How do you convert to Mormonism?

Answer 1

K.. first of all, don't listen to people who have no idea what they are talking about. They aren't LDS, so they can't say what we really believe. They can say what they have heard, but what they have heard hasn't come from anyone in the church itself. How can you get a real answer if you are asking people who either don't like, don't understand, or have very limited knowledge of what we believe?

There are many lies out there about us, or some truths mixed with falsehoods. The only way you are going to know for sure what we believe is to ask us. I'm glad you asked this question where there are people who actually live the religion. You will get better answers that way. Sort of "out of the horses mouth" so to speak.

Converting to mormonism- or the LDS faith- is a lot like other religions. You learn about our church, learn about what we believe in. We usually have missionaries that meet with you, or someone from the church. You take some lessons to learn about our faith, you will be asked to read and study the scriptures and then take what you have learned to the Lord to ask Him if it is right.

After you have accepted all that, and know that God has approved of your decision, you are baptized and confirmed a member of the church.

This whole process can take as long, or as little, amount of time as you want it to. There are many people who learn about the church, and believe it's true but are unwilling to live their lives to our standards. They never get baptized, but they believe in what the church teaches.

If you would like more info on our church, and what we believe, check out the links below. The first one is put out by the church, so you know what they are saying is really what we believe. The second is answers to questions from people who aren't LDS. It is written by an LDS man, so it's also reliable.

Answer 2

please dont!!!!

Do you accept the statement: ‘As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become? Does God have a body, fingers, toes, etc; Is He married? Does He have parents? Is He changing? Since God is an exalted man, was there ever a time when He was not God?
What if I could show you that the Book of Mormon does not teach these things? Would it disturb you? Would you agree that something is wrong if I show you? Do you want truth? Would you accept it if I show it to you? "Is there more than one God?"
#1- Only one God -
1) Last sentence of "The Testimony of Three Witnesses" (Book of Mormon)

2) Alma 11:22, 28-29 (Note especially verses 28-29)

3) Alma 11:38 -39

4) Statement in the second paragraph on the title page in capitals, "JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD." This is your book. It is supposed to contain no error! There is no problem of translation!

5)Mosiah 15:2-5 shows the relationship of Jesus and God and the fact that they are not two, but one.

It is evident that there is something wrong! Mormonism and the Book of Mormon do not agree! In fact, they differ greatly. Jesus said: ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me’ (John 14:6). The prophet is not the way, a restoration is not the way, Mormonism is not the way, the priesthood is not the way—Jesus said, ‘I AM THE WAY!’"


Joseph Smith boasted that he did more than Jesus to keep a church together.

For I will come out on the top at last. I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A large majority of the
Whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it.


Joseph Smith said there are many Gods.
"Hence, the doctrine of a plurality of Gods is as prominent in the Bible as any other doctrine. It is all over the face of the Bible .


Joseph Smith said the Trinity is three gods.
"I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three
Constitute three distinct personages and three Gods."


Joseph Smith said God was once a man.
"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted Man, and
Sits enthroned in yonder
heavens...I say, if you were to see him to-day, you would see him like a man in form -- like yourselves, in all the person, image, and very form as a man....it is necessary that we should understand the character and being of God, and how he came to be so; for I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We
Have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity, I will
Refute that idea, and will take away and do away the veil, so that you may see....and that he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself
The Father of us all, dwelt on an earth the same as Jesus Christ himself did."


Joseph Smith said that there are men living on the moon who dress like
Quakers and live to be nearly 1000 years old. Since he was wrong about the moon, is it safe to trust him regarding the way to Heaven?


"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1).

The first Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith, was arrested and convicted in New York and was found guilty of being a con-artist, an impostor -- he was a necromancer and a charlatan. This conviction was four years before he published the Book of Mormon! Court documents prove he was a convicted criminal.
Joseph Smith was murdered -- not by a group of "anti-Mormons," but by men whose wives and daughters he had tried to ruin! When the jail was stormed, Joseph Smith used a handgun to kill two men and wound another. My Lord was never accused of improprieties with women. He was never a party to developments that failed. He never took His follower's money in some promotional scheme that was doomed from the start. He never led His followers from one location to another, for His kingdom was not of this world.



Love J.P. Hermanson

Answer 3

My parent got into it when I was very young, then they went inactive.
Then my brother gave me a serious talk on the matter , and ask me to choose. I chose to study it out.

Then I chose to read the Book of Mormon to find out whether it is true ot not. I find out it is true, through the confirmation feeling of the Holy Ghost, and I have been a member for over 34 years.

And I do say that , those who reject the LDS message, they will never know happiness of living in the true gospel of Jesus christ.

Answer 4

1. Begin by contacting your local LDS Church to have missionaries visit you or log on to www.mormon.org.

2. Take the lessons the missionaries will present, read the Book of Mormon, and pray for the truthfulness to be revealed to you.

3. Be baptized by priesthood authority and be confirmed a member of the Church.

4. Ignore all the lambasting and mistruths spread so quickly at you, such as those answers to this question.

Answer 5

I ran from the mormon church. But if you feel the need to be one you should to alot of research. Do you know the "men" have secret underwear? YEP. Not all mormons are the same. The that has poligamy is wrong but some. Oh hell just check it out before you give yourself to any churck. I beleave in freedom of religion but just be careful. I study Native American ways, that is my choice. I do not like "organized" religion but good luck to you.

Answer 6

First, don't believe about 90% of what you'll read in your answers so far....

Go to lds.org (you're already online...). There's a lot of good information there. There's a dropdown menu from "About the Church," go to Basic Beliefs- read, enjoy. Actually, that is the official church website, so everything there is in line with what the church teaches.

Also, in that same dropdown menu, there's a meeting house locator. Getting in contact with "Mormons" in your area will be helpful in your exploration of this church.

Answer 7

Believe Joseph Smith's tale

Answer 8

Visit www.mormon.org and contact your local LDS congregation and request a visit from missionaries who will make sure you understand the Gospel and the covenants you will make at your baptism; and can arrange for your baptism and confirmation.

Answer 9

why do you want to convert? are you that unsure of your beliefs that you have to join a club of like minded people? i guess your nobody unless you have a label.

Answer 10

It involves getting you brain removed