Religions of the World
October 5, 2007
HUM 130
Momons have a divine mission in life and in their Heavenly Father’s plan. They believe they came to earth to receive a body and to gain knowledge and experience to help them become more like their Heavenly Father. Specifically, He wants you to learn to control your body, to choose right over wrong, and to walk by faith in Jesus Christ. Knowing that you could not progress continually if you remained in the pre-mortal world, Heavenly Father sent us to Earth, much as a parent sends a child to school.
Some lessons Mormons must learn here in this life include how to:
Be humble, obedient, and kind.
Love and serve Him and His children.
Devote your life to doing good.
Overcome the appetites of the flesh and follow the promptings of the spirit.
You make many choices every day. Whatever you choose, good or bad, you also choose, knowingly or not, the consequences of your choices. Lasting happiness and progression comes from choosing to do what God wants you to do.
The reason that I chose to write a paper on this certain religion is because I keep hearing about Mormons, plus there is a Mormon presidential candidate. I was curious to learn more about their beliefs and what exactly it is that they believe in, and to find out what all the fuss about Mormons was really all about.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was founded in the early 1800's by a boy named Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith lived in a little town in New York called Palmyra.
The story goes that when he was just about 15 years old in the year 1820 there was a big religious movement and his mother and father were of different religions. Joseph Smith, being the younge ...