what is the religion of mormon really about?

Answer 1

Disregard the ignorant, prejuidiced or just hateful people of a religion that has been attacked by losers.
We believe in Jesus Christ that he died for our sins with his life as a sacrifice, and rose on the 3rd day in his own body.
We believe in the Bible, book of Mormon, Doctrine and Convenants and Pearl of Great Price.
We believe we can be married for time and all eternity.
for more info: http://www.lds.org

Son of Man wrote about our welfare system and says they only give out food. Well I will tell you how the church helped me...it paid my rent a few times. It helped find a job with it's job agency it has and helped me work for a year at Deseret Industries. Now I work at a better job with lots of benefits...
It's tithing not dues...and it's mandated in the bible...see malachi.
http://www.mormon.org
http://www.fairlds.org

Answer 2

Ignore the Mormon haters please.

1. Mormons are Christians and believe in the Bible
2. Mormons believe that Christ's original church ceased to exist with the death of the Apostles in the early days of Christianity. Although there were groups that taught of christ, no church was LED by Christ.
3. In the 1800's God and Christ appeared to Joseph Smith and told him that no churches were true. They called him to be a prophet, like the prophets of Old.
4. They instructed him to restore the Church of Jesus Christ to the earth in latter days
5. They instructed him to find and translate an ancient book of scripture written by prophets in the Ancient Americas. This is called "The Book of Mormon".
6. Today the church is led by a prophet and 12 Apostles.

Mormons invite all to hear the basic teachings of Mormonism from the Missionaries. Read all or part of the Book of Mormon. Ask God if It's true.

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Well there are 2 LDS churches. a small one with maybe 30,000 members that do the polygamy thing and divorce their first wife so she can go on welfare.

Then there is the true one that has 13 million members and is world wide. Mormon is a derogatory term used by people in Missouri and Illinois against the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have read on this website that the word mormon was derived from some idiotic thing. It really was derived from the Book of Mormon, which is the history of 3 groups of people who left the European continent and came to the America's at three different times. The likely settled in Central America where all the pyramids and abandoned structures are. Archaeologists have discoverd the remains of these three groups. They call the oldest group Olmecs in central America and another name for an older group in Peru.

But that book along with the Bible is a witness of Jesus christ. The two books do not disagree on any of the main functions of Christianity. Points of doctrine are cleared up some but not many points.

We are like most Christian churches. We take sacrament on Sundays in rememberance of the Savior and renew the covenants we have made with him.

When you read the offices of the priesthood mostly in Pauls writings but elsewhere, We have them all. No other church on earth has them . We have deacons, teachers and Priests from the Priesthood of Aaron. We have Elders, 70's and High Priests from the Priesthood of Melchizedek the great High Priest that Abraham paid tithes to. We have Bishops, Prophet, and 12 Apostles.

Many think that there were only 12 apostles, and that is all there will ever be, but as they were killed they were replaced in the Bible. James the brother of Jesus likely replace James the brother of John when the first James was Killed. The Apostle Paul replaced others who were killed. There were a couple more.

Now the beliefs. We are tougher on sinners than most churches. Many churches have lowered their standards. For example the let couples living together, not married participate in ordinances etc. We will not baptise them until the marry nor can they participate.

We believe in following the laws of the land in which we live. If a member is convicted of a Felony, extortion or whatever, he or she will be excommunicated or at least dis fellowshipped depending on the vastness of the crime.

We believe in following all the laws in the bible, not lying, stealing, etc. We do not drink or smoke. These are lessor laws. We believe our bodies are temples as spoken in the bible and so we honor our bodies. As members we try to stay off government dole. We are taught to work hard and give a fair days work for a fair days pay

We do not pass the plate to get money by embarrasment , do not have a TV shows to gather money nor all that stuff that others delve in. Most of our leadership is not paid. They give their time willingly. Our buildings are paid for so there is never a building fund. Even the upkeep, electricity etc of each building is not collected for separately.

We do fast one day a month and give the value of the meals to the church. An offering to be given to the poor, and 100% of the funds end up there and some of the tithing money we pay ends up there also. Less than half the members pay a tithe, but no one is aware of it except a few who do not reveal it. they can participate in most of the activities.

We build temples. These are used for marriages and ordinances for the deceased relatives. God is a just and fair God. He says "This is my work and my Glory to bring to pass the exaltation and eternal life of man". Well how can he be fair if a whole lot of people on the earth could not be baptised because they lived in a land of Muslims or Hindus, or even in the USA. You must be born of the water and the spirit to enter the kingdom of heaven. How unfair that would be. He wants Eternal life and exaltation for as many as possible and they cant make it? He is fair. So baptism for the dead mentioned by Paul in 2 Cor Chap 15.

We are a church who strongly supports the family and it is the most important organization on the earth. There is much more but I am tired of typing.

Answer 4

Pretty much in a nutshell... We believe that Joesph Smith restored the church back to the earth and translated the Book of Mormon which is another testament of God.

Answer 5

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.

Most objective scholars agree that Mormons are Christian. Consider this quote from an academic book entitled “Anthology of World Scriptures” by Robert E. Van Voorst.

“…the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…see themselves as Christian, and most experts in comparative religions would view this labeling as basically correct. That they…accept the Christian Bible as their first cannon is a good indicator of this. Moreover, “outsiders” to [Christianity], such as Buddhists, would almost certainly recognize them as belonging to the stream of Christian tradition.”

Likewise, a recent poll showed that the majority of Americans believe that Mormons are Christians.

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.

If you'd like to learn more about Mormons from a reliable source, visit allaboutmormons . com .

Answer 6

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called Mormon by some because of their belief in the Book of Mormon, believes that just like Biblical scriptural predictions, the gospel of Christ and priesthood authority were taken from the earth when the Christs twelve apostles died off. The gospel and authority were "restored" to the earth again through Joseph Smith.

Here is a synopsis of LDS beliefs.
1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

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

13. 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.

Answer 7

It is a man made religion. Joseph Smith who was a sad man made up the religion because he had no belief in anything. It is a very secretive religion, they only let outsiders know certain things about their religion. In their world Men live solely to become a god and the woman are just there to take care of the home and kids. If you are not a worthy Morman you can't even enter into the Mormon temple, not even if your own sister is being married there. Anyone in the wedding party or family who is not Mormon has to wait outside. The woman after there wedding must wear a special garment under there clothes at all times. The reason that they have so many children is that they believe that they are releasing spirits out of one of the many divisions of Heaven they believe in with each child they have. It is more complex than I could ever explain on here. It's a very sad misleading Religion, no matter how many of them try to tell you they are Christians, they are not. Mormonism is acultic. There are over 100 divisions of Mormonism, but the largest and most talked about division is the one that comes from Utah.

The best way to learn about Mormanism is to know somebody who used to be a Morman. Let them share with you what it's really about because if you asked someone who is practicing it, they will not reveal to you any truth.

Answer 8

Hhmm, Son of Man - you sound pretty bitter. If the Mormon church's welfare program is so horrible then why have several of the US presidents met with the presidents of the church to discuss how it works so that the US could improve their program?

To find out about the Mormon faith go to mormon.org or lds.org or ask for the missionaries. This is the ONLY way you will get the truth.

Answer 9

The Angel Moroni and The "prophet" Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith said that he found two golden tablets mysteriously placed on a hill near his home by the angel Moroni. These tablets had been made by ancient Americans before the time of Christ and had been taken to heaven to later be transcribed into The Book of Mormon by the Prophet Joseph Smith two millenia later.

The Angel Moroni told Joseph Smith that his new religion would be the salvation of humanity, and a true religion. After the prophet Joseph Smith interpreted the Golden Tablets, the Angel Moroni returned them to heaven.

Mormonism was the "scientology" of the day, in that it was shunned by mainstream Christians and thought of as a cult. The Mormons were called heritics, and several were killed, including the prophet Joseph Smith.

They were forcefully removed from everywhere they tried to settle across the nation untill they reached "the promised land" of Utah. That was the beginning of Mormonism. Many mainstream Christians today still consider them much like a cult, and not Christian.

Answer 10

The basic beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are summed up in 13 simple statements penned by Joseph Smith as a response to frequent queries on the teachings and doctrines of the Church. These statements are now known as the Articles of Faith? of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

They are:

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 this the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

11. 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.

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

13. 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.