13 Mormon questions: "Did Nephites have trumpets?"?

Question

Mormons seem to evade serious questions regarding their past. Why?

TODAY'S MINEFIELD...

On many Mormon temples is a statue of a golden man, blowing a trumpet.

1. Was he a Nephite?
2. Did Nephites have trumpets?
3. Did Moroni take lessons?
4. Were auditions made?
5. Were may we read the results?
6. Why is he plated with gold?
7. Did Nephites wear designer robes?
8. Are garments beneath his robe?
9. Did Joseph Smith see garments as he looked "into the bosom" of Moroni, during the visitations?
10. Why did Moroni come to the teen's bedroom at night?
11. What does the trumpet player signify?
12. Why weren't Louis Armstrong or Billy Preston used as models, after 1978?
13. Will Mitt Romney answer any of these questions when he becomes Vice President?

Answer 1

LOL. Very clever.

Ether 14:28 And they pitched their tents in the valley of Corihor; and Coriantumr pitched his tents in the valley of Shurr. Now the valley of Shurr was near the hill Comnor; wherefore, Coriantumr did gather his armies together upon the hill Comnor, and did sound a trumpet unto the armies of Shiz to invite them forth to battle.

Answer 2

1- YUP!!! His name was Moroni.
2- Yes. See other answers for scripture reference
3-don't know, don't care. He's dead, what does it matter?
4- maybe, does it matter?
5-Results from the auditions? Give me a break!!!
6- Gold is a material that is hard and can withstand not only weather, but is also pretty (we like shiny things, don't you??). It's also the same material the plates were made of, maybe it's symbolic in some way???
7-I'm sure some did.
8-Maybe, probably.
9-Does it matter? If he did, there was a reason for them!
10-Because Joseph was busy with farming all day. It was the only time Joseph really was able to communicate. Also, it just makes a better entrance, wouldn't you say?
11-The scripture others have given you in Rev.
12-They weren't even around when the first Moroni statue was made!!
13-Mitt Romney would laugh in your face for these questions.

Since you are being so respectful of our religion, why should anyone answer you with serious answers? You haven't taken the time to be respectful, so why should we?

Answer 3

1. Yes, it is Moroni.
2. I don't know.
3. ditto
4. "
5. "
6. "
7. "
8. " (I never looked and wouldn't want to)
9. I don't think he looked, either. Would you?
10. I guess because he wanted privacy and that was aboaut the only time he could get a private audience with Joseph.
11. Revelation 14: 6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
12. I don't know.
13. Why should he? He's not running for Mormon of the year.

Answer 4

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Lessons on what? Trumpet lessons? Come on. That is a representation of Revelations 14:6 "and I saw another angel fly through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach throughout the earth". The trumpet is symbolic of preaching the gospel through all the earth.
4. Now your being ridiculous.
5. ditto
6. The angel statue is gold plated so that it won't tarnish and remain shiny for a very long time.
7. Another ridiculous question. The saints of Christ believe in being clean and respectable in their attire without flaunting ostentaciousness. Designer clothes, no, home spun, yes.
8. Unknown. Joseph Smith said that he could discern that he had no other clothes under the robe because he could see into his chest.
9. See #8 above, No.
10. To deliver a message. That is what angels do.
11. The declaration of the gospel throughout the world. See #3 above.
12. Not necessary. Moroni was of Hebrew origin, not Caananite.
13. Not if they are as ridiculous as yours have been.

Answer 5

1. Yes
2. I Don't know
3. Who Cares
4. Who Cares
5. Who Cares
6. Because he adorns the house of the Lord.
7. Well it talks about people getting puffed up and wearing fine apparel- So maybe some did.
8. Probably, but nobody knows the answer to that, and it really doesn't matter.
9. Don't know, Don't Care
10. Joseph Smith was 18- Moroni came to give him a message from God. You are a pervert to think anything else.
11. That he is sounding God's words throughout the world
12. Models for what? Moroni? why would they be? Moroni was used on the temples before any of them exsisted.
13. What do any of these questions have to do with the presidency of the US? None of these have any bearing on what kind of president he is.

Only Perverts are caught up in what kind of undergarments people wear, or what kind of undergarments, or lack of an Angel was wearing. You are a moron.

Answer 6

Here is a serious answer to your "serious" question:

Moroni is a Book of Mormon prophet who was the son of Mormon. He received the record of his people from his father, and after writing a final message he buried the gold plates in a hill until they could be brought forth and translated. He appeared as a resurrected being to Joseph Smith and gave him the gold plates for translation, as well as instruction pertaining to the Restoration of the gospel.

A statue of Moroni, with a trumpet to his lips, appears on almost all temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has come to symbolize the proclaiming of the gospel of Jesus Christ in latter-days to every creature.

Answer 7

I don't evade any questions,. I am proud of my faith and will be a Mormon until and even after, my death on this earth.

The golden figure atop Mormon temples depicts Moroni, one of the last authors of the Book of Mormon. More specifically, he was Mormon's son, whom the entire Book of Mormon was named after. Moroni wrote the last book in the Book of Moroni, called the book of Moroni. Moroni, being the last author of the book, buried them in the ground to preserve them for our day.

Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith in the year 18290, as a resurrected being, and showed Joseph where the book, or metal plates, were located. This is in fulfillment of the prophecy as recorded in the Book of Revelation, in the Bible.
" And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, " (See Revelations 14:6)

Answers to your questions, as disingenuous as they are.
1) Moroni was a Nephite, the last remaning one a live at the time.
2) There is mention of "trumps" in the Book of Mormon, so from that I would assume that the Nephites were familiar with "trumpets"
3) Unable to determine that from what is revealed scripture
4) Ditto
5) Unable to determine response
6) Gold is an element that can withstand the effects of climate, weather, etc, so is used to preserve the statute. It aslo has significance in that the plates Moroni brought to Joseph Smith were made of the same material
7) They ewere "desinged" by someone, yes.
8) Assumption is affirmative, but that info is not disclosed in revealed scripture
9) That information was not shareed with the world
10) It was in answer to a prayer and in fulfillment qwith the prophecy of holy men in the Bible.
11) See Revealtion 14:6
12) The example for a personage was already established before 1978
13) You'd have to ask him, I do not speak for him.

Now, since I politely responded to your questions, can you show the same respect and give equal time to mine?

Why do you mock what many (over 12 million in the world) hold sacred? Can you not show mutual respect to other human beings? That is only two questions. You owe me 11 more. But will refrain.

Answer 8

1. Moroni was a Nephite
2. I don't know
3. I doubt he did in this life
4. No
5. There are none
6. It is symbolic
7. Sometimes.
8. I don't know
9. He didn't say
10. To help restore the gospel
11. Rev. 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to dpreach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
12. They didn't restore the gospel.
13. Maybe, if you ask him.

I answered to the best of my knowledge and as serious as I could.

Answer 9

1. Yes and his name is Moroni
2. Yes -- Ether 14:28 ...and did sound a trumpet unto the armies of Shiz to invite them forth to battle.
3. Someone had to teach him
4. I seriously doubt it
5. See #4
6. Who cares?
7. See #4
8. See #6
9. See #6
10. To teach him
11. The Second Coming is what I've always heard
12. See #6
13. See #4

If you want to be taken seriously...ASK SERIOUS QUESTIONS!!!

Answer 10

Mitt Romney won't waste his time on stupid questions like this

nor should I....

The trumpet refers to prophecy that has yet to be fullfillled and not to ancient Nephite practices.