Of the book of mormon. Does he believe he will go to the planet Kolob when he dies and have his own planet to be a God over other people?? Do you know they even named a town in Utah Kolob? This is what his so called prophet taught! The things they taught and some things they teach now totally contridicts the Bible. It is impossible to embrace their beliefs and embrace the Bible too.
2007-09-21 17:28:18 · 9 answers · asked by Joe D 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can have your opinion but I think it is ridiculous to compare the validity of another religion against a religion that has yet to be validated.
Why do so many Christians expect Mormons to justify their faith? It seems a little presumptuous to me. (No matter how crazy their religion might seem.)
2007-09-21 17:32:41 · answer #1 · answered by alana 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
>Does he believe he will go to the planet Kolob when he dies
No, I doubt seriously that he does, since no Mormon I know believes this. Kolob is not a planet, it is a star, and if you knew ANYTHING about the LDS, you would know this.
As for having his own planet to be a god over, well, I don't know about that. It's no weirder than Christians who believe that heaven is just floating around praising God for eternity, with God sitting on His throne, just digging it. That sounds SO boring and frankly, does not sound like God at all. Why would heaven be filled with a bunch of know-nothings? I would think that GOD would get bored with that.
Our beliefs don't go against the Bible. Our beliefs are TOTALLY Biblical, and second, what you SAY we believe and what we do believe are not necessarily one and the same.
Ask yourself something: you say "Mormons believe this, and this and that totally weird thing" and then ask WHY would anyone believe this? Now, if you ask yourself the question, why don't you answer it? Why WOULD any intelligent, rational adult human being believe something like that? It's almost a rhetorical question, because NO one would believe what you THINK we believe. Therefore, what you THINK we believe and what we DO believe are probably two entirely different things.
2007-09-25 04:01:35 · answer #2 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The BoM (Book of Mormon) makes no mention of Kolob or many other LDS beliefs. While antis can find plenty of fault with the LDS or their past leaders, they struggle to find of anything wrong with the BoM itself. In many ways the BoM strongly condemns many LDS practices such as the past practice of polygamy, racism, and current practices of Celestial Marriage, Baptism for the Dead, 1st President, 3 Degrees of Glory, a Changing God and a variety of other false doctrines.
You see I left the Utah faction BECAUSE I believe in the BoM, which the LDS fail to follow in many ways. It teaches the very same doctrines as the Bible does. About the only meaningful contradiction I have found between the Bible and BoM is that in some places in the Old Testament there seems to be support for polygamy, while the BoM bitterly condemns the practice calling it a whoredom and abomination to God, no exceptions, no excuses. If the BoM is a fairy tale so it the Bible because it teaches the same good news Gospel as the Bible does.
I seriously doubt Mitt Romney is very learned of the BoM teachings else he would realize something was wrong with his church. Most LDS are very unlearned of what the BoM teaches or their own history.
2007-09-22 00:50:08 · answer #3 · answered by Technoman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I joined just a few years ago and I see no contradictions of the Bible. I have studied the Bible a lot and also the teaching of the modern day Prophets. I have seen nothing that is out of line with the teachings. I ask you why wouldn't heaven be on its own planet? Do you think God just exists out in space when he has the ability to make a planet so wonderful it would put this one that we are living on right now to shame? So yes I truly think he does believe in the church's teachings.
2007-09-22 00:39:43 · answer #4 · answered by saintrose 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am not sure of the specific details of Mitt Romney's faith.
Yes, it is my opinion that he believes it wholeheartedly, so much so, that I believe that he might even use the White House to do his church's bidding. Not doing what the church asks him to do will definitely have him excommunicated. So you've got a recursive problem when he says he will not be taking orders from Salt Lake City.
Besides, come now! The LDS church does have a few scores to settle with the US, doesn't she -- considering how they talk about the "persecution" that the church and her leaders had to face which is quite telling when you consider further that this group was started in the US. So who do you think was persecuting the church? The US government and its people.
Well, that is my take anyway! Do I have even have to rake up the "Mountain Meadows Massacre"?
2007-09-22 00:40:44 · answer #5 · answered by Taurus Fan... 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wow....cause we definitely embrace both...have you ever read the Book of Mormon or just hate sites that provide this argument by people who have never read the Book of Mormon EITHER.
Everything the Mormons believe are backed up by verses from the KJV bible. Most likely the same version you use at your church.
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I don't understand why it matters the name of a town? They also have alma, UT and stuff like that...
My town is named after a guy who was wealthy....does that make our town crazy or something?
2007-09-22 00:33:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Mitt Romney appears to be a nice person, but he fouled up Massachusetts before he left the Governorship. I think his record there will reflect on him and keep him out of the White House.
2007-09-22 00:38:40 · answer #7 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mormons are nice except for that Joseph Smith part or whatever his name is.
2007-09-22 00:33:00 · answer #8 · answered by Sam 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Please don't dis anyone's religion, no matter your opinion.
2007-09-22 00:32:26 · answer #9 · answered by Skunk 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋