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Trauma-san:
Here's how I see the 'christian' decision, and remember, I'm mormon.  I'm not trying to influence anybody, just pointing out the good/bad parts of the 3 choices. BTW, You should ALWAYS, ALWAYS pray about this! Just ask God what he thinks you should do.

1. Be catholic.  The good is, the church was formed by Jesus Christ's teachings (sort of), the bad is, the church has been changed several times since, and we have no idea how much was added/taken away/changed/reworded.  But at least some of it *HAS* to be true.

2. Be Protestant.  Several different denominations to pick from... if you feel the catholic church has things twisted, these denominations are all like Catholic Lite.  If you feel you know what is wrong with the catholic church, you can join a like-minded protestant church, or start your own, lol, it's easy enough.  Good points - generally loving, good minded people - bad points - base their doctrine on the catholic church, and what men 'felt' was wrong or right with said church.

3. Be Mormon.  Good points - they (we) claim we are led by a modern-day prophet, just like God revealed himself to all the prophets in the old/new testaments.  He didn't stop then, he still reveals himself.  The prophet speaks for god, so what he says goes, their is no doubt in what to do in a situation (if you're a member, or course, lol). Great Moral and family values.  Bad points - lots of quirky, weird-seeming beliefs, and requires you to acknowledge that what went on in the bible, is still going on today (Miracles, Prophets, visions, resurrected men visiting prophets, etc.).  It's hard to pick on that, though, because saying that doesn't happen now is begging the question 'why not? it did back then'.

TheSheriff:
Nah, Jake, like the M Masta said, your church ain't anti-Catholic, it's a Protestant church. They're diametrically opposed.

I always see Mormonism either as to one side or between the two, but with twisted visions...I mean, it's so different and so similar...Num sayin?

Trauma-san:
Yea, a lot of it is similar, Joseph Smith said the only two things that are different are Mode of baptism, and the gift of the holy ghost, everything else is a part of one of those two.  Of course, it gets real deep in those, though, lol.  

Jay ay Beee:
At the end of the day they're all Christian churches anyway so they preach the same message basically

The point I was trying to make is that when it comes to Protestant teachings vs Catholic teachings the Catholic viewpoint is from Jesus and the Protestant viewpoint was created to suit King Henry VIII.  It's like George Bush Jr creating a new denomination of christianity and forcing everyone to convert because it's teachings helped the Bush family.

The Big Bad Ass:
I think I understand your question Infinite, and I didn't have time to read the book of Truama answers, so here goes...

Jesus followed the jewish faith at the time, and probably hoped that his teachings would be accepted by the faith, but was rejected. So jews at the time that wished to believe in jesus teachings formed their own religion to follow in christ, and became christians.

Of course I might have missed the meaning of your question all together.

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