Meet the Mormons

A in-depth study on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Why Mormon's don’t think their a cult…

• It's funny, I used to call the Mormon Church a cult too. I just didn't understand it. Mormonism isn't weird or strange. Its members don't perform satanic rituals or brainwash teenage boys into walking around from door to door in suits and name tags (nor is anyone forced to everyone who chooses to serve a mission does so out of their own free will and choice).

• I used to call Mormonism a cult because it seemed foreign and unfamiliar, which I deemed scary. The same thing happened to Jesus' first followers as well: they were accused of cult worship too! Others who understood little of what Mormons truly believe told me lies about so-called "practices" in the church which, in reality, were just made-up stories and falsehoods intended to give the church a bad name.

• When it comes down to it, a lot of people just don't understand this church, and lies about it spread like wildfire. Mormons believe that Jesus is the Christ. He is the Savior and the Redeemer of the world, plain and simple.

• Is that so weird or cultish? Today, there are close to fourteen million members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide, and more live outside of the United States than inside. That doesn't seem very cult-like to me! ~answered by Elizabeth

Its Founding/Founder• The LDS church had humble beginning which starts

with the 14 year old boy at the time Joseph Smith Jr.• “So great were the confusion and strife among the

different denominations, that it was impossible for a person young as I was [ … ] to come to any certain conclusion who was right and who was wrong [ … ] I often said to myself: What is to be done? Who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together?

• Then Joseph read the bible…“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5).

• This verse deeply impressed him. He decided to pray about what he should do, with simple faith that God would hear and answer him.

Mormonism in culture today

Mitt Romney, running as a republican for the 2012 presidential race is currently the most

recognized Mormon in American politics. Because of his faith he is often seen as a Christian, but is Christian really the right

word?

Sources of Authority• The Bible• The Book of Mormon• Doctrine and

Covenants• Pearl of Great Price

A Restored Priesthood

A Living Prophet

World-wide relief efforts

Mormonism and the cultsCharacteristics of the Mormons Characteristics of the Cults

Mormon Evangelism

Old School Mormons

Jack Mormons

Mainstream LDS

Christian Misconceptions