Rise in Mormonism

[kierkegaard214]

I'm not sure if this is the right place. But what does everyone think about teh rise in Mormonism in America?

 

[spinningwheelgirl]

I didn't even know there was a rise in Mormanism in the United States.

 

[Celticflower]

I worry about so many good intentioned people being led astray.

 

[HeartFullaLove]

Mormonism is a polytheistic "Christian" cult -- though a number of them never get to the level of being intitiated into the cult's many-gods teaching. It is the fastest growing church in the U.S. last I heard.

 

[CoolMom6]

I live in Nevada. There is a large LDS population. I have young missionaries knock on my door all the time. Since I am not a theologist in any form or fashion, I stay away from debate. But, I do love them and make them feel at home ,and they come back. I say I am not interested, but I have my own personal relationship with Jesus. They do talk about Jesus, but it is all surface stuff. My heart breaks for these sweet young people, and I hope I can touch them.

 

[Autumnleaf]

They seem kind and sincere, and more into spreading the word than any other Christian denomination I've ever seen. I'm not too sure about the soundness of their teachings or whether they live Godly lives.

 

[HeartFullaLove]

They seem kind and sincere, and more into spreading the word than any other Christian denomination I've ever seen. I'm not too sure about the soundness of their teachings or whether they live Godly lives.

Mormon religion is not Christianity. Mormons teach that there are many gods. Jesus is one, the Father is one, but the Father also had a father, etc. They will deny this, but that is because Doctrines and Covenants 19:31 says, “And of the tenets thou shalt not talk . . .” to those they are trying to convert.

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (1972), p. 345-46 (God An Exalted Man) says, “We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you might see. . . . It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God, and to know that we may converse with him as one man converses with another, and that he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on the earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did; I will show it from the Bible.”



A Study of the Articles of Faith, by (apostle) James E. Talmage (1975) Ch 24, p. 430 says, “We believe in a God who is Himself progressive, whose magesty is intelligence; whose perfection consists in eternal advancement -- a Being who has attained His exalted state by a path which now His children are premited to follow . . . In spite of the opposition of the sects, in the face of direct charges of blasphemy, the Church proclaims the eternal truth: ‘As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be.’”



Joseph Smith wrote in History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1978) p. 305, “God himself, was once as we are now, and is an exalted man.”



The Gospel Through the Ages, published with the blessing of the top Mormon hierarchy in 1945 says in Ch 16 on p. 104, “Mormon prophets have continuously taught the sublime truth that God the Eternal Father was once a mortal man who passed through a school of earth life similar to that through which we are now passing. He became God -- an exalted being -- through obedience to the same eternal Gospel truths that we are now given the opportunity today to obey.”



From the LDS Historical Department comes The Seer by Orson Pratt (1990) p. 132 which says, “We were begotten by our Father in Heaven; the person of our Father in Heaven was begotten on a previous heavenly world by His Father; and again He was begotten by a still more ancient Father; and so on, from generation to generation . . .”



Teachings of Joseph Smith (1972) p. 373 says, If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and John discovered that God the father of Jesus had a Father, you may suppose that He had a Father also.”



The same book at p. 370 says, “I will teach on a plurality of Gods.”



From the book, Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie (1966) pp. 576-77 says, “Three separate personages -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- comprise the Godhead. As each of these separate persons is a God, it is evident from this standpoint alone that a plurality of Gods exists. . . . To us, speaking in the proper finite sense, these three are the only Gods we worship. But in addition there is an infinite number of holy personages, drawn from world without number, who have passed on tp exaltation and are thus gods.”



More Mormon God(esse)s



Mormonism teaches that there is a Mother God.

The Philosophical Basis of Mormonism p. 9; Gospel Through the Ages p.98-100;



Mormon Doctrine p. 516 says,

“MOTHER IN HEAVEN.

See ETERNAL LIVES, EXALTATION, FATHER IN HEAVEN, MOTHERS IN ISRAEL, PRE-EXISTENCE.

Implict in the Christian verity that all men are spirit children of an Eternal Father is the usually unspoken truth that they are also the offspring of an Eternal Mother...

This doctrine that there is a Mother in Heaven was affirmed in plainness by the First Presidency of the Church (Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund) when, in speaking of pre-existence and the origin of man, they said that ‘man, as a spirit, was begotten and born of heavenly parents, and reared to maturity in the eternal mansions of the Father.’ “



Articles of Faith p.443 says,

“We are expressly told that God is the Father of spirits, and to apprehend the literalness of this solemn truth we must know that a mother of spirits is an existent personality.”

 

[CoolMom6]

Yeah, I have heard of all that, and I know people who are deep into that stage of it. But, I think if we can reach the younger ones who are not yet totally brainwashed, we can help show them who the REAL Jesus and Father are.

Thanks, Heart...for revealing all this to those who need to see and hear. VERY good.

 

[HeartFullaLove]

Yeah, I have heard of all that, and I know people who are deep into that stage of it. But, I think if we can reach the younger ones who are not yet totally brainwashed, we can help show them who the REAL Jesus and Father are.

Thanks, Heart...for revealing all this to those who need to see and hear. VERY good.

I've seen some who simply go to church there thinking they are conservative Christians and neaver get into those doctrins. Those people are usually trusting Christ for salvation and are saved. They are just ignorant of the true Mormon teaching. It is still dangerous, so I try to awaken those.

 

[bertie]

Has anybody read the EURANTIA BOOK? some of this sounds like it a little,there is a melchezidek priesthood mentioned in it too.Actually the book also gives an account of Jesus early life as well as a blow by blow of christs ministry,

 

[wiggsfly]

It is a disturbing but unsurprising trend in America. They're playing into the media with their marketing and are coming at people in such a way as to catch them off-guard talking about family issues and moral values.

 

[HeartFullaLove]

Has anybody read the EURANTIA BOOK? some of this sounds like it a little,there is a melchezidek priesthood mentioned in it too.Actually the book also gives an account of Jesus early life as well as a blow by blow of christs ministry,

Yeah, I remember Eurantia. It is the drug-induced writings of an aging hippy. It is garbage.

(The URANTIA Book: Written in 1955, this 2,097 page book reflects a 19th century psychically inspired gospel. Allegedly, Earth's true nae is Urantia which is part of the universe of Nebadon (itself part of the larger universe of Orvonton) ruled by a committee. The Nebadon commission of tweleve acting under the direction of Mantutia Melchizedek supposedly delivered portions of the book to earth. Several organizations view the book as scripture. See "New Age," "Ascended Masters," "Spiritualism". )

 

[billwald]

When the Moslems take over American cities the Mormons will start to look like friends.

 

[HeartFullaLove]

When the Moslems take over American cities the Mormons will start to look like friends.

Heck, when the shrapnel flies, anyone shooting the same direction as you are is a friend. That doesn't make them Christians.

 

[Illuminite]

I don't see the danger in Mormons,sorry.

I'm not sure if this is the right place. But what does everyone think about teh rise in Mormonism in America?

 

[night2day]

I don't see the danger in Mormons,sorry.

You may wish to look up what is taught within Mormon doctrines. Just as the the Jehovah's Wittnesses Mormons deny the Trinity: The Triune God Christians worship, making them a non-Christian religion. There is a rise in other non-Christian religions as well: Islam, Buddaism, and Paganism to name a few.

Whether or not physical danger exists is moot. There certainly is a spiritual danger.

 

[billwald]

Mormons use the Bible. God's word does not return void. Trust God.

 

[AnthonyE1778]

Mormonism is definitely rising in the US. It is not rising particularly fast but is indeed one a significant rise. Two well-dressed mormons stopped at my house recently and immediately informed me about the evident rise in Mormonism in the US. I as well as my parents were shocked and baffled, while not quite believing the statements. I then went to the "reliable" internet and got some statistics which supported their viewpoint on the matter. I do not think that it is that big of a deal and that Christians should still witness to the nations like before.

 

[AnthonyE1778]

Mormons use the Bible. God's word does not return void. Trust God.

Mormons use the Bible but interpret it in the wrong way. Jesus is 100% God yet also 100% Man. Mormons reject that concept if I am correct.

 

[HeartFullaLove]

Mormons believe in multiple gods -- just as the Hindus do. They are polytheists. Using the Bible to support such idolatry is even worse than being an idolater without using the Bible. The devil knows Scripture better than most of us and how to distort it.