The Mormon Belief System

The writings, known as the Book of Mormon, describe how some Israelites traveled to the Americas to become the indigenous tribes (Gutjahr 7). The books and Joseph’s teachings laid out a faith that seemed radically different than any other. But Mormonism shares roots with other religions; it began as a form of Trinitarian Christianity. Like Christianity, it builds on Judaism; Mormonism also connects with the Jewish history as the Book of Mormon describes the families of a lost tribe of Israel. Like Protestantism, Mormonism can be considered a reformed version of Christianity. Mormonism, in fact, has much in common with Islam—both have Abrahamic roots and a modern prophet and sacred text. Mormon ideas may seem radical in some areas, but are Christian in many fundamental aspects. Mormons believe in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, although they see them as separate beings. They accept the Old and New Testament as the work of God, and believe in many Christian ideas such as sin, divine revelation, and God’s eventual return. The main difference, then, is simply that Mormonism is newer than other religions, and thus assumed to be invalid. As Noah Feldman summarizes, “Antiquity

This book attempt to show the common ground between Christianity and Mormonism by examining the individual areas of Scripture, God, Christ, the Trinity and Salvation. The summation of the author’s findings is that although there are great differences there is also much common ground that can be used to strengthen our relationship together and bring unity to the ecumenical community.

Mormonism is a multilayered religious organization with many faces. The words “multilayered” and “organization” are carefully chosen as they represent the bulk of what we will discuss as we seek to unveil the true essence of the Mormon world as they see it. We will summarize this organization and in so doing we will discover that it was built on human fallacy and deception from its inception. We will then follow with a critical look the claims, doctrines, and documents that frame their beliefs.

At first glance, the Mormon worldview appears very similar to the Christian worldview. In fact, the Mormon leadership has done what they could to keep this façade up. In order for the Christians to be able to make an apologetic argument, he or she must first gain an understanding of the truth behind the Mormon worldview.

“The chief feature of the Mormon Church, more formally known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that distinguishes it from the many variations of mainstream Christianity is that Mormons believe not only in the Bible but also in another scripture, The Book of Mormon” (Fisher, 2005, pp. 453-454).

With 14 million followers, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a very interesting religion for many different reasons. Mormons, as they are commonly known, have an interesting origin, different traditions, and a fascinating founder. Mormonism is the term used for describing the practice and beliefs of followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The core belief is that a prophet named Joseph Smith restored doctrines of the church to earth. Smith became the founder of what is now considered The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and widely followed. One of the ideas most central to the Mormons is their love for Jesus Christ, the savior. That idea is stated very well when Joseph Smith said, “The fundamental

So, whether is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is by “definition” a cult or not, there is some major differences between Mormon theology and biblical teaching. One of the biggest and very different beliefs of Christian and Mormon is faith is God and human beings becoming gods. This paper will explore the Mormon belief of exaltation and God.

The first misconception is, Mormons reject that Christ is a unique deity. Mormons believe Jesus is a “common” God and is sometimes unimportant to their overall cosmology. They believe that Jesus was a created being, meaning that he had two births. The teaching of a “created being“ says that a person is born twice, first in preexistence as a spirit child, then as a human baby much later. Mormons reject that Jesus was a unique deity because they believe that he was born along with billions of other spirit children. They therefore do not see Jesus’ divinity as unique because he is similar to all other humans, similarly, Mormons believe that all people were incarnated spirit beings and will achieve similar Godhood to

Mormonism fits the definition of a religion because they cover all the “bases” in terms of what it needs to have to be considered a religion. The black and white definition for religion is “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power” If you apply Mormonism to that it already fits the definition because they don’t just believe in one superhuman being or in this case a God, they believe in multiple ones. But it goes way beyond just a simple definition, Mormonism also helps people deal with their mortality by offering the promise of an afterlife, it also allows opportunities for healing and companionship along with it also explaining where we came

Mormons consider themselves either the Latter-day Saints, Saints, or Mormon. The term Mormons refers to members of the LDS Church because of their belief in the Book of Mormon.

Mormons are well known for the missionaries that come door to door to proselyte non-believers, this is done in efforts to share the love of God and the mercy for His people. They want to unify the community in God because they are commanded to by their scripture and they believe this with better sustain society spiritually. I have known many Mormons in my life and while I never converted to Mormonism I do believe that their strong conviction to the family principals would definitely benefit society. We as a secular community have stayed from our traditions not only in faith & religion but with our funeral traditions that are dying out with cremation, “green burial”, and water resonation become increasingly more popular. Mormons place their traditions very high in the Mormon life.

When immigrants first came to America, a motivating factor behind their reason to move had a strong correlation with the religious freedom that was offered within the country. Thus, as America grew and aged religious freedom quickly became essential to many different religious groups. This is very true for a particular branch of Christianity, the Mormons. Mormonism began near 1820 when a man, named Joseph Smith, translated the Bible and Book of Mormon, becoming the first prophet for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). Joseph Smith’s name went down in history and is a household name for Mormons across the world.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is technically considered a type of Christian religion. Mainly this is because they believe in God and his son Jesus Christ. Beyond that their beliefs differ and the LDS follow different religious leaders. There are many prophets of God, such as Joseph Smith that the church looks to for guidance. These prophets also

The Latter-day Saint faith, or Mormonism, is a fairly new religion. In fact, it only dates back to the early 1800s, making it a “new religious movement”. Mormonism was founded by a man named Joseph Smith. This religion teaches that beginning in 1820, Smith began to receive visions and prophecies from god himself. These revelations continued to come Smith. In fact, an angel by the name of Moroni, came to him and told him of ancient golden stones that contained God’s written word. Smith later found these stones and translated them into what is now the Book of Mormon. As Smith recruited followers and began preaching about his accounts, the Mormon faith was born.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints- more commonly known as The Mormon church, has always received a bad reputation when it comes to discrimation. Since the early 1900’s, the church, some due to the events in the outside world, made mistakes while growing into the church it is today. One of the major issues that society has with the church is how selective the church was in the past and is today to the members of the church, though the members have accepted it fully, and do not oppose it. Today, society widely dislikes- and almost fears- the church and how it works today, just as much as they did almost one hundred years ago, because of those mistakes and rules due to revelation and doctrine in the church.