I have heard alot about it but....
2007-07-30 13:29:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mormon is a man's name. He was the father of the man who wrote the final words in the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a compilation of writings of prophets who lived in Central America from about 600 BC to about 200 AD. For more information check out the following links:
2007-08-02 05:07:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mormon was a Prophet in the Book of Mormon. Mormon took all the plates that had been written on my the Prophets since Nephi and condensed them into what is currently the Book of Mormon.
It is also the nick-name for the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
2007-07-30 20:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The word is the name of a prominent character in the book of Mormon, a scripture proclaimed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mormon directed his son Moroni to keep safe the chronicles of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel in the New World and Jesus' appearance there after his resurrection in Palestine. Moroni is said to have appeared to Joseph Smith and showed him the books in the 19th Century, starting the religion. It's a rather different approach to Christianity than the other denominations.
2007-07-30 20:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Essentially, it is a made-up word out of the creative mind of Joseph Smith, as a name of a Semitic warrior who lived in America about 400AD. Smith reflected once that the name "Mor-Mon" translated to "More Good" in contemporary English. If "Mormon" spoke 'Hebrew', or at least a dialect of it, the chances of the an English word popping up centuries before the language developed from Germanic is remote.
Actually the entire Book of Mormon's historicity is suspect, if not an outright fraud, if Smith is to be believed about it's origin.
2007-07-30 23:09:02 · answer #4 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
As explained to a local newspaper, Joseph Smith said that the meaning of Mormon is "more good."
2007-07-30 21:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
A Mormon is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints. We believe that God is our Heavenly Father and that he has a salvation plan for us, that Jesus is his son and that he died for our sins in the cross. We are Christians and we believe in eternities (hey, I love that :)
The name Mormon is because of angel Moroni's father, Mormon (that was his name) We are also known as LDS, which stands for Latter Day Saints.
For more information go to http://www.mormon.org and http://www.lds.org
PS: if you have any questions about us, please email me, I'll be glad to help ^_^ Ah, and don't pay attention to the mean answers, many people here in YA hates Mormons because they do not know about our beliefs :P
2007-07-30 20:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Mormon is the vernacular term for the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints, and for a member of that Church.
2007-07-30 20:33:45 · answer #7 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋