Can someone please explain the Church of Latter Day Saints to me?

Question

I am a Christian and my Husband has just converted to Muslim, however I am trying to get a better understanding of all religions. So I wanted to know what the Latter Day churches believed in, what are their services like? What is the difference between them and Christians or Muslims? I prefer not to be insulted, so please dont respond if you are only going to negative.

Also, this is not a question about how my marriage is going to last, that isnt your business. We've been married for a year since his conversion.

So at some point, certain races were not allowed? Please enlighten me on that. Was this a white only religions? If so, how did they justify believing in the bible?

Answer 1

i am mormon so i can anwser your question.
1)we believe in god the eternal father and in his son jesus christ and in the holy ghost,.
2)we believ that man may be punished for their own sins and not for adam's trangression.
3)we believe that through the atonement of christ all mankind maybe 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 repenteance third, baptism by immerson for the remission of sin and 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 the ordinaces thereof.
6)we believe in the same organization that existed in the primative chruch namely apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangalists, and so forth.
7)we believe in the gift of tounges prophecy, revelation,visions, healing, interpretation, of tounges, 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 thingds pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
10)we believe in the literal gathering of isreal and the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that zion the new jerusalem will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally on the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and recieve it's paradisiacal glory.
11)we claim the privledge of worshipping almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privledge 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 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.

those are our articles of faith and they about sum it up.
we no longer practice polygamy, we no longer exclude any race from recieveing the priesthood, we pay 10% of our income for tithing, we do partake of the sacrament, and we are not a cult.

Answer 2

Church of Latter Day Saints are Mormons. They believe that there was a prophet named Joseph Smith who had angels come to him in a dream or something and told him to write the book of Mormon. So he did, and Mormons use that as an addition to the Bible (even though the Bible says something like "no words should be added or taken away from the Bible"). They are very strict in the fact that they are not allowed to drink caffeine or dress inappropriately, and a few Mormons believe in polygamy. They also don't allow non-Mormons to enter their churches (I went to Salt Lake City and wasn't allowed to enter the church b/c I am not Mormon). That's about all I know about Mormons.

Answer 3

You can read all about them at lds.org. Just click on Basic Beliefs on the left side. They are right. The guys on bikes (some have cars) They will come to your house (if you want) and answer any questions you have.
There meetings are quite. The first one you listen to talks by people from the congregation on things like faith and so on. Then they have Sunday school, where it is like a class room. You read, study and give your opinion.
They have a Relief Society program where you can get together with other women and help eachother with coping with kids, husband, work or whatever.
Have fun learning about the different religions.

Answer 4

Members of the Church—known as Latter-day Saints or Mormons—regard Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Savior who overcame death, atoned for the sins of all humanity, and invites everyone to be redeemed through him. They believe that Jesus Christ appeared with God the Father to Joseph Smith, Jr. and called him to be a prophet and to organize the original church established by Jesus Christ on Earth through a restoration which included the return of priesthood authority and the calling of new Apostles. They also believe that Jesus Christ, as head of the Church, is actively leading them through ongoing revelation. They accept the Bible to be scripture and use the King James Version of the Bible. In addition to the Bible, they accept additional writings such as the Book of Mormon as inspired scripture and do not consider the canon to be closed. Thus, they consider themselves Christians, but not part of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions.

Answer 5

LDS believes that Jesus didn't really die, wasn't really resurrectetd, and had kids and a wife and founded the Native American tribes. They were founded by a satanist/freemason named Joseph Smith who died with Satanic amulets on his person and crying out secret freemasonry codes to try to save himself.

LDS believes that Jesus was equal with and brother to Satan, was created rather than Creator, and that people if they are devoted enough to the "angels" Mormon and Moroni, that they
will eventually obtain Godhood of their own star system, and have celestial star babies.

I'm not kidding, these are factual tenets of the Mormon faith.

Islam on the otherhand follows a demigod named Allah, which was formerly known as a dogheaded idol in early arabic religions.
Mohammed was a wargoing arab who hated Jews and Christians and founded the religion of Islam on the basis of murdering anyone who is not Islamic, stating that innocents should not be killed, but that if they rejected Islam they are not innocent. Islam now claims Allah is the same as Jehovah Jireh El Shaddai (the God of the Bible) but the character and aim of their demiGod demonstrates that it is a poor counterfeit.

Christianity believes that God Almighty is revealed to man in three deistic forms (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) known as the Triune God or the holy Trinity. Christians believe that the Creator of everything is none other than the Son who later incarnated via virgin birth as Jesus Christ. They believe Jesus was purely Holy, God incarnate, and died to atone for the sins of mankind, providing an escape from the penalty of sin, for tjose who would choose to accept His Way. They believe after his death he resurrected, was seen by many and arose into heaven as the role of high priest in the order of Melchizedek, and prepares now to receive His followers and prevent their partaking in the second death, the lake of fire.

I am Christian,

Answer 6

A Latter-day Saint is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The British spelling "Latter-day Saint" with the hyphen originated in 1852 when the LDS Church was incorporated in Salt Lake City, Utah, but a similar term, "Latter Day Saint," was used in reference to members of the church from its conception in 1830. Some have used the term "Latter Day Saint" to refer to any members of any of the churches involved in the movement of Mormonism which began in the 1830s and had small groups break away from the main body of saints, but such usage is much less common. If considered a Christian denomination the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest church in the United States; if considered a discrete religion it is second only to Christianity in the U.S.A. Its adherents are sometimes referred to as Mormons, although a few other groups which stem from the same movement also refer to themselves as Mormons, a term that began as a nickname in reference to their belief in a book of scripture called the "Book of Mormon." Due to a large number of incidents in which misidentification has been made in regard to LDS Church, confusing the church with its much smaller schisms, the church strongly prefers that if the term is used that it be applied solely to the LDS Church while at the same time encouraging the increased use of official and historic self-designations such as "Latter-day Saints", "Saints", and "Church of Jesus Christ" instead of "Mormon." LDS Style Guide

There are more than 12 million Latter-day Saints in the world today (roughly 4-5 million are active members), the majority of which reside outside the United States (approximately 45 percent reside within the U.S.). According to Time and Newsweek, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the fastest growing religions in the world today, having more than doubled in membership since 1982. It is the most far reaching world religion originating in the United States.

Answer 7

The Mormon church was founded by Joseph Smith in the mid-19th century, purporting to be a restoration of the "true Christian church." They have 3 additional texts in their canon of scripture: the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. The Bible is a part of their canon of scripture, as well, but they qualify it by claiming its inspiration "insofar as it (the Bible) is correctly translated." Their faith in these non-Biblical texts is based upon prayer to God to reveal to them the truth, askng for a "burning of the bosom" to validate their scriptures.

They claim to have living apostles and prophets that give them license to change their take on social and political issues, sometimes depending upon the tax structure imposed on them and the mores of the times. The idea of continuing revelation is very important to the average LDS member.

They consider themselves neither Catholic nor Protestant, and their view on the deity of Jesus changes depending upon which "sense of the idea" they wish to project.

These beliefs alone should differentiate them dramatically from both historic Christianity and Islam...there are many other differences, but you get the idea.

Answer 8

The Church of Latter Day Saints was founded by Joe Smith who claimed an angel named Morini told him where to find gold tablets that had the secret history of America. The gold tablets were translated by Joe Smith into the Book of Mormon which details the Lost Tribes of Israel coming to America 3000 years ago, how all the ruins in the American Southwest are actually built by the lost tribes and that after his ressurection and assension into heaven Jesus came down and visited the lost tribes in America to bring them the gospel. After his visit he went back to heaven and the lost tribes then lost the war against the native evil people that we call Indians. After he translated the tablets Joe Smith gave them back to Moroni who took them to heaven.
Now if you want to go for this story that's up to you. Me? I'd rather believe that my Native American ancestors built all those cities in the Southwest themselves.

Answer 9

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints:

http://www.lds.org

This is a good starting point to find out more about the church. This is the church's official website. There are links to the scriptures, basic beliefs, church programs, etc.

You can also review this link:

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/a_of_f/1

This is a statement of the church's principle beliefs written by church founder Joseph Smith. Known as the Articles of Faith, these are the 13 principles that define the faith.

But if you'd like the nutshell version, here it is as best as I can sum it up:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is a christian denomination which believes in the divinity of Jesus Christ, that he is the son of God and the savior of man. We believe that Christ is the head of the church and it is him from whom the church takes its name.

We believe in the same organization that Christ established in the primitive church, namely prophets and apostles, etc. with Christ at the head. We believe in priesthood authority and in the power of revelation. We believe that the church is led by a living prophet today, just as the church during biblical times was always led by a prophet of the lord. We believe that the prophet leads the church by the same power, authority, and spirit of revelation by which Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea.

We believe that God is aware of and has a plan for the salvation of ALL his children. We believe that he wants all his children to know of and have the opportunity to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ for themselves.

The church has been dubbed the Mormon church in reference to the Book of Mormon, which we believe to be a book of scripture written by ancient prophets. We believe the Book of Mormon to be another testament of Jesus Christ. It stands as a second witness, with the bible, to his divinity and his gospel and is a companion book of scripture to the bible.

Please check out the official church sources for any questions. There are a lot of people who are quick to point you to countless non-LDS sites where non-members will tell you what is wrong with the LDS church. Even if your interest is simple passing curiosity, I would challenge anyone to go to the source for your information.

Thanks for asking. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me. My e-mail address is in my profile.

Answer 10

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I would encourage you to attend a meeting at a building in your local area. Unfortunately, most of the answers you get here are going to be less than objective. :-)

Basic beliefs can be found here: http://www.mormon.org/welcome/0,6929,403-1,00.html

More in-depth info can be found on the official church site here: www.lds.org

I hope you find the information useful.