What is a mormon? (Was: Please Explain For Me)

[Delia_Marie]

Could anyone please explain what a mormon is ? as this has bugged me for ages and would love to know?
Also Can a Roman Catholic also be pagan if they wish too??
your replys will be so helpfull thank you.:wave:

[Aidron]

Also Can a Roman Catholic also be pagan if they wish too??

No. Paganism is defined, in part, by any faith or spirituality that does not belong to the Judeo-Christian group of faiths. To be one, you cannot be the other, essentially.

This is by definition, but I am sure there are people who will tell you that it is quite possible and that the merging of eclecticism can be achieved upon all levels with individual integrity being retained. It cannot, since the combining of two elements produces something new entirely, though of course, the new combination may be truer than either of the originals; for example Catholicism contains much inherent Pagan practices and rites. All faiths absorb practices and beliefs into them from older ones, however.

[Fire's Shadow]

I asked a similar question to when I first started learning about paganism. You can't religiously follow both, you can only choose one.

However, it is not impossible to seek out secular forms of paganism and still be Catholic. I have researched that there are also traditional witchcraft families who carry on many tenets of witchcraft but who are also Catholic, atheist, or exclusively pagan. You will find this, but it is rare. Some create their own path by taking an eclectic approach by merging two religions or so as Aidron mentioned. Also, you will only create a 3rd path, one that isn't an identity of the 1st OR 2nd.

Do what you will, even if you still wish to be Catholic, that doesn't mean you can't learn about paganism in general.

For info on Mormonism, I'm sure you can find better info on a google search than you can find from me.

[RainInanna]

Yeah, look in our Paths forum, there is a sub-forum there called Christian Wicca. I bet you can find some help with putting Catholicism and Paganism together in that forum.

[morningstar2651]

Could anyone please explain what a mormon is ? as this has bugged me for ages and would love to know?"The term Mormon is a colloquial name most often used to refer to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon

Also Can a Roman Catholic also be pagan if they wish too??
your replys will be so helpfull thank you.:wave:
Semantically, it's a contradiction. However, there are some Pagan beliefs and practices that aren't forbidden by the Bible.

[cowdragon]

I was raised Mormon.

It is a christian faith. They beleive in a "pre-exsistance". That we all exsisted before we were born. They are a good religion if you beleive in christianity. They are very family oriented. In fact, although my family is Heathen, we still have close ties to the Mormons in my home town. We took my kids to their Halloween and Christmas parties this year and had a great time. They don't approve of our beleifs, but they treat us well and don't preach to us. Many of them are like extended family for us. I will never talk badly about them as I respect them highly. I just don't beleive in Yaweh creating me or Jesus being any kind of savior of me.



The Cowdragon _wiz_

[Aidron]

I have researched that there are also traditional witchcraft families who carry on many tenets of witchcraft but who are also Catholic, atheist, or exclusively pagan.

I'd like to point out that Witchcraft is not a religion or a set of beliefs, however, but merely the practice of magic, typically the practice of thaumaturgical magic (low, folk magic). While this may seem irrelevant in some aspects and some do believe it to be a religion, Witchcraft cannot be applied to all forms of magical practice (the title is either not appropriate or too limiting and I've found it best to apply it mostly to european practitioners of magic or european influenced, other cultures have their own titles to bestow). Regardless, the matter is that Witchcraft (in the magical practice context) can be applied to many religious beliefs, with varying degrees of fluidity and resistance (even among Wicca). A Catholic Witch is thus quite possible, though perhaps more difficult to pull off in some respects than say a Wiccan Witch. Difficult, but possible.

[Astara Seague]

I was born and raised morman as well, the religion in whole has good basic principals, but I chose my path because it is right for me, if you want to know more about them feel free to Pm me