Mormons, what is the biggest difference between the Morman church and the Christian Church?

Question

I am very respectful towards your religeon and beliefs. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am a christain and I am just curious.

Answer 1

Here are two examples of Mormon doctrines that are not biblical.

1) Jesus and Satan are brothers.

The importance of not accommodating temptation in the least degree is underlined by the Savior's example. Did not he recognize the danger when he was on the mountain with his fallen brother, Lucifer, being sorely tempted by that master tempter? He could have opened the door and flirted with danger by saying, "All right, Satan, I'll listen to your proposition. I need not succumb, I need not yield, I need not accept—but I'll listen."

The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 163.
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2) You too can become a god.

As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be.

LDS Apostle James E. Talmage, Articles of Faith, Ch.24, p.430

Answer 2

The biggest difference..... Ahh, I could be a bit cynical here and answer that by saying something like, "the biggest difference is that we are the only ones who teach the truth." But I will refrain and I will be more politically appropriate and say something like this: We believe that God the Father, and His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are three distinct personages that are one in purpose but three separate beings. We are different in that we teach that the same organization of the church in Christ's time exists today, in that the Mormon Church has prophets, apostles and evangelists, etc. We believe that God still communicates to us today, and that such communication comes through revelation, and that God has a prophet on this earth now just as in times past.
We are different in that we believe that because of modern day revelation, God's word, his revelations, are recorded not only in the Bible, but also in other scripture like the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants.
We are different in that we believe that the Holy Ghost is a gift that can confirm the truth of all things in one's heart and mind, and that through this gift of the Holy Ghost, we can be led and guided in our lives by direct inspiration from God.

Answer 3

Christianity is many times monotheistic, together as Mormonism believes that the trinity is constituted of "3 diverse personages and 3 Gods", because it says in the training of the Presidents: Joseph Smith instruction manual financial ruin 2. Christianity frequently factors with Isaiah's "none earlier, none after" view, together as Mormonism believes that any you may grow to be a God in the event that they stay Mormon adequate. Christianity frequently has a similar opinion with the entire bible that God has consistently existed, together as Mormonism teaches that God grew to grow to be a God after having grown up on yet another planet (Gospel recommendations ch 40 seven) with the aid of a similar technique to how they could grow to be gods. The version that replaced into used till Dec 2009 says "it incredibly is the way our Heavenly Father grew to grow to be God." Christianity believes that Christ consistently existed, together as Mormonism teaches that Christ replaced into begotten of heavenly father and mom. Christianity frequently accepts a million Cor 15:40 two-40 8 in that there replaced into no preexistence, together as Mormonism teaches that anybody replaced into begotten in the premortal existence and that devil and Jesus are our premortal brother's.

Answer 4

I love the l D S my best friend is morman she is a genalogiest and iam Non_D they adhere to the rules a little better than christian, in other words they have a strict bahavior pattern

Answer 5

The LDS church has continuing revelation. Most other churches claim that the canon is closed. This implies that God has nothing further to say to us. We believe that Heavenly Father still communicates through prophets.

Answer 6

How many wives do you keep? The rest of the Joseph Smith stuff - golden plates of so-called divine revelation discovered by a drunken bigamist - is just icing on a completely improbable cake. Perhaps Christianity and Mormonism are closer than I first thought...

Answer 7

I need to trace this as I am reading up on the Mormon religion.

Answer 8

First, there is to my knowledge, no one "Christian Church." Christian churches are those who preach that Jesus is the promised Savior of the World. We do. So, in that respect, there is no difference - we are one of the many Christian churches of the world.

Our beliefs about God and the "Trinity" differ from other churches. We believe in God, our Eternal Father, in His son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit. We believe that God and Jesus have bodies; that we were created in their image. (Gensis 1:26-27) Others believe in a God that is a shapeless mass of power - as I understand it. Forgive me if I have that wrong. That, to me, is much more difficult to believe.

We believe that God is the Father of our Spirits - That all of us on this earth are literally brothers and sisters in His Family. We believe that He is a loving Father who wants us to come home again. We believe that we came to earth, of our own free will and choice, in order to gain a body - and to prove ourselves. We view this life as a testing ground -- to see whether or not we will choose to be obedient to God's will in the flesh. We recognize our own weakness and the role of Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father in the flesh, in redeeming us from sin.

If, we choose to follow the teachings of the Savior, and strive to do what is right, we believe that we will return to live with Our Eternal Family, and - yes, that we can, eventually, be like Our Father. This seems to be a big talking point amongst other religions, but I don't see why. It seems only natural to me that we would want to be like our Father who is good and perfect, and that He would want that for us.

Another large difference in our beliefs, is that we believe in modern day revelation. We do NOT believe that the Lord picked one generation and said, "I will give you prophets and direction, but, I'll forget about everyone else." We believe that, there was a time period - following the death of his last apostle, when the mantle of Christ's original church was not passed forward. Men took things into their own hands and interpreted and changed the teachings of Christ. Most of this was done in good faith, but, it was without direction. The Bible was translated and re-translated, and a few important parts were lost in those translations. Martin Luther and others recognized these changes to the original teachings and tried to get back to square one, but, still without a prophet. After a period of time, there was one chosen, to whom God appeared - just as he appeared to Moses. His name was Joseph Smith. We revere him as the first prophet of this time period. A prophet who endured much, as Moses did, and restored the original Gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth in it's pure and complete form under direction from heaven. He received another ancient record, which, with Heaven's help, he translated into English. That is the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is NOT a replacement to the Bible. It is NOT our own version of the Bible. It is a second witness to the divinity of the Savior, to the prophecies about Him prior to His birth, to His glorious resurrection and the fulfillment of His mission on earth. We use the Book of Mormon in companionship with the Bible as we study the teachings of the Savior.

Today, we are led by Gordon B. Hinckley, whom we also recognize as a living prophet and who gives us direction pertinent to our day and age. (ie: that we need to value the family relationship, that we should prepare ourselves for possible disasters, that we need to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy, etc.)

Perhaps there are more differences, but I think those are our greatest differences in doctrine. You'll find more information on the links below. The second is a link to our "Articles of Faith" which pretty well encompass the tenets of our religion.

Thank you for asking.

Answer 9

Magic underwear.