Latter-Day Saints: The Mormon Religion

Those teens that walk around dressed nicely, usually those are mormons. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the "Mormon" church, is a religion derived from Christianity that traces its origins to Joseph Smith. Who founded it in 1830 C.E. Mormons believe just about the same as others, they believe in God and that he lived perfectly. Mormons believe that they must live as perfect as God did. Finally Mormons believed that life was a test and their goal was to return to God in the afterlife.

There are many aspects to God's nature that Mormons could examine to show how perfect God is. According to the Bible, God Is Personal and Incorporeal (Beckwith). God is a personal being who has all the attributes that is expected from a perfect Person, self-consciousness, the ability to reason, know, love, communicate, and so forth (Beckwith). God Is the Creator and Sustainer of Everything Else that Exists (Beckwith). God Is Omnipresent (Beckwith). God Is Immutable and Eternal (Beckwith). God is Necessary and …show more content…
Mormons had to leave the presence of God in order to fulfill their potential, to test themselves using a mortal body they gained by choosing to come to earth (Purpose of Life). God set a plan that he would create an earth where the Mormons would live away from his presence for a time, they would gain a physical body, they would experience both joy and sorrow, and they would make choices that would shape their eternal character (Purpose of Life). The goal of their Earthly test is to return to their God as a more intelligent, more mature, and more compassionate being, basically to be more like him (Purpose of Life). Mormons believed that they needed to be the perfect being like God was in order to get to be with him. Mormon’s Goal is to get with God and to be with him in a