Hi,
Any Mormons here? Or do any of you know much about them?
The reason I ask is this religion is one I know little aboutand usually wouldn't be interested in knowing more, however as someone who believes all religions and their followers should have respect it would be good to speak to those who know about it, especially from an unbiased view point.
I hate to admit it but Mormons religion is one of which I feel naturally suspicious of and the outward appearence is odd, but, people feel like that about Christian science, Jehovah's witness and Islam and of course it isn't usually right.
So, today to be open minded I would like to know more!
I live in West Sussex and they have a huge place near East Grinstead, they have a Mormon temple and loads of buildings which are actually really pretty old buildings and huge grounds, anyone seen it?
RE: Mormons
hi Hal,
I don't know much about Mormons, but Donny Osmond's son once turned up on my doorstep! He was trying to persuade me to attend a Mormon meeting in Staines..!
I declined.
Love,
Patsy.
😀
RE: Mormons
Hi Hal,
I know little either. But a good friend was converted 25 years ago - he was going through a bad patch (had left the JWs in fact just months before!) and the Mormons turned up on his doorstep. I just never had the interest to discuss it with him. Whereas the JWs are very 'pushy', Mormons seem to keep a lot to themselves.
They do have a fascinating origin: Joseph Smith and the entire Book Of Mormon turning up from an angel in gold leaf or something like that. And they founded basically the entire state of Utah.
In his first Mormon year, I did get their Book from my friend for Christmas! Found it pretty unreadable, but I do recall that to them God, as I recall anyway, is PHYSICAL, in a body, and lives on another world.
Wierd or what?
Venetian
RE: Mormons
hi hal,
i use to converse regularly with someone from SLC, (where else!)...
i do know they prefer to be referred to as LDS (latter day saints). my dad lives in forest row so i go past the temple regularly on visits to him and you can see it quite clearly on the descent into gatwick! every now and then they have open days so the curious and (nosey!) can go have a look. i missed out last time but i wouldnt mind at some point.
on the inter faith forum where i knew this lady, it was often hard to pin down some aspects of the religion from her. i have to say that there were a couple of forum members (non *godly*, for want of a better term and many times harsh) who would badger her on the non caffeine, alcohol, sex bit and she would never be specific.
she would never really go into details of becoming gods in the next life... hmmm actually is that LDS? i think so, or certainly they go to heaven. (or maybe another world as V says).
i do know they are into genealogy and the LDS website is a great place to start. interestingly though, (and generally speaking) they trace themselves back to adam and eve.
now at this point, i will apologise to anyone i may have offended with what i have written. i just am saying my impressions and i am probably not accurate.
:o)
RE: Mormons
I too apologise as does Rosie, in my use of the word 'wierd'. Just my 'take' if my recollection is right that they think God is in a physical body.
On the other hand I have a few Mormon acqaintances, and boy are they upright and law-abiding. If you 'join' to a certain depth then all Mormons are sent off for two years of full-time evangelism. It seems that they are deliberately sent far from their homes which may be understandable but could be seen as manipulation. However the friend I mentioned before, who'd been a hippie, was sent to Alaska for 2 years and really enjoyed being there.
To be honest, I somehow avoid asking the people I know in this church about it, and they don't volunteer information. Another friend was in the middle of his 2 years of evangelism when he found the spiritual Path that *I* tread ... and I had to send him letters to a secret address - he was really paranoid about the community he was in finding out that he was 'looking' elsewhere. However so much for the hearsay which is all this amounts to.
Maybe take a look at the Book of Mormon?
V