For most of my life I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was adopted by two loving wonderful parents who were converts to the church, and sealed to them for time and all eternity. I have six siblings that I love dearly. I truly love my family, and care immensely about each member. I have also gone to church for most of my life, I was baptized, I attended young womens, and seminary. I did what I was told, but I never really felt truly converted. I have a fear…
is Mormonism or more formally called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Christianity is one of the oldest and most praticed religions in the world today and when compared, Mormonism is a new born infant. Although Mormonism is growing at a expoential rate and is the fourth largest religion in the Untied States with over fifteen million members, according to the church. With so many viewpoints between the two…
Great Grandma Sunema I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. I know who I have become, and I know God’s plan for me. I have my great grandmother, Sunema Sisifo Letelemaana, to thank. Her conversion story into the Mormon church has made me the person I am today. I have gained many of Sunema’s personality traits such as her musical and athletic talents, I also come off as shy and soft spoken. According to my family, I appear charismatic because when I do speak I have the ability…
The funny thing about attending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints every Sunday is the amount of people who attend. Every Sunday is different, yet my family and I have been sitting on the same bench, in the isolated corner, for the past fourteen years. We have seen people come and go, those who stay but constantly move benches, and have seen the bishop callings change over the years. From the time I drew under the bench to the present, I have met dozens of people who have left because…
television appearances bragging of his plural marriages, including at least one to a 13-year-old girl, Utah launched its first criminal prosecution of polygamy in 50 years. In 2006, Warren Jeffs, then-president of the fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints (FLDS), became the subject of intense media coverage after the FBI placed Jeffs on its Ten Most Wanted List while he was on the run from charges of arranging polygamous marriages involving underage girls. In 2011, “Jeffs [was]…
fastest and newest religions on the world scene today. It had its beginnings in 1820 in the woods of Palmyra, New York when 14-year-old Joseph Smith went out to pray. During this prayer session he was visited by none other the God the Father and Jesus, the son of God, who is Himself recognized by all true Christians as very God Himself; the second person in the Trinitarian godhead. This visit was the conception of what is one of the haughtiest worldviews among religious organizations to date. It…
("The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints", 2013). Mormonism originated in the 1820s, as described by the Church’s website, when Joseph Smith Jr. was confused and frustrated by the various Christian religions and was unable to choose one to follow. He turned to the Bible, which told him to ask God when he lacked wisdom. So he prayed to God, and was visited by the Heavenly Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. According to one of the members of the governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ…
Had the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had fifty Paul James Toscano’s in the past thirty-five years, we might now find the message of Jesus Christ front and center and it would not be lost in administrative legalism or absent altogether. Not as a disclaimer, but as a qualifier, I have known Paul Toscano for over 50 years. He is my friend, in a way that few have friends. No, we have never socialized, to any of my remembrances. In fact, it was over 50 years since we had last seen or…
some point in our lives. Personally, I’ve always been very open to the idea of religion. While I don’t find myself in a church every Sunday, I do like the idea of having something to believe in. The air of mystery that surrounded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the reason I chose it as my listening post. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its followers is almost always painted in a negative light. Media portrays them like a cult; plagued with polygamous…
feature of the Mormon Church, more formally known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that distinguishes it from the many variations of mainstream Christianity is that Mormons believe not only in the Bible but also in another scripture, The Book of Mormon” (Fisher, 2005, pp. 453-454). On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith formally organized the church that became The Church of Latter Day Saints. Considered to be the first prophet in the end-time before the return of Christ, allegedly Smith was…