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Yes indeed! We believe in the Book of Mormon, which is the account of the Indians in Central America when Jesus appeared to him after his Resurrection. He basically did the same things there as in the Bible, but the Book of Mormon kind of ties everything together and answers questions that rose from the Bible.

Basically: there are many, many, many churches based on the Bible because the Bible can be interpreted many different ways. The Book of Mormon clarifies things the Bible says, though, so there is only one church that can possibly come from that. Only one interpretation. It makes it all much clearer.

haha actually I’ve seen parts of that musical! I was a little confused about what was offensive about it. We make movies making fun of OURSELVES and we’re much better at it haha

There was one song called “I Believe” and I was like “..I don’t even get what’s funny or offensive? Why is believe that Jews built boats and crossed the ocean any weirder than believing Noah or Christopher Columbus’s stories?”

I think it really depends on the person. Utah Mormons are proooobably offended (up there it seems you either have to A) be a very uptight, close minded Mormon or B) be a very disobedient one), but I wouldn’t worry about them. No one likes Utah Mormons haha
I personally am hard to offend. Acutally there was a whole talk in one of our recent church-wide conferences that told us that you CHOOSE to get offended and you should CHOOSE not to, so I guess that is just something many people don’t understand or remember.

I watch Family Guy haha so I guess I’m just not the type of person that finds such things offensive.

I do like Mitt Romney, but not because he’s Mormon. I actually wish he WASN’T Mormon because I know some idiots will vote for him purely because he’s Mormon and nothing bothers me worse than that. People should vote after being INFORMED, not just because they share a religion. I don’t like Huntsman. Oh and I would probably like Gingrich better if I felt like he was strong and confident enough to win.

We don’t believe he crossed the Atlantic, sorry if I confused you with that part. That’s a different part of the Book of Mormon where the Brother of Jared receives counsel from God to make ships. They are those who became the Indians.

I don’t know how much of the faith others see as symbolic. I know that much of it is, but much of it is also literal. It’s up to each person to study and determine that for themselves. I have a friend who views all religion as symbolic and I agree with him on many points, but I believe that there are many literal things in the scriptures, too.

I do know, though, that we believe Jesus physically appeared to the Indians (whom we know as Nephites and Lamanites). Here’s a representation of it: http://www.oneil.com.au/lds/pictures/…

Also here’s a video of pictures explaining what happened at that time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yioom_…

Mr_Grit wrote:
Thank you Mrs. Pianoman. I don’t share your view. I appreciate it, however. Thank you for sharing. Now I know a little more.

Thank you for being so respectful :) I appreciate it

Daft Puck wrote:
I’m going to try to ask this as respectfully as possible.

I’ve heard that people of Mormon faith wear “special” underwear. Is there any truth to that? If so, what purpose does it serve?

Yes, after we go through the temple we receive Garments. I don’t know the details as I have not been through the temple yet, but I know that they serve as a reminder of our Covenants with God that we make inside the temple.

There are certain times you can take them off (swimming, sports, sex, I think there are more but can’t think of them), but otherwise we are supposed to wear them day and night. That way they are always there and you can never forget who you are and what Covenants you have promised to honor.

They also have sleeves and go to the knees so you can’t wear them without being modest, which we find to be of extreme importance. We believe our bodies are temples and we are just borrowing them from God, so we are to treat them and the most important power we have (making life) with respect and dignity and always recognize how sacred they are.

Thanks for asking! I’m actually finding this quite enjoyable thanks to how respectful you guys are being. :)

My friend just put up a profile on the website and I thought it was interesting because it addressed one of your questions about the play! It’s in the “How I Live My Faith” section. Feel free to read the rest, though, Kayela has a unique mind and I love to hear what she thinks!
http://mormon.org/me/19PB/

Well I will see if I can answer it simply, but bear with me because that’s a loaded question!

This diagram will help you understand what I’m saying http://rogerdhansen.files.wordpress.c…

We believe that after life, we go to a temporary Spirit Heaven or Spirit Prison until Christ Comes again and we are resurrected into our bodies. In the Spirit World, even right now, people are being taught about Christ. Everyone who didn’t get to learn about Him will be/is being taught about Him. In the Spirit World, everyone gets the choice to come unto Christ once they have been taught about Him, then we go on to the resurrection and final judgement.

After the final judgement, where we will be judged by our actions but mostly by the desires of our hearts, we will be assigned to a Kingdom. The Celestial Kingdom is the highest glory, where we can dwell with Heavenly Father himself as well as Jesus and the Holy Ghost. You get there by following the commandments, accepting Christ and his Atonement, and fulfilling the ordinances necessary to enter in there (baptism, marriage in the temple, and other temple ordinances…if you died without them, those that are still on earth can be baptized/married/receive other ordinances for you in your name and you can choose to accept those proxy ordinances) These are the most righteous of people and they are all happy and feel comfortable among each other.

In the Terrestrial Kingdom, the second highest glory, there are those who are good people and lived good lives but who didn’t accept Christ’s gospel. They live with the presence of Jesus but not the Father. They are comfortable where they are, though, as all people would be. (someone who’s not very religious isn’t as comfortable around people who are uber religious, but instead tend to like others like them, right? Everyone will be comfortable where they are.)

The Telestial Kingdom, the lowest kingdom, is where the “bad” people go. People who lived dishonest, selfish lives. They live in the presence of the Holy Ghost, but not the Father or the Son. Again, though, everyone is where they feel most comfortable. These people wouldn’t want to be around the good people and wouldn’t want to be around Jesus or Heavenly Father.

There is also a place called Outer Darkness, which is the place most people would assume to be Hell. Heavenly Father’s plan is all about us getting to choose, so for those who choose not to be saved and in His presence, this is where they go. I will admit that I know little about Outer Darkness because I never intend to go there and I know that few will. The way it’s been explained to me is that the only people who go there are those who know God…as in they’ve SEEN Him and they know without a doubt he exists and they deny Him. They are those who know God exists but don’t want anything to do with Him, so they go to Outer Darkness, where His presence isn’t felt.

I hope that I was able to explain that well for you. It’s a lot to explain online, but if any of it confused you, feel free to ask!

The main thing I want you to take away from this is that we believe that everyone has many, many chances to accept Jesus and His gospel. We are blessed with the gift of agency, though, and will never be forced into a place where we don’t want to be, so we will then be put where we feel we belong. We will spend eternity with people who believe and feel as we do! There can be no better plan, I think!

Oh, and Celestial inhabitants can visit Terrestrial and Terrestrial can visit Telestial.

Any time! There’s no greater joy for me than explaining Christ’s gospel. :)

haha well actually this post started out as me saying I hate those commercials! The point of them is to just kinda show people that we’re normal people because there are a lot of misconceptions about us…I’ve been asked if I have horns and if we sacrifice people in our temples!

The intent of the commercials is good, but I think that they’re just kinda awkward. Like we’re trying to sell our church or something! But, you know, whatevs. Apparently it is working a little bit, though it is also annoying some people haha

Thanks! I like my avatar too haha

haha well they did their job just now! Got you to talk to a Mormon about our religion ;)

I feel totally okay about that! Men are given the Priesthood..that’s their duty. Women are given the ability to bear children and that’s our responsibility! Now don’t be thinking I’m all about the woman being submissive and all she’s good for is having babies…I intend to work danggit! But I do believe that being a mother is the most important thing I could ever do. I don’t know why people can possibly act like being a mother is settling for something less than what they could do! There is no more wonderful thing in this world than to raise a kid.

As far as only men having the priesthood…they need it! I love men even more than women (women are too dramatic for me haha), but I can’t deny that it seems easier for women to be spiritual and such. The priesthood helps men to serve others and to feel that closeness to Heavenly Father that doesn’t come as naturally to them.

I’m very traditional, I suppose. I WANT my man to make decisions and to be the head of the family. He and I will be equal partners, but he will represent the two of us as the head of my family. Same goes for church.

None of our leadership is hierarchical. Men are our leaders, but every time someone is called to a position in our church, we are all asked to sustain and show support for that person. If we have a problem with them being in that position, we can let the leaders know and they can decide if our concern is something that they should keep that person out of that position for.

No one in our church is in a leadership position for power. That’s not what it’s about at all. I think that people who tend to be insulted by it being only men are people who view it as a position of power…which it’s not.

We choose what we are offended by..so if a woman is offended that men are in charge, either she needs to humble herself or she is in the wrong religion. Obviously I believe the humbling herself option is the right one, but the most wonderful thing about God’s plan for us the is ability to choose for ourselves what we want and how we are, so no one’s gonna force her to stay.

Child bearing is an extremely personal thing and it is between you, your spouse, and God. ONLY you three can decide what’s right.
Personally, I plan to wait at least a couple of years after I’m married to have kids but I would consider never having children selfish on my part.

As far as not being able to have kids, no one will ever judge that person for that! We also wouldn’t judge them for not adopting. Perhaps the reason that person is unable to have kids is because they have other things they need to do in life, we don’t know! We would never dream of condemning a person who simply aren’t able to have kids.

Oh I see! Yeah most people who can’t conceive that I know of have tried to adopt or foster kids, but some of them just dedicate their lives to other things. It’s up to every person to decide what they’re to do with their lives, hopefully with the guidance of Heavenly Father.