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User talk:Rickety

2007-05-14T21:00:23Z

Rickety: Thank you.

==Welcome!==

Hi Rick, and welcome to WikiChristian! If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know. God bless! -- [[User:P.B. Pilhet|P.B. Pilhet]] / [[User talk:P.B. Pilhet|Talk]] 09:16, 10 May 2007 (EST)

Hi Rick. Thanks for the spelling corrections in the Mormonism articles. Keep us on our toes and make sure we don't give false facts about Mormonism. At WikiChristian, we consider Mormonism to be an independent religion, in much the same way I imagine Mormons consider Mormonism to be independent and different from Protestant / Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. If you like, you can write an opinion article from a Mormon perspective - in much the same way that G. Grove has written an opinion article. --[[User:Muser|Muser]] 02:13, 14 May 2007 (EST)

Thank you for the welcome and the invitation to write an opinion article. [[User:Rickety|Rickety]] 16:00, 14 May 2007 (EST)

Mormonism (G.G.)

2007-05-10T11:33:54Z

Rickety: Corrected spelling

{{opinionarticle}}

''By [[Graham Llewellyn Grove]]''

I had two young Mormon men knock on my door the other day. I realised that I didn't know much about Mormonism so I invited them in and listened to what they had to say. I've done a little research on the topic, and I've written about my understanding of the formation of the Mormonism and some of its doctrine taught over the last century. If I've made any factual errors let me know. If you don't like my slant, then feel free to write another opinion article on the topic. [[Graham Llewellyn Grove|G. G.]]

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The founder of the Mormon religion was Joseph Smith. He was born in 1805 and grew up in New York state. He claimed that at age 14, after reading [[James]] 1: 5, that [[God]] and [[Jesus]] came to him in a [[vision]]. He asked them which church was the [[true Church]]. God replied that all existing religions had been corrupted from Jesus Christ's teaching.

Smith claimed he was later visited by [[Moroni]]. He said that Moroni was the last in a long line of prophets who was now a [[resurrected]] being ([[angel]]). Moroni's father was, according to Smith, a prophet named Mormon]] who compiled the story of the ancient Americans, the Nephites and Lamanites. Smith claimed Smith that Moroni gave him the plates of Mormon and he translated these into the [[book of Mormon]]. He called the book “Another testament of Jesus Christ”. It tells the story of Lehi and his family and followers who lived in Ancient Jerusalem (600 BC). They build a boat and traveled to America. Some generations later the resurrected Jesus appears to the Americans after leaving Jerusalem and preached the [[gospel]] to them, but over time this got forgotten by the American people.

Smith’s ideas weren’t popular and he suffered persecution and moved to Illinois. Here he was also unpopular and was arrested (charged with destroying a local printing press). A mob broke into the jail and murdered him. After this, the church split into two groups

* One led by his widow, now known as the [[Reorganized Church of the Latter Day Saints]]
* The other led by [[Brigham Young]] and are known as [[The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints]]. They went to Utah and founded Salt Lake City

Some of the teaching of The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints includes

* "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly. . .“
* The book of Mormon is more correct than the Bible
* The true gospel was lost from the earth. Mormonism is its restoration
* "We accept Christ's atonement by repenting of our sins, being baptized, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and obeying all of the commandments"
* Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers and we were all born as siblings in heaven to them both
* God used to be a man on another planet
* God had sexual relations with Mary to make the body of Jesus
* After you become a good Mormon, you have the potential of becoming a god, “Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them”
( There are many gods – “And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light: and there was light”
* God is married to his goddess wife and has spirit children
* The trinity is three separate Gods
* There are three levels of heaven: telestial, terrestrial, and celestial
* Jesus' sacrifice was not able to cleanse us from all our sins (murder and repeated adultery are exceptions)
* If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation
* We were first begotten as spirit children in heaven and then born naturally on earth
* We need prophets today, the same as in the Old Testament
* "One of the most fallacious doctrines originated by Satan and propounded by man is that man is saved alone by the grace of God; that belief in Jesus Christ alone is all that is needed for salvation."
* (The Church of Latter Day Saints now prohibits polygamy however once it encouraged it)

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Mormonism

2007-05-10T11:26:37Z

Rickety: Added link to MormonWiki.com

{{summary | text=Mormonism is a [[religion]] and subculture originating in the early 1800s as a product of the teaching of [[Joseph Smith]] and the Latter Day Saint movement. The term Mormonism is also often used to refer specifically to [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], which is by far the most numerous and well-known sects claiming derivation from Joseph Smith. Mormons believe that the original teaching of [[Jesus Christ]] was lost after his death and that Christ's teaching and church was restored by Joseph Smith and his followers. It has an uneasy relationships with mainstream Christianity.}}

[[Image:Salt_lake_temple.jpeg|thumb|The temple at [[Salt Lake City]].]]

{{overview}}

{{topics}}
* [[History of Mormonism]] | [[Joseph Smith]]
* [[Divisions of Mormonism]] - [[The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints]] | [[Community of Christ]] | [[Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)|Bickertonite]] | [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)|Strangite]] | [[Church of Christ (Temple Lot)|Temple Lot]] | [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] | [[Church of Christ with the Elijah Message|Elijah Message]]
* [[Mormon Beliefs]] | [[Book of Mormon]] | [[Mormonism: Polygamy|Polygamy]] | [[Mormonism: God|God]]
* [[Mormonism Today]]

{{opinions}}
* [[Joseph Smith and Mormon doctrine (G.G.)]]

{{quotes}}

{{links}}
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement Wikipedia - Latter Day Saint movement]
* [http://www.lds.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]
* [http://www.carm.org/mormon.htm Information about Mormonism at www.carm.org]
* [http://www.mormonwiki.com/mormonism/Main_Page Free encyclopedia about Mormons from the perspective of faithful members]
* [http://www.mormonwiki.org Mormonwiki.org An Evangelical wiki directed at dealing and exposing Mormon theology]

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User:Rickety

2007-05-10T11:00:00Z

Rickety: About me.

I was [http://www.mormontestimonies.org/Rick_Willoughby baptized a Mormon] at age 21. I emigrated from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe Crewe] in 1980 at age 28 to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah Utah], marrying in the [http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?ogden Ogden Temple] a lady from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_City Brigham City]. We have 5 children. One of my sons is serving a [http://ldsconvert.com/cgi-bin/ldsweb.cgi?page=t2sons#Latest mission in Mexico].

My name is Richard; however my friends call me Rick. I am “old”, hence the User name ''Rickety''.