Adjective
Mormon- of or pertaining to the faith established by Joseph Smith Jr.
Noun
- Nickname of a person who belongs to one of the Christian religous groups related to the religion founded by Joseph Smith, Jr.. This religion founded by Joseph Smith Jr., is known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- The ancient American prophet of Mormon theology who compiled the Book of Mormon originally written in reformed Egyptian.
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...Mormon is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of certain denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement. The term most often refers to a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which is commonly called the Mormon Church. The LDS Church claims that "Mormon" should properly be applied only to its members, to avoid possible confusion with Mormon fundamentalist groups which practice plural marriage. However, the term is nevertheless used to refer to many other sects that recognize Brigham Young as a prophet, including Mormon fundamentalists. The term is not usually applied to other sects within the Latter Day Saint movement, such as the Community of Christ, who did not associate with Brigham Young after the death of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the movement. Read full entry
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Mormon ...?
Hii
What actually is a Mormon ?
'Cause i always here people
saying bad things about
mormons and they make them out
to be kinda weird and i dont
even know what a mormon is
really
And im just woundering what
are there beliefs and what
stuff can an cant they do ?
Thnks
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www.lds.org Inform yourself. It's easier than you might think. |
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How does tithing in the Mormon At the moment, my mother and I
are considering joining the
Mormon church. However, how
does tithing work? Do you have
to pay a year's worth up
front? Or do you tithe after
each paycheck? We are
struggling financially, and
cannot afford $5000 up front,
so we are wondering. Thanks to
anyone who answers!
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You do not have to pay up front or even back tithing. It is completely up to you how you pay your tithing. Some people pay it each time they get a paycheck. I have a business and I don't know how much I make until the end of the year so I write one check at that time. We are also not told how much to pay. We are told 10% of your increase, but the definition of that is up to the member. I have been blessed by paying my tithing. Money always seemed to come just at the right time and sometimes in miraculous ways. The tithing money goes to build temples and meeting houses (we don't have to have additional building funds like most churches because it is paid out of our tithing), utilities, activities, youth conferences, the educational programs, missionary work, manuals, building maintenance, stake as well as ward expenses, etc. There are thousands of church owned buildings that are built and maintained from tithing. Many are in countries that are poor and where very little tithing is paid. When the help to the poor exceeds fast offering donations the difference comes out of tithing. We are never asked how much money we make and are never told that we are not donating enough. The church teaches that this is between the member and the Lord. Anyone who tells you differently is completely uninformed, they are either ignorant of the facts or a complete liar. Talk to the missionaries or the bishop about it. I joined the church in 1966 and it has been a blessing in my life and I have never regretted my decision. |
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What is the difference between My bestfriend is a Mormon and
I am Christian and I wanted to
know what she believes. She
said that it's pretty much the
same thing as a christian, but
why not just be Christian if
its the same thing? There must
be a difference. So can you
tell me what it is?
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The Book of Mormon is the biggest difference. Nominal Christians do not accept that as valid or inspired, whereas Mormons honor it above the Bible, which they feel is incorrectly translated. Mormons hold a lot of other strange beliefs that are alien to traditional Christianity. For one thing, they believe that their members will become gods and goddesses in the hereafter, if they are married in a Mormon temple. This is called "celestial marriage", and is supposed to be for all eternity. Also in the Mormon temple you may have other people sealed to you for eternity, usually family members. Talk about keeping the family together! Then there is the "baptism for the dead" issue, which no other Christian denomination accepts as far as I know. Many Mormon groups, or offshoots at least, still adhere to polygamy, "plural marriage", sometimes including incestuous ones. The main branch has long since repudiated this doctrine at least officially. Some "may" still practice it in secret, so I have heard. There are many other doctrines and practices that conflict with traditional Christianity. They do use the name Jesus Christ, so they consider themselves Christians, in fact the only true Christians. They are not the only group to say that though. Mainline Christians, of course, consider them to be a cult. To be fair, Christianity was orginally considered to be a cult, by the Romans. LDS believe that God was once a man, and that he sired numoerous spirit children in a pre-mortal existence. Many of these, perhaps most eventually became humans when God created the physical earth. So we are all brothers and sisters. God later took on a physical body and mated with the virgin Mary, one of his spirit daughters, to father Jesus, one of his spirit sons, which is a very weird sounding doctrine, to most anyway. |
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