LDS Church

We played a team tonight that hails from a Mormon Church. I was a little surprised how a church league would allow that, but at the same time it allows us to interact with non-Christians in a public venue.

The game went really well, we were attempting to be really good sports, even better than we normally are. We won the first game by running in a point in the bottom of the last inning. The second we lost by a bigger margin.

I have played these cats before and they are good players, good sports. However when the games are over everyone circles up and we pray. This was rather awkward for me, as the opposing team took the lead to pray. Knowing I am standing in a circle with Temple Mormons they lead our prayer to God? The prayer was almost perfect for what a Christian should pray, acknowledging Christ as savior, addressing God as father, praying in Jesus name, seeking His help in our daily lives, etc. The problem I had with it was simple, it was a lie.

Mormons do not believe in Jesus as Christians do, and they certainly don't believe that he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins and the only way to heaven. I asked one of the players during the game what church they came from, he commented, the LDS church. I asked him soon after if he was Temple, his response, "Of course." You can't be a Temple Mormon and believe what they prayed.

Of all the cults out there, Mormons bother me the most because they lie to you. They redefine all the words we use to suit their religion. The work really hard at looking like Christians talking like Christians, and even calling themselves Christian. Yet if you can press them they will have to admit that they do not believe anything like Christians. It was the most uncomfortable feeling to know that the guy is saying this beautiful prayer addressed to someone that was not God.

I wish it broke my heart more than it grates it. I really need more love for people that are as lost as them. Shame on me.