Why do people think of Mormons?

Question

Okay, so I am Mormon and I just wantend to know what people think of the religion in genral. I hear people saying moron instead of Morman and that it's a cult or that we don't belive in God but that's so not true. So i just wanted to know what you think and if you have and questions e-mail me.

Answer 1

I would be interested to know what ya'll really believe. I've been told that you believe that Jesus Christ was a great prophet, but no more than that. Is this a fact?

Other than that, I'm sure not going to slam your religion to you, darlin. You're intitled to believe any way that you choose, and even if folks think that you're in a cult, their opinion shouldn't be allowed to shake your faith in what you believe to be true.

You can't hope to change anybody's mind in a forum like this, some are going to think you're crazy simply BECAUSE you have a religion that you follow. So don't let their disbelief or critism get to you. They are of no consequence if you are firm in your faith.

I think everybody needs to believe in whatever fills their void, and I think they should be left alone to discover for themselves what that might be. If they ask, they're often seeking or searching - then you can tell them what fills you up, but otherwise don't worry about it. You'll have enough trouble in life just keeping your own self straight.

I have to tell you, I live along the Oregon Trail, near Three Crossings, and sentiment around here isn't very high when it comes to Mormons. It has nothing to do with their religious beliefs so much as their attempts to legislate the land around the Trail, and the damage they do to the environment when they pretend they're walking in the shoes of their ancestors, pulling handcarts. While I can understand the desire to honor those who went before and suffered so much on the Trail, dressing up in clean, crisp lightweight cotton clothing, with cell phones and high priced athletic shoes on their feet and plenty of sports drinks, to walk a couple of miles and say they understand the history... well, its a little ludicrous to us. We raise livestock on that land, and they trample the surrounding vegetation every year to the point that its worthless to feed the animals. I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on and on, its just that you asked what people thought, and this is how folks living near me feel. It makes them angry.

But you believe what you'd like; I'm not going to bother you about it.

Answer 2

Mormonism is just a different interpretation based on different mythology than the rest of christianity. They say mormons don't believe in god, but that's only true in the same sense that Christians think that muslims don't believe in god, though they probably don't realize that. Tsk tsk.

As an agnostic, I give proper credence to all of the major worlds religions! Of course, the only thing that I know about mormonism was gained through a satirical episode of South Park... but then again, they pointed out at the end of that episode that if the Mormons are happy, then everyone else should just shut up about it. and they were right... Wait, what was I saying again?

Answer 3

First it is spelled Mormon, not moron, or Morman. Second I find being called a Mormon quite insulting, I am a Latter-Day Saint, or LDS. Most people that poke fun at us are one of the following; living a sinful life and the fact that we point that out people don't like to be reminded of their sins.

They don't know anything about the religion, so their ignorance leaves them in the dark about the truthfulness of the church.

Or They are ex-members who were excommunicated, or was offended by something or someone and now they spread lies about the church or reveal sacred things.

As for me I think that the world would have gone the way of the do-do bird, if it wasn't for the LDS Church.

Answer 4

I think Mormon people are intelligent, have respectable values and are generally kind. I think it's very cool the missionary work they do and the value they place on education.

I lived in Nauvoo, Illinois as a kid, travel there all the time and recently the town has be re-taken over by the Mormons. Now, I think the fact that they were expelled from there in the first place is just horrible. Nauvoo was a very successful Mormon community that was larger than Chicago at one point in time, and ignorant people kicked them out. I've even been to Carthage and seen the place where your prophet died. I think the Mormon faith has a very interesting history. Anyways, in Nauvoo I felt like people thought I was 'invading' their home turf or something, which I think is just retarded.

However, besides the fact that you guys have one prophet after the next... It just seems like your guys' leaders could tell you anything and you'd be obligated to do it. I don't care that you don't think Christ is the only prophet or anything, but the fact that you guys are willing to believe some old guy makes me think you are very corruptable people.

Also, I have issues concerning your guys' opinions on modesty, and I think it's very obvious the Mormon church is sexist. You guys are encouraged to 'pair off' and marry. Your church only supports a traditional family, a husband who leads the house, a wife, and many kids. I call the church sexist because they blame women for giving men 'unhealthy' urges, hence your reasons for modesty.

And lets be real. Mormons convert a LOT of people, really fast. I believe its one of the fastest growing religions in America. And you have to think - how gullible are people to believe in these modern day prophets? I think people who are attracted to the Mormon faith are attracted to the conservative, some-what controlling lifestyle. I've heard that there are plenty of Mormons who don't even believe in the doctrine or whatever, and as long as they keep it to themselves it's fine. I think there's something very dangerous about having a prophet that's still alive today, I think that's what makes your faith similar to a cult, because he could tell you guys something dramatic and you would change because he is your prophet and you have to.

Answer 5

I have found the Mormon religion to be full of deception and inaccuracies. I have found the Book of Mormon to not only contradict the Bible, but itself as well. I do not trust the Church and never will. Mormons may be good people, but I do not trust their religion. Mormons do not cope well with criticism, or anyone that questions their beliefs and asks for clarification. I have been yelled at by missionaries, because I asked questions pertaining to the Church. These have been my experiences, and may not accurately represent the Church as a whole, but as far as I am concerned I will stay far away.

Answer 6

Don't hate me, but I don't believe that Mormonism is what Christ taught. I also don't believe the Book of Mormon to be true.

The Book of Mormon says a lot of things about history that happened in Central America, even in the past 2000 years. Can I tell you this? There is not one shred of archeological evidence for anything that is recorded in the Book of Mormon. You can write to the Smithsonian today and ask them, "Do you have any evidence from anything recorded in the Book of Mormon, anything even remotely close?" And they will say, "We don’t have anything, sorry. We’ve been digging there for years and haven’t found a thing." Meanwhile, events that happened 3000 years earlier in the Bible and we still have archeological evidence. That is a good enough reason for me to look at the Book of Mormon and say, "You are not true."

If you'd like to see why I don't think Mormonism is Christian, please read this: http://www.carm.org/lds/lds_christian.htm

But don't worry, Jesus loves you.

Answer 7

A common question asked of Christians who make an effort to witness to Mormons is: "Why are you attacking Mormonism? We never malign your faith, so why attack ours?"

The fact is, proving Mormonism to be a false doctrine is not an attack but a defense of the Christian faith. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism made the first attack by claiming that all Christian denominations are an abomination in God's sight.

If a Latter Day Saint should ask you this question, you need only look as far as their own scriptures and to the words of their leaders for an answer:

Journal of Discourses 5:73--"When the light came to me I saw that all the so-called Christian world was groveling in darkness."

Journal of Discourses 8:99--"With a regard to true theology, a more ignorant people never lived than the present so-called Christian world."

Journal of Discourses 6:25--"What! Are Christians ignorant? Yes, as ignorant of the things of God as the brute beast."

Orson Pratt (Mormon Apostle)--"..all other churches are entirely destitute of all authority from God; and any person who receives baptism of the Lord's supper from their hands highly offend God, for he looks upon them as the most corrupt of all people" (The Seer, pg 255)

Heber C. Kimball (First Counselor to Brigham Young)--"Christians - those poor, miserable priests Brother Brigham was speaking about - some of them are the biggest whoremasters there are on the earth..." (Journal of Discourses 5:39)

These are the words of your prophets and leaders, not from us.

Here are some questions you should ask yourself honestly:

1. If Gods are individuals who have passed through mortality and have progressed to Godhood, how has one person of the Trinity (the Holy Spirit) attained Godhood without getting a body? (See Acts 5:3,4)

2. If Gods are individuals who have passed through an earth life to attain Godhood, how is it that one person of the Trinity (Jesus Christ) was God before He received a body or passed through earth life? (Matt. 1:23 and Hebrews 10:5)

3. If the Book of Mormon really contains the fullness of the Gospel, why does it not teach the doctrine of “eternal progression”? (See D&C 20:8,9)

4. God said, “Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any”. How can there be Gods who are Elohim’s ancestors? Surely an all-knowing God would know this and wouldn’t speak falsehoods. (See Isa. 44:8 and Journal of Discourses Vol. 1, pg. 123)

5. How can any men ever become Gods when the Bible says, “Before me there was no god formed, neither shall there be after me”? (Isaiah 43:10)

6. If Adam is the “only God with whom we have to do”, did Adam create himself? (Journal of Discourses Vol. 1, pg. 50, 51)

7. Joseph Smith stated that without the ordinances and authority of the priesthood no man can see the face of God and live (D & C 84:21, 22). He also said that he saw God in 1820 (Joseph Smith 2:17). Joseph Smith, however, never received any priesthood until 1829 (D&C 13). How did he see God and survive? In which was he in error: his revelation in D & C 84:21, 22 or his experience in the grove?

8. If a spirit is a being without a body (See Luke 24:39), why do Mormons teach that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones? (See John 4:24)

9. If the Father is Elohim and Jesus is Jehovah (as the Mormons teach), how does a Mormon explain Deuteronomy 6:4, which in the Hebrew says, “Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah”?

10. If the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the Gospel, why doesn’t it teach that God was once a man?

11. If Mormonism is the restored church, which is based upon the Bible, why are Mormon leaders so quick to state that the Bible is “translated wrong” when faced with some conflict between the Bible and Mormonism?

12. If Jesus was conceived as a result of a physical union between God and Mary, how was Jesus born of a virgin? (Journal of Discourses Vol. 1, page 50)

Answer 8

I've met lots of Mormons, almost all of them while I was living in Japan.

They were almost all Americans -- really young guys who looked barely old enough to be shaving.

Nice guys and I had some pretty good chats with them. (We were all expatriated Americans, so we had a common link.)

For the first three of my six years in Japan, I practiced no religion and so didn't get into religious conversations with the Mormons over there. They'd sometimes invite me to their church but I never went.

During the last three years of my time in Japan I became a devout Catholic. During that time, I would meet Mormons (as I often had before) and sometimes our conversations would be a bit more religious.

But more often than not, we'd just talk about mundane stuff -- life in Japan for us, and so on.

We'd ask about our hometowns (Miami for me, usually Utah for them) and stuff like that. Nothing deep.

Nice guys. Again, I believe in Catholicism full-stop and so could never believe in Mormonism -- but the Mormons I met in Japan seemed like very sincere and conscientious guys.

Answer 9

I do not think anything of Religion. Religion suppose to be a way where people seek God's direction in their life journey. Regardless of which religion.

However, instead of Religion staying that way, now we have people arguing about the belief of religion. Therefore, I almost do not interest to hear or to see anything question about religion.

I find religion a fuel for division instead of solving the struggling world we live in. Sorry those are my thoughts.

Answer 10

Pray for God to show you the right way, pick up your Bible and read it like it is the first time, then ask yourself is this what the Mormons teach. If you do, and be honest about it, you will have to say NO. The book of Mormons is no testament of Jesus Christ,
And your prophets are no prophet.