Another question about Mormons?

It's called bearing your testimony. There was a lady I knew who whenever I asked her how she was doing she'd always say "blessed." No matter what. It seemed strange to me at first that an older woman with failing health could always answer that she felt blessed. It wasn't until I realized what she was really saying (reaffirming her Faith in Christ.) that I got the picture. We are affirming our faith by saying that and also "I know Christ died for me," "I know Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God," and "The Book of Mormon is true."

Once a month, mormons have a slightly different version of their normal sunday service that they call "testimony meeting." Rather than people giving prepared talks, they just open up the podium for people to come up and "bear their testimonies," which (to garner peer approval) almost always include a line similar to "I know the church is true, and the book of mormon is true, and Joseph Smith was a prophet." They don't KNOW those things at all, they believe them...but if you get up and say you "believe" those things, you don't get the hoped-for peer approval. You do if you say you "know" them, even though you don't "know" them at all.

It's such a ridiculous peer-pressure event that even little children who care barely talk are often hauled up to the podium by their parents, made to stand there, and then repeat exactly what their parents whisper in their ears -- training them to be good little false testimony bearers when they're older. When they do so, the audience all nods in agreement, and says how cute they are, and gives them lavish praise for parroting their parents' words so well.

It's really rather sad. And more than a little disturbing.

Peace.

(ex-mormon)

THE Church Of JESUS CHRIST Of Latter Day Saints was not started by some dark ages despot. Mormons did not become Mormons because generations ago, they were forced to at the threat of torture equipment and execution, and every other form of tyrannical mind control methods.

The Russian Orthodox Church, The Greek Orthodox Church, The Anglican Church (England), and so forth and so on... all Christian Churches come from Government monopolies, primarily in Europe.

These monopolies spread across the World, then mutated, becoming the various Christian Churches, over 10,000 at the last counting. And all of them disagree with each other. And the Catholic Church is certainly no exception, and indeed the history of the Catholic Church is quite eye opening for any that would study it.

Suffice it to say that Christianity was hijacked by the emperor Constantine of Rome, hundreds of years after the Apostles had all died, typically by being martyred. Considering that it was the Romans that crucified Jesus Christ, this should surprise no one, that other acts of a dubious nature occurred later under the Roman tyrannical concept of governing.

Mormonism comes from a completely different concept of religiosity. Rather than believe what a terrible despot demands that you believe, who can persuade using torture and threats, and intimidation... why not ask God, who is perfect?

Orthodox Christianity is just a another name for centuries old oppressive mass indoctrination, by Government bureaucrats masquerading as pious religious leaders. Mostly they just did whatever, their blood thirsty government wanted them to do.

Joseph Smith, an innocent country teenager, and a poor farm boy, was given to know by Jesus Christ himself, that it was he, Joseph Smith, that was to build Christ's true Church, two thousand years after the apostles had died.

Because of this, to find Christ's true church, one must seek a testimony. This is different than other Churches who have relied primarily on habit and social indoctrination to retain adherents to their various Christian Denominations... after torture and other forms of intimidation became illegal in modern western democracies.

What you see even today in certain Muslim countries, you saw happening in the past, under the Christian Monopolies in Europe.

So a Testimony to an LDS person is an important thing. And to tell another LDS person about your testimony, is to encourage them, to seek for a testimony of the truth themselves voluntarily, by seeking God, and by living the holy commandments of Jesus Christ.

Love cannot be forced. This is why Mormons love God more than any other people on Earth. And this is why Mormons share their testimony of God (and God is love).

What if an entire group of people stood up to say the sun was bright, one person after another? We tell people we know the church is true because of just that, the church is true. People need to hear that. Why would anyone want to withhold the gospel of Jesus Christ from anyone else?

Errors in Mormon doctrine:

1.God was once a man like us.

2.God has a tangible body of flesh and bone.

3.God lives on a planet near the star Kolob.

4.God ("Heavenly Father") has at least one wife, our "Mother in Heaven," but she is so holy that we are not to discuss her nor pray to her.

5.Jesus was married.

6.We can become like God and rule over our own universe.

7.There are many gods, ruling over their own worlds.

8.Jesus and Satan ("Lucifer") are brothers, and they are our brothers - we are all spirit children of Heavenly Father

9.Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father by having sex with Mary, who was temporarily his wife.

10.We should not pray to Jesus, nor try to feel a personal relationship with him.

11.The "Lord" ("Jehovah") in the Old Testament is the being named Jesus in the New Testament, but different from "God the Father" ("Elohim").

12.In the highest degree of the celestial kingdom some men will have more than one wife.

13.Before coming to this earth we lived as spirits in a "pre-existence", during which we were tested; our position in this life (whether born to Mormons or savages, or in America or Africa) is our reward or punishment for our obedience in that life.

14.Dark skin is a curse from God, the result of our sin, or the sin of our ancestors. If sufficiently righteous, a dark-skinned person will become light-skinned.

15.The Garden of Eden was in Missouri. All humanity before the Great Flood lived in the western hemisphere. The Ark transported Noah and the other survivors to the eastern hemisphere.

16.Not only will human beings be resurrected to eternal life, but also all animals - everything that has ever lived on earth - will be resurrected and dwell in heaven.

17.Christ will not return to earth in any year that has seen a rainbow.

18.Mormons should avoid traveling on water, since Satan rules the waters.

19.The sun receives its light from the star Kolob.

20.If a Gentile becomes Mormon, the Holy Ghost actually purges his Gentile blood and replaces it with Israelite blood.

21.A righteous Mormon will actually see the face of God in the Mormon temple.

22.You can identify a false angel by the color of his hair, or by offering to shake his hand.

23. Native Americans descended from the tribe of Ephraim.

Sharing your testimony is spiritually up-lifting, to believers and those who want to believe. And yes, it also seems to help your own testimony to bear it to others once in a while.

Do I know that the church is true? I do. God bore witness to me of that, thru the Holy Ghost. It's like, do I know my name is Linda? Do I know God lives and Jesus is hte Christ?

Yes, I do.

One of the big surveys found that Mormons are much more likely than most people to think their church is the ONLY true church.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-09-a...

They are also trained that every member is a missionary.

Testifying of truth isnt the same thing as "reminding" oneself.

You can know something is true without proof. The spirit of God can testify to your soul. It sounds very odd but once you have experienced it, you cant deny it.

The Mormon religion (Mormonism), whose followers are known as Mormons and Latter Day Saints (LDS), was founded less than two hundred years ago by a man named Joseph Smith. He claimed to have received a personal visit from God the Father and Jesus Christ who told him that all churches and their creeds were an abomination. Joseph Smith then set out to begin a brand-new religion that claims to be the “only true church on earth.” The problem with Mormonism is that it contradicts, modifies, and expands on the Bible. Christians have no reason to believe that the Bible is not true and adequate. To truly believe in and trust God means to believe in His Word, and all Scripture is inspired by God, which means it comes from Him (2 Timothy 3:16).

Mormons believe that there are in fact four sources of divinely inspired words, not just one: 1) The Bible “as far as it is translated correctly.” Which verses are considered incorrectly translated is not always made clear. 2) The Book of Mormon, which was “translated” by Smith and published in 1830. Smith claimed it is the “most correct book” on earth and that a person can get closer to God by following its precepts “than by any other book.” 3) The Doctrine and Covenants, containing a collection of modern revelations regarding the “Church of Jesus Christ as it has been restored.” 4) The Pearl of the Great Price, which is considered by Mormons to “clarify” doctrines and teachings that were lost from the Bible and adds its own information about the earth's creation.

Mormons believe the following about God: He has not always been the Supreme Being of the universe, but attained that status through righteous living and persistent effort. They believe God the Father has a “body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s.” Though abandoned by modern Mormon leaders, Brigham Young taught that Adam actually was God and the father of Jesus Christ. In contrast, Christians know this about God: there is only one true God (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10; 44:6-8), He always has existed and always will exist (Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 90:2; 1 Timothy 1:17), and He was not created but is the Creator (Genesis 1; Psalm 24:1; Isaiah 37:16). He is perfect, and no one else is equal to Him (Psalm 86:8; Isaiah 40:25). God the Father is not a man, nor was He ever (Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Hosea 11:9). He is Spirit (John 4:24), and Spirit is not made of flesh and bone (Luke 24:39).

Mormons believe that there are different levels or kingdoms in the afterlife: the celestial kingdom, the terrestrial kingdom, the telestial kingdom, and outer darkness. Where mankind will end up depends on what they believe and do in this life. In contrast, the Bible tells us that after death, we go to heaven or hell based on whether or not we had faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. To be absent from our bodies means, as believers, we are with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:6-8). Unbelievers are sent to hell or the place of the dead (Luke 16:22-23). When Jesus comes the second time, we will receive new bodies (1 Corinthians 15:50-54). There will be a new heaven and new earth for believers (Revelation 21:1), and unbelievers will be thrown into an everlasting lake of fire (Revelation 20:11-15). There is no second chance for redemption after death (Hebrews 9:27).

Mormon leaders have taught that Jesus’ incarnation was the result of a physical relationship between God the Father and Mary. Mormons believe Jesus is a god, but that any human can also become a god. Mormonism teaches that salvation can be earned by a combination of faith and good works. Contrary to this, Christians historically have taught that no one can achieve the status of God—only He is holy (1 Samuel 2:2). We can only be made holy in God's sight through faith in Him (1 Corinthians 1:2). Jesus is the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16), is the only one ever to have lived a sinless, blameless life, and now has the highest place of honor in heaven (Hebrews 7:26). Jesus and God are one in essence, Jesus being the only One existing before physical birth (John 1:1-8; 8:56). Jesus gave Himself to us as a sacrifice, God raised Him from the dead, and one day everyone will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:6-11). Jesus tells us it is impossible to get to heaven by our own works and that only by faith in Him is it possible (Matthew 19:26). We all deserve eternal punishment for our sins, but God's infinite love and grace have allowed us a way out. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

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It's a form of brainwashing.