What do you think about the LDS church or the mormons(there the same thing)?

Answer 1

I have never met a mormon who was anything but a kind, good hearted person. I may not believe as they do, but I respect that the ones I've encountered have been genuinely good people.

Answer 2

granny:
*he said to Adam and Eve, whoever they were, eat this and ye shall be as gods.*

The lie was not that they would be AS the gods (knowing good from evil), but that they would not surely die.

Paul said to both the Romans and the Galatians, that we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. (thumbs down)

Wes:
*They carry the King James Bible with them but never use it. *
*We only need to be baptised once in Gods eyes. Why don't they accept that? Because they are not true to God's word.*

We do use the KJV, and you need to be baptised by one with the proper authority. (thumbs down)

Richard:
*I think that they need our prayers. As a Christian, all I want to see is the veil of deception to be removed from their eyes in Jesus name.*

And I will pray for you.

bobbyg:
*Joseph Smith couldn't spell, The Smithsonian Institute spent Mega bucks trying to find any proof of the origination of the LDS Church (Mormons) . *

Joseph Smith had only a third grade education. He made no secret that he couldn't spell well, or write well. That's why he had scribes.

The Smithsonian didn't spend any more money trying to disprove the Book of Mormon than they did disproving the Bible. No amount of archaeological evidence is going to prove the Divinity of Christ. (thumbs down)

jalapino:
*I do not consider the LDS to be a true Christian organization because they do not believe in the Jesus Christ that is in the Holy Bible, nor do they believe in God the Father as described in the same book.*

We don't believe as you interpret the Bible, you mean.

*I read his books...he actually says the Holy Bible is an inferior book. Most of what his church teaches is based on the Book of Mormon which is pure fiction.*

Wrong. The Bible is not inferior and he never said it was. And it is based on the Bible and the Book f Mormon. The Book of Morrmon teaches the gospel of JESUS CHRIST. Are you tellng me that THAT is a lie?
*It is similar to another church which bases it's religion on a book written by a science fiction author.... *

Which tells me that you never did read the Book of Mormon. (thumbs down)

R.M.:
*The Mormons would like to cover up much of thier church history. They have changed thier doctrine many times because of legal actions. Such as, not allowing Blacks in the church, polygamy, etc.*

We haven't covered up anything. Plural marriage was never doctrine, it was practice. We have ALWAYS had blacks in our church, it's just that they never held the priesthood until 1978. And there was NO legal action that did that. None that anyone has ever been able to prove.

*They stock thier pantries in preparation for some crisis. But it is there to be shared only with other Mormons. (bigotry).*

I would share it with whoever I wanted to. If I had enough, that is.

*Mormons are polyethiests*

No, we're not. We only worship one God.

**They say they are Christians, but then deny the teachings of Jesus and other parts of the Bible.**

Where did you get that idea?

*The plates and special glasses that were needed to read them have never, been shown. *

Which wouldn't have done any good with you, anyway. So why complain?

*And really, does that seem like divine guidance, when you need special glasses to decipher something.*

Then you have a problem with Aaron (brother of Moses, remember?).

*Check out the history of Joseph Smith and his family, and the early days of the Mormon 'church'.*

Depends on who's version you check out. (thumbs down)

Wasn't this church established on the vision of a white salamander? Huh?

No, you should know by now (and even the professional anti-Mormons admit it) that the so-called Salamander letter was a forgery by Mark Hoffman. (thumbs down)

Answer 3

Joseph Smith couldn't spell, The Smithsonian Institute spent Mega bucks trying to find any proof of the origination of the LDS Church (Mormons) .

Answer 4

The Mormons would like to cover up much of thier church history. They have changed thier doctrine many times because of legal actions. Such as, not allowing Blacks in the church, polygamy, etc.

DO NOT be fooled because Mormons are "nice people".

They stock thier pantries in preparation for some crisis. But it is there to be shared only with other Mormons. (bigotry).

Mormons are polyethiests

They say they are Christians, but then deny the teachings of Jesus and other parts of the Bible.

They have much to explain, such as saying the "lost" tribe was in Latin America. Did you know that In the Book of Mormon, the trip to the New World only occupies one or two sentences???

The plates and special glasses that were needed to read them have never, been shown.

And really, does that seem like divine guidance, when you need special glasses to decipher something.

Check out the history of Joseph Smith and his family, and the early days of the Mormon 'church'.

Answer 5

LDS/Mormons--They have good practice but poor doctrine. If true Christian churches were to practice and be as organized, then perhaps there would not be so many non-Christians out there. I do not consider the LDS to be a true Christian organization because they do not believe in the Jesus Christ that is in the Holy Bible, nor do they believe in God the Father as described in the same book. Joseph Smith wrote his books after deciding that he didn't agree with the rest of the protestant organizations of his time. I read his books...he actually says the Holy Bible is an inferior book. Most of what his church teaches is based on the Book of Mormon which is pure fiction. It is similar to another church which bases it's religion on a book written by a science fiction author.... The Holy Bible has many passages which warn us to beware of following the teachings of men and their traditions, in place of scriptural doctrine.

Answer 6

All the Mormons I know - in my own family and out of it - are good, kind decent people. I actually admire the LDS for their dedication to preserving historical documents and family lineages.

Answer 7

I try to keep my opinions neutral and discuss only facts, but based on the following facts (I have confirmed each of them with Mormon sources), I find it a little hard to keep myself unbiased. Here goes:

Joseph Smith's 'secret' polygamous wives (without Emma's consent) in Nauvoo.

Joseph Smith's first story about his 1st vision purported to be just an angel and occurred in 1823. He didn't include Jesus Christ until the 3rd time he told the story, and didn't include God the Father until he actually wrote it down in 1838. In all, there are 8 different versions of the 1st vision with very different facts. Ultimately, he divided his 'first vision' into the two visions we know now; the 'Sacred Grove' vision in 1820 and the 'Moroni' vision in 1823.

Temple members were required to take an Oath of Vengeance against the United States to avenge the blood of Joseph and Hyrum against the government all the way up until 1904, when they had to remove it from the endowment for Reed Smoot to become Senator of Utah.

The 'Prophet's' condo in Salt Lake is worth $1.2 million. The least-paid General Authority earns a $80,000-90,000 "Living Expense Allowance" per year. I don't know what this allowance is used for either, since most "living expenses" are paid on Church credit cards anyway. (gas, groceries, etc) The Church owns over $30 billion in assets and generates $6 billion in annual revenue- all of this without reporting a dime of it to members. 95% of churches (baptist, lutheran, anglican, even 'the great and abominable' [according to momos] Catholic Church) report earnings and use of capital to the public. The LDS Church doesn't. You will never know what your tithing is used for. The Church owns LOTS of stock in LOTS of companies, most prominently Coca-Cola, which manufactures and markets many products (energy drinks, caffeinated cola, some alcoholic beverages) that are against Church standards. Believe it or not, they even own some stock in cigarette companies.

Aside from all that, the LDS Church believes in and teaches several principles that go against the Bible. For instance, they believe Adam is now "a god", along with Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, etc. They believe that they can become gods of their own worlds. They believe that God has a wife (maybe even several wives). Early Church authorities taught that Jesus had a "train of wives" that followed Him around. None of this is in the Bible (or even in the Book of Mormon for that matter).

Until 1990, Temple Members were required to swear death penalty oaths (the Bible says specifically not to swear by anything, especially one's "own head", i.e. life) for revealing the nature of the Temple Endowment. Until 2004, members being "initiated" into the Temple were touched by people on various parts of their unclothed bodies with both water and oil as a "washing & annointing".

Joseph Smith was often drunk in public in Nauvoo (years after having revealed the "Word of Wisdom", and was found many mornings having passed out and spent the night in a ditch.

The Book of Abraham Papyri were actually found in a museum, and analyzed INDEPENDENTLY by several different egyptologists (who were each unaware of the others' conclusions), and they ALL (unanimously) said that the papyri had nothing to do with Abraham, but that it was a "Book of Breathings" (burial ritual document) for a guy named Hor (or Horus).

Answer 8

Wasn't this church established on the vision of a white salamander? Huh?

Answer 9

I've spent a fair ammount oftime in Mormon country. (Utah to be exact) Although we do not agree on many things, I've always found them to be kind and trustworthy people.

Answer 10

Yes they are the same thing. I recommend that you stay away from them cause they lie like all get out. They carry the King James Bible with them but never use it. You ask them a question about their believes and watch how they try to change the topic so they don't have to answer. Another thing that is wrong; There is only one God we worship. We only need to be baptised once in Gods eyes. Why don't they accept that? Because they are not true to God's word.