Who and what are mormons??

Answer 1

I am Mormon and I am a human being.


Seriously though, we are a Christian religion. We do not believe that we die and relive several times and have to reach another tier. That is ridiculous.

We do believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of God and that He is our Saviour and Redeemer.

We do believe in modern revelation and a modern day prophet (Gordon B. Hinckley).

We do believe that priesthood power has been restored. It is with that power that the church is run with Christ as the leader. It is also with that power that our temple ordinances are preformed. Families can be sealed together throughout the eternities.

We believe that the Bible and The Book of Mormon are the word of God and that by reading and studying BOTH we can come closer to God and Christ.

We believe Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that he restored the true gospel to the earth. He also translated the Book of Mormon.

We do not believe in the literal definition of the trinity. We believe in 3 separate beings, one in purpose, but not 1 in body.

If you'd like to know more feel free to email me.

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EDIT: There are actually 13 million members worldwide.

Answer 2

Mormon is the name given to adherants of any of the sects which declare that Joseph Smith Jr was a prophet.

Joseph Smith Jr was visited by God and Jesus in 1820 in an experience known as the First Vision.

A few years later, Joseph received a set of golden plates from which he translated the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

In 1830, Joseph legally founded the Church of Christ. He later renamed it to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

All the while Joseph received more revelations, many of which can be found in the Doctrine and Covenants.

After Joseph's murder in 1844, several people claimed to be his true successor. Each candidate started their own sect.

Brigham Young (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) had the largest following. His group retained the name The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and marched to the Great Basin. Several groups have splintered off the LdS Church, especially when Wilford Woodruff received revelation that LdS men could no longer enter into new polygamous relationships, and when Spencer W. Kimball received the revelation which opened the Priesthood to all worthy males.

James Strang (a lay member) claimed to have been chosen by Joseph before he died. Strang and his followers took the official name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but are more commonly known as Strangites. The Strangites ended up in the Great Lakes region.

After Strang's death, Joseph Smith III founded the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (now called the Community of Christ) which moved back to Missouri.

Answer 3

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) is a beautiful Christian religion. Because Mormons believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and consider Him to be the way to salvation, they are clearly a Christian denomination. It is true that they are not an orthodox denomination (they are neither Protestant, Catholic, nor Eastern Orthodox), because they don't accept the post-New Testament creeds, but their Christ-centered theology clearly qualifies them for the Christian label.

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.

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Hope this helps! Mormon Christianity has changed my life by helping me better follow Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

What is Mormonism

What does the Bible say about Mormonism? Nothing, because the Bible was written in the 1st Century and Mormonism began in Fayette, New York on April 6, 1830.

The Bible does claim in 2 Peter 1.3 to give us all things that pertain to life and godliness. 2 Timothy 3.17 insists that the scriptures "fully equip" us with all we need in living she Christian life. Furthermore, we are taught in Galatians 1.8: "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." And Revelation 22.18-19 says that those who add to or take away from the scriptures are under the condemnation of God! The Bible further teaches that all men will be judged by the Word of God. (John 12.48, Revelation 20.12.)

Mormons put The Book of Mormon and Doctrines and Covenants on par with the Bible. Another book in which they have great confidence is The Pearl of Great Price.

Mormonism has a bizarre history. Its prophet, Joseph Smith, Jr. was born in Vermont but moved at an early age with his family to New York. Due to the poverty of the family, education for the children was almost nonexistent. The family preferred the Presbyterian Church, but Joseph was confused by the disunity and conflict among the denominations that were prominent in the area so he never joined any group.

In the early spring of 1820, after reading James 1.5, Joseph told of going into the woods to pray for wisdom. While there he claimed to see a vision of two personages whose brightness and glory defied all description. Calling him by name, one said of the other: "This is my beloved son, hear him!" Joseph said he then asked the personages which sect he should join and they said, "None for they were all wrong." He said later that the angel Moroni appeared to him and promised him a book written on gold plates. Also there would be two stones, Urim and Thummim, which would help him translate the plates. In September 1827 he claimed that he was permitted by the angel to take the book from Cumorah, a hill near Palmyra, New York, and translate the "Reformed Egyptian" in which it was supposedly written into English. This book came to be known as The Book of Mormon.

There are those who claim that The Book of Mormon is a plagiarism of the novel Manuscript Found written by Solomon Spaulding who left the unpublished book with a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania printer to be published but died before the work was completed. Spaulding's book dealt with the 10 lost tribes of Israel and how they migrated to America to become ancestors of the Indians of North and South America. Recent examinations by handwriting experts of parts of the original manuscript of The Book of Mormon seem to indicate that it is in Spaulding's handwriting.

The Mormon Church was begun with six members. Joseph Smith was designated "a seer, a translator, a prophet, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ," and was made Ruler of the church when he was 24 years old. The church grew rapidly. Persecution came in New York so members fled to Kirtland, Ohio and then on to Independence, Missouri and, afterwards, to Nauvoo, Illinois, a city they built on the Mississippi River. In 1844, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were imprisoned in Carthage, Illinois for destroying an anti-Mormon printing establishment. While imprisoned, they were killed by a mob which stormed the jail. This became a rallying point for Mormons because they now had a martyr.

Brigham Young became President of the Mormons and led them to Salt Lake City, Utah. That city is now headquarters for the main body of Latter Day Saints which today claims 4.7 million members.

Answer 5

If your question is that broad go to mormon.org. There are thousands of pages of website there to answer a lot of questions.

Answer 6

I second what Gumby said.

Answer 7

They dont believe in the Trinity,

Answer 8

Our full name is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As you can see, we believe in Jesus Christ. He is the founder of our church and plays the most important part of our doctrine. He is central to Heavenly Father's Plan of Salvation. Below I will name our basic beliefs:

We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.


We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.


We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.


We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.


We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.


We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.


We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.


We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.


We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.


We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.


We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.


We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.


We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

Written by the Prophet Joseph Smith.

We have a living Prophet on this earth today. His name is Gordon B. Hinkley and he is the wisest, humblest, and kindest person I know of on this earth.


It is hard to explain everything about our church, because it is much different from traditional Christian Churches. But it will suffice me to say that the church has probably affected you in some way. In times of disaster, we are the first to send out hygeine supplies, food, and health care. We have Bishop's Store Houses where the poor can get food, clothing and hygeine supplies for free. We have the perpetual education fund, for members who can't afford to go to school. We have resources for adoption, and jobs. There is Deseret Industries which people can donate their old clothing and things, so people without much money can use them. And there is so much more.

We have members serving as Mayors, and Governors, and Senators and Judges, and as Police men, scientists, doctors, manufacturers, business men, and just about every other field of work, in many countries of the world.

When our boys turn 19 they are sent on missions to many countries of the world to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Girls may also go when they are 21, but they do not have to.

We have Holy Temples, the houses of the Lord. We perform many important ordinances and covenants with God in these temples. Only those members who are worthy to enter, and who are above the age of 12 may enter into the temple to do the Lord's work, and many ordinances cannot be done until you are 18, and endowed. There is a waiting room for people who cannot enter the temple, and it too is a peaceful place. I personally have been inside several of the temples. They are so peaceful, and doing these ordinances for people who have since passed away, and never had a chance to recieve these ordinaces in life, is a special and wonderful feeling. The temples are so beautiful and clean. There really isn't a description that would do them justice.


You probably know members of the church. They look like normal people, and they are from many different races and cultural backgrounds. We have African's, South and Central Americans, Native Americans, Indian's, Chinese, Japanese, Korean's, European, Polonesian, and many more. The only difference is that they don't drink tea, coffee, or alcohol. They don't smoke or do drugs. They abstain from sex before marriage, and they get married in Holy Temples, not only for time, but for all of eternity. They have The Old Testament, The New Testament, The Book of Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants and The Pearl of Great Price. They have very strong testimonies of their church, and they are some of the kindest people on this earth. That isn't to say they are perfect, and that there aren't bad members, because they aren't perfect, no one is. And there are members who are bad and do bad things, just like any other person from anyother religious group, and I even know some of them. But the dedicated members are amazing people.

Go here to learn more about the church: lds.org or mormon.org or http://lds.about.com/od/prophetsleaders/Mormon_Prophets_and_LDS_Church_Leaders.htm

Go here to get a free copy of the book of mormon (They have it in many languages): http://www.mormon.org/bookofmormon

We respect life, and religion. We don't believe that people who are other religions are inferior to us. They have the right to worship as they please. Please don't be scared off by the many lies and rumors about our church. They are spread by ignorant people who are scared because we are different, or who are only listening to other lies and rumors.

If you have any questions, please ask a member of the Church, and not someone who is not a member. It would be like someone asking me about Catholisism, Islam, Judaism or Buddhism. I couldn't explain it correctly because I am not part of any of those religions. If I wanted to learn about those people, I would ask someone from that religion.

Please don't shy away from learning more about us, just because we aren't the same religion as you. It is good to know as much as you can about as many things as possible. I'd love to share more with you, and if you'd like to share your religion with me I'd be more than willing to listen. I'm always interested in learning more about other religions and cultures.

Have a wonderful day! I hope my answer helped you.

P.S. Here are some links to some pictures:

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http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/hongkong/
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/johannesburg/
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/logan/
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/london/
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http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/tokyo/
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/seoul/
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http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/montreal/
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/manti/
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/madrid/
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http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/daily/missionary/mormon_missionary.jpg
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http://www.josephsmith.net/Static%20Images/gordon_b_hinckley_MD.jpg
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http://www.pbs.org/americanprophet/images/joseph-smith.jpg
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Answer 9

They believe that they live several times, each time they live they must be good to climb up to the next teir, if they reach the top they become god's of their own planets. they do not teach this early on as it would probably not work in their brain washing ploy, but if you study enough, you'll find out! plus i learned this in world cultures.

Answer 10

They're a Protestant sect of Christianity, but even Baptists are ashamed of them.