I've started to ask a morman this before and they told me that I was mistaked and that it was a star of David. I'm not talking about a star of David, I am talking about a 5 pointed star. I've seen it on temples and in other places too I'm sure. ..and it is a pentagram. Can anyone set me straight on this one?
2007-07-07 11:45:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram
One of the people just busted out and said I read some anti mormon book. Above I provided a link to a site that I visited. "wikipedia" very unbias.
2007-07-08 06:45:05 · update #1
You will observe that this is a symbol frequently used by Freemasons. Joseph Smith was a Freemason. The secret temple rituals of Mormons are taken directly from Freemasonry. Even their practice of wearing "holy underwear" is taken from Freemasons. The last words of Joseph Smith ("Is there no help for the widow's son?") were a Mason's cry for help. The use of the five pointed star is just one more example of the influence of Freemasonry upon the rituals and symbolism of Mormonism.
2007-07-07 12:23:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
5 pointed star? It's a star...not a pentagram.
You are probably read some antimormon book stating the Salt Lake City and some others have symbols like the sun, the moon and a star.
The answer it isn't a 5 pointed star with a circle around it like a pentagram. It is a symbol of the three different kingdoms of God. The glory of the Sun, the glory of the Moon, and the glory like the Stars.
If you ever been to the temple, you would know it's very symbolic. Lots of things are symbolic in the temple.
2007-07-07 14:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by Brother G 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I's not a pentagram, it's a star.
The inverted five-point star is an ancient symbol called the "morning star" and symbolizes the "Sons of the Morning." It has ancient origins going back to Solomon's temple, and is richly documented in ancient Jewish literature. (For more information, see Symbols in Stone by Matt Brown)
Symbols have no power in and of themselves for either good or evil. The power of a symbol comes from what it represents to the user. This means there is no such thing as a good symbol or a bad symbol. The goodness or badness comes from what the symbol represents to the user and how it influences his or her thoughts and actions. All symbols used by Latter-day Saints are used to help us center our faith in Jesus Christ. The Book of Mormon teaches:
"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins." (2 Nephi 25:26)
If other groups use the same symbols for other purposes, their practices do not change or nullify why we use the symbols that we do.
2007-07-07 16:42:46 · answer #3 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Five-pointed stars are not necessarily pentagrams. And five-pointed stars are not necessarily bad or evil. The stars represent the telestial kingdom, the moon the terrestrail, and the sun the celestial.
Symbols only have meaning if you give it to them. Even a swastika isn't evil of itself.
Hope that helps
2007-07-10 09:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends how the star is pointed. If two points are facing up and the one point is on h bottom, it symbolizez the devil, the freemason symbol. The two points facing up are the ears or horns of satan and the point of the star facing down are the gotee of the goat which also represents the devil.
2007-07-08 07:31:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars, suns and moon are used as symbols of the three levels of heaven, the telestial, terrestrial and celestial. These are spoken of by Paul in 1 Corinthians.
2007-07-10 08:32:03 · answer #6 · answered by Isolde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joseph Smith recieved revelation that he should put it on the temple, such as the Nauvoo Temple in Illinois.
2007-07-07 11:51:41 · answer #7 · answered by KellyKapowski 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read the history of the pentagram here. It may be able to better answer your question.
http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa100102a.htm
2007-07-07 11:48:00 · answer #8 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
To provoke God to anger with there images like every religion there is.
2007-07-07 11:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by neal8mile 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
'Cause they wanna. ... And 'cause they can.
2007-07-07 11:47:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋