Mormon religion question???

Question

I have several Mormon friends who I adore, I am baptist. I have a deep respect for all religions. First of all I know very little on the Mormon faith so when I saw on CNN the other night that there was a rally for palligamy in Utah I was kinda hit off guard. They were saying that they believe that their blood line was with Jesus and in order to keep the blood lines pure they were inter-marrying and having babies. Is this true off all Morons or just the group on TV? What is ment by this? Either way I still respect the religion, basicly would love to know more on my friends religion without just asking them, I don't want to offend anyone

Answer 1

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormons, rejected polygamy as a tenet of their beliefs in 1890. Current church policy states that any Mormon found guilty of polygamy must be excommunicated (ousted from the church). Thus, anyone who practices polygamy cannot be a member of the church. Some small fringe groups that employ the practice do still exist, but they are regarded as offshoot sects, and are not associated with the official church.

Answer 2

The people practicing polygamy are often referred to in the media as "fundamentalist Mormons" or part of the Mormon church. They are not, people who practice polygamy are excommunicated right away, and are not recognized by the Church as members, nor are their actions condoned at all. We don't believe in any sort of "pure blood line", but we do believe that we are all children of our Heavenly Father, and that we are created in his divine image.

In the LDS Scriptures there is a declaration given on October 6 1890, by then Church President Wilford Wooddruff, stating that the LDS/Mormon Church had stopped the practice of polygamy and would comply with the laws of the United States on this matter. Again people who practice polygamy are excommunicated. Further more in 1995, the Church issued "The Proclamation on the Family" which states that families are central to God's plan and that marriage is only between one man and one woman.

If you want to know more, or have questions you should just ask your friends, chances are they've been asked about polygamy before, and won't get offended. I know I am frequently asked about it, and it does not bother me and I would rather my non-Mormon friends ask me than find out from people who don't know what they're talking about. You can also check out http://www.mormon.org for information on the beliefs of the Church.

Answer 3

It depends on your definition of Mormon. There are different groups that all believe that the Book of Mormon is scripture. That is how I define Mormon. So yes, I would say that they were "Mormon." However, your friends most likely belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the largest of these groups. The LDS Church (for short) banned the practice of polygamy over 100 years ago. It has never taught that anyone is a decendant of Jesus.

Answer 4

The group you saw on TV were not Mormons. They were an off-shoot group called the FLDS church. Polygamy is not condoned in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.. it hasn't for over a hundred years. Any member caught practicing it goes to jail and is ex-cumunicated from the faith.

To learn more about the LDS church, visit www.lds.org

Answer 5

Those were not Mormons. If you have Mormon friends then you would know that Mormons do not practice polygamy. Those are sects that broke off a long time ago when the church took a stance against polygamy. There are over 12 million members of our church and none practice polygamy, because if they did they would be excommunicated.

Answer 6

These are religious sects that the Mormon religion has nothing to do with. The Mormon church (or more properly known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) does not practice polygamy. If a member of the LDS church is found to be practicing polygamy, that member is excommunicated.

Answer 7

I am not Mormon, but one of the (if not THE) major difference between the Mormon church and other Christian groups is the application of the '2 or more witnesses' principle (Matt. 18:16, 2 Cor. 13:1). Appying the principle, along with 2 Tim. 3:16-17, the scriptural old testament is the law of Moses, not Genesis-Malachi.
There is also the issue(s) concerning the Bookof Mormon and the Book of Abhraham.
Does that mean every Mormon agrees with whatever you saw on CNN (I did not see it, so i for now will withhold elaboration on it), No.

Answer 8

I don't know much about this religion...I do know that there are two different sects - if you want to call it that. There's the "Latter Day Saints" group and a "reformed" group. The reformed group seem to have evolved quite a bit and are much different than the LDS group. I'm not aware that either group practices polygamy...however, you may want to check on that. Try looking it up on the web....maybe that can shed more light on the subject.

Answer 9

first of all, that's not a cult! Mormons do no longer worship Joseph Smith, nor are their undies "magic". they do no longer prepare polygamy. They placed kin first. They use the KJV Bible *and* The e book of Mormon at the same time. they have self assurance that Jesus became born of a virgin, died for his or her sins, and arose 3 days later. they have not got self assurance in a "diverse" Jesus. Mormons are between countless the main honestly worrying human beings I even have ever met.

Answer 10

As others have pointed out, this isn't all Mormons (and remember how the media hype anything shocking, however misleading it is).

What you could do is mention the thing you saw to your friends, without suggesting they are one of these people themselves. I'm sure they'd be happy to explain how their beliefs differ.

As long as you don't either try to convert your friends, or imply that they share sick views until it's proven otherwise, they shouldn't be offended.

People like to talk about themselves and what they think. You might learn a lot about them and about Mormons in general.