institution, I mean). All churches will as you to accept their own practices and interpretations of the Holy Book. Mormons even have a different one from Roman Catholics. Besides that, I think that you should talk with your family. A religion is a way to unite people, not to separate them.

Check out mormon belief on the internet, both from mormons and non mormons. Also it is important to know how John Smith got the Book of Mormon. It is ignorance that divides people so you need to get a better idea of both Roman Catholic and Mormon beliefs if you are going to marry a Mormon. I think you would become under quite a lot of pressure to convert as the two are very different in depth. It is important to yourself to get a good understanding before making any decision, and your boy friend too -have you checked out how deep his commitment is to Mormanism? Also out of love for your parents too, they want to be sure you know what you are doing because they care for you and they have brought you up in the Roman Catholic faith.

Wow! There is a big difference between the Catholic Church and the Mormon Church. Amazing that the two of you have been together for so long without deeply discussing your religious backgrounds. If you choose to investigate or even believe or join the same church as your boyfriend, my advise to you: do NOT get defensive. Yes, it is true that your Catholic family has limited info on the Mormon Church, but that is not for you to judge. Your boyfriend's family no doubt has a limited understanding of the Catholic Church, as well. Hopefully, when a person decides to join a different church or religion that the one they were brought up in, it makes them a better person. Just smile sweetly at your relatives and don't let them bother or get to you. Just pray for them and move on with the rest of your life. You are not accountable to them. This is part of growing up - you have now entered into life that is beyond your parents and family. Go forward in peace.

Hi, Aja I guess most people are kind of born into a religion. In many cases the religion was forced to them either by the government, king, ceasar or others. In some countries the invaders were followed by missionaries and the people had to choose their religion or be persecuted and even killed. The true Christians would never force their beliefs to anyone. I was born in Finland and once it was a part of Sweden. The Swedish king Gustav Vasa (1523 - 1560) was the one who decided that Sweden would be Lutheran. After that, it became the religion that most people belonged, and nobody asked them what they thought. Even I belonged to the Lutheran church and was "baptized" when I was a baby. I don't remember anything of it and nobody asked me if I want to belong to that church. My grandmother had a friend who brought some literature to her and he belonged to a group that called themselves "Bible Students" and later Jehovah's witnesses. I found these books in the attic when I was a teenager. Two ladies from the same group visited us in the 50s and started studying the Bible with my grandma and mother. I was just 7, and learned a bit from what they found in the Bible. At least I understood that even if the Lutheran church had seen to that almost every family had a Bible, they were in many cases not teaching what it says. After studying the Bible during some years, I decided to follow these people who do like the first Christians and visit people and teach what the Bible says. (see more info on the jw.org site) One needs to study and get convinced of what the true religion is, instead of blindly following what the ancestors and parents or anyone else believe. How many of them would be able to show from the Bible why they believe the way they do?? Here is a scripture that you might like to meditate on: [i]"8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! 10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ."[/i] Galatians 1:8-10 (New International Version)

I think there's nothing at all wrong with you learning as much as you can about the Mormon religion and how it got started. I also think you should learn all about the Catholic religion. As you are learning about both religions, you should learn what the word of God actually says to see which religion follows God's teaching.

Hi, As long as you feel happy and secure why not? A lot of partnership among same religious affiliations ended in disaster due to lack of understanding and most of the time it is not religion that saved the day. However, if you are true to your calling as a Roman Catholic, you should abide by its rules, customs and traditions to be called as a true believer. Otherwise, it is not good to stay in one and be called a nominal member of it.

Whether you are mormon or Roman Catholic the important is you believe in God.