Can a person of the Mormon faith please explain a little about your religion ?

Question

Just curious

Answer 1

I highly recommend visiting www.mormon.org or www.lds.org. These sites provide an easy way to learn about our basic beliefs.

This link is to our articles of faith. The children of the church often memorize these. They are a good introduction to some of the basics.

http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,106-1-2-1,FF.html

Here are a few thoughts for you:

We believe in God the Father, Jesus Christ the Savior, and the Holy Ghost.
We have a church organized like the one Christ organized with a prophet, apostles, etc.
We believe in living the principles of the Gospel (daily personal and family scripture study and prayer, keeping the commandments, being kind to others, serving others, sharing the gospel with others).
We have strong moral values (no drinking, smoking, pre-marital sex, total fidelity after marriage, strong families, etc).

We recognize that we will still be sinners after all that we can do and that it is only through Jesus Christ that we can find eternal life.

We also believe that it is each members responsibility to learn what we believe and gain their own personal testimony of its truthfulness through prayer and the inspiration of the Holy Ghost.

I have done this and try my best each day to follow Christ's example and teachings. It has brought me great peace and happiness.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Answer 2

The positive replies given thus far are most clear about the LDS faith. To clarify, the Holy Ghost, the third Holy Entity of the Godhead, is a male spirit. There is no she or it to describe Him. It is He, the Holy Ghost, that manifests all truth of the Godhead and of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It is this same Spirit of God that can reach into the hearts of man and proclaim, instill, and plant the seeds of truth--whether it be that Jesus is the Lord and Savior or the truth that the Book of Mormon is another testament of the Savior.

It is this same Holy Ghost that is our Comforter and we, the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are confirmed so and will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost to dwell with us--if we remain true to our covenants.

As mentioned previously, log on to lds.org for more in-depth coverage of the beliefs pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Answer 3

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) is a beautiful Christian religion. You should be extremely careful when trying to learn about Mormons from others. There are many who hate the Mormons and spread lies, distortions, and conspiracy theories about them. Others think they understand Mormon doctrine because of "what they've heard," but are actually misinformed.

Because Mormons are Christian, we believe in most of the things that Christians believe, including:

1) Christ is divine and salvation comes only through Him.
2) The Bible is the word of God.
3) Men ought to love one another.

Mormons are a unique branch of Christianity, however. We are neither Catholic nor Protestant, so naturally we have some different beliefs. Most of the differences are minor. One significant difference has to do with the authority to act in God's name. Mormons believe that soon after the death of Christ and His apostles, the early Christian Church was greatly influenced by Greek and Roman philosophies and political pressures. Despite the efforts of many good men and women, the true Church of Christ was eventually lost because of these outside pressures and internal, man-made changes. Mormons believe that God reestablished the original Church of Christ in 1820 through a man named Joseph Smith.

To learn more about Mormons, visit my site at http://www.allaboutmormons.com !

Hope this helps! Mormon Christianity has changed my life by helping me better follow Jesus Christ. Good luck with your research!

Answer 4

Well, there is a lot about our religion and I'm not sure exactly what you are interested in.

We have 4 sacred books. The Bible, The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price.

We believe Jesus is the son of God, but that Jesus and God are two separate beings. We also believe in the Holy Spirit, but believe he/she/it is separate also.

We believe there is a living prophet on the earth who received revelation from God for the entire world.

We believe in doing missionary work(as I'm sure you know).

We have 13 articles of faith. Found here http://scriptures.lds.org/a_of_f/1

www.lds.org and www.mormon.org are great websites. Also, http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDS_Intro.shtml has a lot of info on misconceptions about Mormons.

If you have any specific questions, you can email me by going to my profile and clicking on the link to my email.

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Anna, you have MANY misconceptions about Mormons, which jefflindsay.com would help you understand.

For one they do not believed that Jesus is God .
*Correct, we believe He is the son of God*

That God came down from heaven and had sex with Mary
Magdalene, and had many babies.
*False, no we do not*

Polygamy is okay.
*False, no it's not. You're disfellowshiped if you're found guilty of polygamy or adultery.*

Men can have many wife's
*False, I just said we can't right above this*

Mormons teach four basic points of doctrine of God.
*We teach more than 4.*

First that God the Father has a body of flesh and bone as tangible as man's
*Correct*

second God evolved from mortal man.
*False*

third they believed and teach polytheism is the belief in the existence of more than one God.
*False*

Every Mormon is striving to become God himself.
*False*

Answer 5

Peter Priesthood has answered very well. It's amazing how quickly people jump to the same old arguments even though they have been answered hundreds of times before.

Jeff Lindsay has some great stuff on his site for answering these naysayers.

Answer 6

i became into Lutheran in the previous I joined the LDS church. i became into sixteen once I switched over. I enjoyed the Lutheran church. there became into no longer one ingredient that i ought to handle the place i found fault with this church, apart from this: sooner or later, the professor have been given up (I went to a Lutheran college) and noted how Mormons weren't Christians, they have been brokers of the devil and that we, as Christians shouldn't circumvent them, yet repel them. I remember getting a chilly feeling interior me as he pronounced this, and later went out in the college backyard and cried by means of fact of what he had pronounced. i became into approximately 12 years previous. some years later, I had the prospect to fulfill the LDS missionaries. they could come over and my mom could conceal in the mattress room, yet she allowed me to speak to them. I regarded the reality of what they have been asserting, yet I refused to connect the church. I went to a foster domicile after that. My foster family members have been Latter Day Saints, I observed how satisfied they have been and how on my own and how lots of an interloper i became into. After a fabulous variety of inner turmoil, i desperate to be baptised. At this factor, I nevertheless did no longer recognize if i actually had to, i became into satisfied with the church association that I already had. yet I understood one ingredient, and that became into that the Latter Day Saint church stood for eternal families. A family members is something that I desperately needed, and if it have been a threat to connect consisting of a family members into the eternities, then i became into excited by that. with the aid of my learn of the Latter Day Saint church, i began out to realize how completely the products of the gospel puzzle extra healthful mutually. i began out to have a large love for the e book of Mormon and for the promise of the temple. I lower back to my organic parents or maybe they could see a large exchange in me. I even have fallen faraway from the church and then lower back. For a on an identical time as, i became into bitter and had no theory in God in any respect (the inspiration of all this became into by means of my very own sinfulness.) yet I even have come lower back and better than ever, and that i won't be able to go away lower back.

Answer 7

For one they do not believed that Jesus is God . That God came down from heaven and had sex with Mary Magdalene, and had many babies. Polygamy is okay. Men can have many wife's Mormons teach four basic points of doctrine of God. First that God the Father has a body of flesh and bone as tangible as man's second God evolved from mortal man. third they believed and teach polytheism is the belief in the existence of more than one God. Every Mormon is striving to become God himself. I could go on and on but I need to go to bed. I worship the one true God of Israel and He is one God in three persons Anna http://www.jesussalvation.org
or http://www.yeshuastruth.com ---for fast computers