2007-10-17 05:26:56 · 7 answers · asked by the Kid From Long Island 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not really - the jews have apostatized from the original teachings and doctrine given to adam, enoch, noah, abraham, isaac, jacob, moses, etc. by the time the Savior was born, the jews had many sects and lost many plain & precious truths, doctrines & ordinances -- this is one of the reasons so few accepted Jesus as the Messiah -- they were looking for a warrior messiah who would save them from their enemies, not a spiritual messiah who would save them from their sins. God is the same, whether in the Old Testament, New Testament or today. There is one way by which man may return to the presence of God and that is through the atoning sacrifice of his Son and following the doctrines and performing the necessary ordinances [like baptism].
All that having been said, Mormons are challenged to find truth everywhere - and there are seeds among judaism, hinduism, etc. I find additional perspective from understanding the belief systems of other religions.
2007-10-17 09:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by strplng warrior mom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mormons believe that the church is a restoration of the original church of God, aka the jewish faith with the changes that Christ brought about when he came to the earth and fulfilled the Mosaic law. So yeah since we believe our church is the same original church I would say it has been influenced big time by the Jewish religion.
We believe that all churches have some truth and that the jewish faith is missing the doctrine of the New Testament and the rest of christianity is missing the doctrine after the restoration, along with incorrectly interpreting a few of the original doctrines.
2007-10-17 12:33:41 · answer #2 · answered by cadisneygirl 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Yes every Christian Church is influenced by the Jewish religion. Whoever believes in the Bible is influenced by the Jewish religion.
2007-10-17 15:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by J T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well we do believe that we are the same church as Christ's primitive Church- At the time of Christ and before his birth, Jews were believers in Christ. Yeah but really ALL of Christianity was influenced by the Jewish religion. Modern Day Christians are followers of Christ- Ancient Jews were followers of Christ.
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Ok JesusSaves- you really need to learn your history. Sidney Rigdon did not even hear about the church until 8 months after the BOM was published. It was only after he joined that he met Joseph Smith. Sidney Rigdon Lived in Ohio- Joseph Smith lived in Upstate New York, It really would have been impossible for there to be that kind of scheme.
2007-10-17 12:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Many of the Old Testament books was in the j=hands of the early Jews that came to the Americas 4000 years ago.
And they used them every day, then the they recorded additional gospel messages into what is know as the Book of Mormon
Get a free copy here! www.Mormon.org
2007-10-17 12:34:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
No more than the last bishop we had, when he left.
2007-10-17 13:19:55 · answer #6 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Joey smith stole (plagiarized) from several books.
Sydney Rigdon (sp) is the one that wrote the book of Mormon and Joe stole it from him.
kia? then how did he patent his work before he met joey?
2007-10-17 12:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 0⤊ 8⤋