Do not belive the anti Mormons. Here is the truth.?

Question

Hi,
It is Summer,
I am a Latter day Saint,
I will tell you the basics of the Mormon religion...
1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.

2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.

3. We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.

5. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.

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6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.

7. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.

8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul--We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

The quewstion I am meaning to ask is: Why do people spread lies about the church, when they know what they are saying is not true? I hope that this helps most of the people who have been decived by the anti-mormons learn what we actually believe.

Answer 1

That a girl, keep up the good fight. It's funny to watch people respond. They give you a link to a lying anti-mormon video, and expect that it will change your mind. Ha! People like that don't rely on faith.

Some of those who make it their mission to attack the church believe that they are honest. They take the stand which they believe their conscience requires. There are many more, who feel that the Mormon church deserves their contempt. These people do not feel constrained to stick with the truth. Many misrepresentations and falsehoods are deliberately used if it achieves their objective of further discrediting the LDS church.

Many people do not feel that a just God would allow some of the evils which are so prevalent. Or they may also question why a loving Father doesn't answer our questions in a more straightforward and direct manner. But they overlook the essential ingredient in the Plan of Salvation, that we need to choose for ourselves what is right. And that choice can not be too simple or we haven't actually chosen, we have simply picked the obvious. How we choose will be built upon faith that we are doing the right thing. Hugh B. Brown has said, "Man cannot live without faith, because in life's adventure the central problem is character-building--which is not a product of logic, but of faith in ideals and sacrificial devotion to them."

I believe that the Lord continues to keep the information we have balanced. If the opposition is getting too strong then he will reveal additional knowledge that will build faith. If a testimony can be built only on logic, then he will allow the adversary to add some additional information to encourage study, soul searching and prayer. The type of knowledge we gain may also be geared to our level of understanding. The stronger challenges might come to those who have the stronger testimonies. There are those who have as their goal to present attacks against the church that will be stronger than the testimonies of those to whom they are speaking. It is my goal to provide an answer to those critics. Let us realize that the critics will be there, but we need to be balanced in our understanding. Many criticisms can actually build faith if they are correctly understood. With the information available we can either build faith or create doubt depending on the perspective we use to analyze the data.

Answer 2

Do you know if salvation was based on sincerity the Mormons would certainly be on the top of the list.
The Bible teaches us that it is not based on any other than the Lord Jesus Christ, and Him alone, and the precious Word of God
Now having said that if you are Mormon today will you recognize the fact that you are trying to live a good life to be approved of God?

John 10:1 Verily, verily I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a theif and a robber.


Rom 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
http://www.biblebelievers.com/SimpleSalvation.html

Answer 3

If you are so sure of your beliefs watch this and tell me what you think.

http://www.mormonchallenge.com/streaming.htm
The Bible Vs The Book of Mormon full presentation



!. No trinity huh? Wrong
3. Salvation is by Grace alone not works Lest any man should boast.
4. Baptism is a symbol of faith it a "work" and does not remove sin
5. Nope didn't happen in the Bible that way
7. Those are not gifts but manifestations of the holy spirit
8. translated by the lds/ book of mormon is not of God it contradicts the Bible several times
9. 10, WEIRD!
11 Then why do you bother everyone?

Answer 4

What you say does sound very Christian, but in regards to the teachings of your church they have a different meaning than to the rest of us. Your church also teaches that God was once a man. Well guess what? Both the Bible and the Book of Mormon say he was never a man. And that is just one of the very many errors, in addition to teaching salvation by works and faith and not by faith alone (see Ephesians 2:8-9)

Answer 5

to answer the mormon"so called Challange this might take up a bit of room" you know what I think is funny the fact they had to make "The New Mormon Challange" what will they call the next one? THE Really new Mormon Challange... Really! lol
you see everything has already been addressed :) Everything! There hasn't been anything new!


The following reviews address different essays within The New Mormon Challenge. The reader is invited to examine both sides of the story and make up their own mind concerning the challenges and responses presented.

http://www.fairlds.org/New_Mormon_Challenge/index.html

Answer 6

I am happy to respect that you have these beliefs I just don't happen to share them. As ever, the truth for one person might not be the Truth for another (as Truth tends to be simply one persons perception rather than an absolute).

Peace out

Answer 7

to answer your question with a bit of respect, it is nothing to do with the Mormon Church belief in scripture or their take on what the scripture means to them. It has to do with John Smith.

Answer 8

Interesting.

However, why believe something that was "created" by a Man that Died drunk while killing police officers?

Answer 9

interesting, i always wondered what exactly Mormons believe in.

i respect your beliefs and i hope that you respect mine

bless you :)

Answer 10

what I don't understand is why Mormons always have to "spread" their beliefs onto everyone else.