I just saw again a bunch of guys trying to speak my language and sing on the public transport their songs. It sounds familiar to my christianity, but I don't know the real difference. Anyone that wants to explain, am seriously intrested to find out.
2006-09-09 07:11:49 · 19 answers · asked by rockchick 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Those who go to the LDS church answer too, so I get an fair answer.
2006-09-09 07:24:02 · update #1
Is it true that if my brother were a mormon and I'm not I am not allowed to attend his weddingceremony at church? I heard you're not allowed to go inside the church, even when your a familymember. Just want to get rid of stories, which ain't true or mybe are. It confuses me, as in my church anyone can walk in if they're curious about our faith.
2006-09-09 09:49:01 · update #2
I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints(mormon)
the best way to find out is to talk to members or missionaries or go along to the nearest church here is the official website it may answer some of your questions hopefully, it is www.mormon.org
2006-09-09 08:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by righteous992003 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To get correct answers, I recommend you visit www.lds.org and click on basic beliefs. Always get your answers from the source.
As for your question about weddings, you are correct, but have it a little mixed up. Anyone can enter an LDS church. Not everyone can enter an LDS Temple. Big difference. I am a convert and when I was sealed to my husband, my family, who were not memebers could not attend it, true. They waited outside with friends and some family of my husband's. While it was hard for them, we kind of made it up too. We saved our ring ceremony for our reception and had 2 receptions AND a wedding lunch. So there was lots for them to be involved in. We had a lovely wedding and I wouldn't change it for anything. When two people are married in an LDS temple, they are married forever, not just until death do you part.
:)
2006-09-10 00:59:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you want to know more about the Mormon Church look up www.lds.org.
To your last question. Any one can attend a wedding ceremony held in the church. Not everyone can attend a wedding ceremony held in a Temple. I was married in a Mormon Church and most of the people who attended were not members of the church.
Only worthy members can attend wedding ceremonies held in the Temple.
2006-09-09 21:18:53 · answer #3 · answered by J T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Mormons are basically a cult. A man named Joseph Smith through what he felt was divine revelation rewrote the Bible. He thought that all mankind can become gods themselves if they do enough good deeds on this world. This basically disagrees with everything that the REAL BIBLE teaches. First don't even let them try to tell you what the Mormon bible has to say, it is full of lies and comes out to be blasphemy. They have everything all mixed up. If a Mormon ever approaches you, just ask them how many prophecies of Joseph Smith's came true. The answer is none of his prophecies came true. Just look at what he said about people on the moon.
"The inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being about 6 feet in height. They dress very much like the quaker style and are quite general in style, or the fashion of dress.
They live to be very old; coming generally, near a thousand years.
This is the description of them as given by Joseph the Seer, and he could 'see' whatever he asked the father in the name of Jesus to see."
Journal of Oliver B. Huntington, Vol. 2 p. 166.
Joseph the Seer is Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormons and the one who wrote their bible.
If you want to find out more go to this website: http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/cults/exposem/index.html
Other matters they are wrong in:
Deity of God, Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit
How mankind can become gods to
God has a body of flesh and bone
Jesus is the brother of Lucifer
doctrine of the Trinity
Atonement
and there is still a lot more they are wrong in
by the way I'm a pastor and trust me, they are trying to lead you down a path of lies
2006-09-09 14:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by logos 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I'm going to add my two cents here, but I'm not going to top East of Edens comprehensive answer.
I'm a conservative Jew who has been aware of, friends with, and influenced by Mormons at various times throughout my life. They are some of the most decent and hard-working people I have ever known.
I am shocked by some of the negative answers I have read that you have received to your question, because I know they are not true.
I am, in my mid-fourties, in need of a college degree to move on in my career, and fortunately, I have been able to return to university. After three years of befriending and asking advice of Sister Carter, I finally took her advice and enrolled in a religion class (free to me because I'm a college student) at the LDS Institute of religion. I'm now on my third religion class.
Yes, it is different being the only student in the classroom at the LDS Institute of religion who is a conservative jew, the only non-Christian, and the only non-Mormon at times. It's called Diversity, and the instructors love it. I occasionally have to ask for a definition or two that go over my head but it doesn't take long to bring me up to speed and keep the class moving with the lesson plan.
The LDS Church is organized as the Church of Jesus Christ with Jesus as the Leader, like in Biblical times, with Twelve Apostles, and a living prophet, and the full restored gospel.
I've begun going to church on Sunday. My health permitting I've attended every Sunday since I began going in June. I'm learning, and I've learned a lot already. I've met with the missionaries, they have four lessons before you're baptized and one for afterwards. I've had the four discussions, my baptism is in two weeks.
I'm already living the word of wisdom. I've given up black and green tea and coffee and alcohol. I've been practicing food storage for thirteen years -- the influence of one weekend in a Mormon home and understanding the principles they explained and seeing them practice the principles in their home.
The reason why the Mormon Faith sounds like Christianity is because it is Christianity. Mormons believe in God and Jesus Christ.
Please take the time to re-read East of Edens answer. She's much more qualifed to answer than I am.
-Experienced Newbie-
2006-09-09 16:02:39 · answer #5 · answered by Experienced Newbie 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief, Mormons DO NOT practice polygamy. People that do are excommunicated, or were never really members in the first place.
The offical name of the Church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mormons believe in God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost. We also believe that the Bible is the word of God. We also have another book of scripture which we use called "The Book of Mormon". We believe that this book of scripture is the record of people on the American Continent and that Christ came to these people after his resurrection.
We also believe in living prophets and that we have a living prophet who leads our Church today. We also believe that families are eternal and that when you die you continue to live and can live together with your family forever.
The main goal of the Mormon Church is to invite people to Come Unto Christ and to learn of him. We don't force people to join, but we do teach people and ask them to pray and find out for themselves thru the power of prayer and the Holy Ghost if what we teach is true.
If you want to know more please check out the official websites of the Church at:
http://www.lds.org
http://www.mormon.org
The best place to learn about the Mormons is from a Mormon.
2006-09-09 14:19:22 · answer #6 · answered by East of Eden 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
For me, LDS doesn't pass the "sniff test" of being anything other than the product of a kook who wanted to be famous and popular (Joseph Smith). I could easily be wrong (Lord knows I've been wrong before), so don't take my word for it.
I agree with the answerer who said that it's best to ask someone who is a member of the LDS church before making up your mind. Do some research yourself first, though, and be ready to ask them some questions about what you don't understand and what seems unusual to you. Questions I would ask would be about DNA evidence that contradicts the claim that Native Americans are related to the ancient tribes of Israel and about those golden plates that Joseph Smith claimed to be given to him (by the angel Moroni, if I remember correctly) which he transcribed using seer stones.
2006-09-09 14:59:35 · answer #7 · answered by jimbob 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Go read about it on this site. It has hundreds of articles written by people that used to be Mormon.
Basically Mormonism is a cult based on Christianity with the belief that some guy who died a couple of hundred years ago was a prophet. This prophet was really a con man and a criminal who made up lies about being able to translate ancient text with magic glasses and see through mountains to find buried treasure with magic stones.
Enough people were taken in by his book and some were conned into believing what he preached. Today the Mormon church is very rich because they force members into donating 10% of their income to the church.
2006-09-09 14:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
sounds to me that you should ask those boys on the bus.
everyone who isn't mormon seems to have their own veiw of what that are and what they aren't.
if you wanted to learn more about say, fly fishing, you would seek out someone who is an expert, not someone who once ays a blurb about that dumb thing in tv. same with your faith.
want to know more about the catholics? ask a active member of the chruch, same goes if you want to know more about the mormon church too.
2006-09-09 14:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by I Drive a Mini 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I believe Mormons have faith in the Bible up until it disagrees with their own beliefs and then they go by the book of Mormon.
2006-09-09 14:17:27 · answer #10 · answered by Truth 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋