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Mormon Religion: Myths and Reality – Mormonism
describing how to learn more about the Mormon Church. Steve Young, a former NFL quarterback, and Sharlene Hawkes, a former Miss America, address some of the common misconceptions people have about Mormons or “Mormonism”. Topics they address include Church growth, Christianity, polygamy, temples, humanitarian outreach, beliefs and family. Video produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For more information, visit www.mormon.org. … mormon religion lds church mormonism the …
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Yes, we are Christian. We may not be Christians according to the mainline tradition, but we do believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Unblemished Messiah, my King, My Lord and Savior, and he lives!
I am a born-again Latter-day Saint!
“Devinely” is also a big word for someone to use when spelling it wrong.
Be courteous to others here please.
Ok, u believe the Bible thats great. So how are Christians and Mormons different? Its the other books. Christians don’t believe them to be divinely inspired and I checked out the BoM and evidence points to that as well…I’m talking about JS’s claim of being a prophet. He fails the biblical tests for prophets. Such as his false prophecies and character. I am going to do some more exploring with my mormon friends. Also, I don’t see how you’re Christians…
But you don’t believe that Christ is God. To be Christian, you must believe in the trinity. That God is comprised of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. This is true of all Christian faiths: Catholicism, Greek/Russian Orthodox, Lutheran, Baptists, etc. etc.
It wasn’t even until recently that Mormon people wanted to be considered Christian.
I think they hide their real beliefs from other Christians in order to blend in. They believe that Joseph Smith (from New York) was a prophet, they believe in baptizing dead people, and various other things. They don’t share this with everyone else because they want to “blend in” with Christians. They read the Bible, but it takes a backseat to the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, etc.
Your comment made me laugh. If I understand right, you think we hide our beliefs about 1) Joseph Smith, 2) baptism for the dead and 3) “other things.”
Have you ever talked to Mormon missionaries? In first meeting with you, they’ll talk about the plan of God, Jesus Christ as the central part of that plan, and how He called Joseph Smith to restore His Church.
By the fourth meeting, they will talk about baptism for the dead. I even have videos about it on here as do others–hiding it?
Are you familiar with our belief of baptism for the dead? The apostle Paul taught about it in 1 Corinthians 15.
Jesus taught every person must be baptized to enter the kindgom of God (John 3:5). What about the people who never even HEARD the name of Jesus in their lifetimes? God would not be just if He did not prepare a way for them to receive this ordinance as well.
Therefore, members of the Church are baptized on behalf of these individuals, who have the agency to accept/reject it.
Polaris, have you ever read the Book of Mormon in its entirety? We invite everybody to read the Book of Mormon and to pray and ask God if it is true. God will answer through the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus taught that He would send the Comforter to teach us all things (John 14:26).
Look at John 17:21-22 when Jesus is praying to the Father and says, “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.”
He desribes the believers being as “one”, just as He and the Father are. Surely the believers didn’t physically become one being. No, instead, they were one in purpose, one in action, etc. just as Jesus and the Father are.
The church has had the name of “Jesus Christ” in it from the beginning! The Prophet Joseph Smith explained that “the fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.”
This is not a new phenomenom. The LDS church has always been focused on Jesus Christ.
way to get it wrong PrepeiNa….First Article of faith…first thing all missionaries teach is “we believe in God the Eternal father and in His son Jesus Christ and in the holy ghost.” That is what’s taught every week since the church was established…
We are CHRISTian because we believe and follow Jesus CHRIST as our Lord and Savior.
Joseph Smith has no false prophecies, and many true ones. His character was no worse than any other prophet and apostle found in the Bible.
if you look for only the bad, you will find nothing but bad.
Read the Book of Mormon looking for good. Read, study, ponder, pray. Remember, those who are against the Bible only look for the bad in the Bible. They find it and don’t believe.
The word “trinity” is not found in the Bible anywhere. There is no formal definition of the word “Christian” in the Bible. In fact, it was the pagans who referred to believers in Christ as Christians. Paul referred to all believers in Christ as Saints.
We have ALWAYS been believers in Jesus as the Christ, or Messiah, or Saviour. According to the general definition of “Christian”, then we are Christian.
First of all, can’t be Christian, if you disbelieve the holy bible and use another book as the truth. You speak of following the messiah but yet you put dark skinned people as an undeserving of the message when the bible clearly speaks an Ethiopian was baptized.
1. We don’t “disbelive the holy bible.” We believe the Bible is the word of God, as well as the Book of Mormon.
2. We absolutely do not “put darkskinned poeple as undeserving of the message.” Missionaries are in every country in the world where they are allowed and invite ALL to come unto Christ, regardless of race or skin color.
wtf is a morman?
what some of those people are saying is so funny to me. I know the church is true. It’s obvious to me! I LOVE IT WITH ALL MY HEART!
Good video; shows true points of the Church. I do not undertsand why some Christians say we Mormons aren’t Christian, because we believe in Faith with work. Sure, God’s grace Saves us as well as our faith in Jesus Christ, but the Bible says that faith without works is dead. If you have not charity or [service], (as Jesus gave during His mortal ministry on earth] you are nothing. Great vid! ^_^
“it was the pagans who referred to believers in Christ as Christians. Paul referred to all believers in Christ as Saints”
great points, thank you!
Being provident providers, we must keep that most basic commandment, Thou shalt not covet (Exodus 20:17).
I still find it fascinating that so many people seem to associate ONLY the Full time missionaries as Mormons. I have also talked to people who say that there are no Mormons in their town. They say there’s no listing in the phone book, but they are looking for “The Mormon Church”. When they look for the CofJCofLDS, they find that there are LOTS of Mormons and they are so surprised! If they were to attend worship services, they would be surprised at who they know!
I was also taught that in order for my faith to increase, I needed to pray every day. In fact, I needed to pray always
Islamsucks911: Your comments are, sadly, so very ignorant. Did you not watch the video? Mormons DO read the Holy Bible. Also, for crying out loud, please use proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar if you want to be taken seriously.
Thank you for sharing the video with us; I’m not Mormon but I appreciate it, since it answers questions that I had. The amount of myths that the general public believe (as you can see from these comments alone) astound me. People, instead of keeping yourself ignorant, just go talk to a missionary.
I’ve always been a bit perplexed by Mormons’ insistence on being regarded as “Christian” when their beliefs are radically different in almost every way. I mean, even the very nature of God and Jesus are radically different. Why not admit and embrace the differences and stop trying so hard to “join the club” when it’s not really possible to do so? Not looking to bash anyone here, just honestly bewildered on that point. Even Jos. Smith was honest enough to admit it in his time.