my intro - blech

[tsukikage]

How would you like to become a god? According to Mormon theology, all humans are capable of becoming gods – it is part of our divine heritage as children of God, also known as Heavenly Father. In fact, they believe God was once human, like us. So what is Mormonism? Mormonism is a nickname for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or the LDS Church), which is a Christian denomination that believes in religious texts in addition to the New and Old Testaments, and in revelations from God in all ages. These supposed additional sources of religious knowledge lead to practices and beliefs not held by traditional Christian denominations, but there are large differences even between the theologies of non-Mormon denominations. In addition, there are Christians who believe that there were books that were kept out of the traditional bible, albeit by different means than the Book of Mormon is said to have been kept out of the bible. Above all, the LDS Church proclaims Jesus as the savior of humanity, which is the number one belief that makes a denomination Christian.

I'm gonna submit this and make some ramen now.

Comments

[jupistrahan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm loving this so far.

Personal preference suggestions: Avoid doing anything besides skimming over the Joseph Smith thing. That's always a tough pill to swallow from any POV besides the "I was raised Mormon" kind of way.

I can't wait to see the rest! (feel free to go beyond the 750 word limit!)

Also, let me know if you have any questions about the religion you want answers. Except for the freaky difficult questions that no one but Elders know the answers to, I know the LDS church like the back of my hand. =D I was the good student in Sunday School.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I just may ask you for some help/advice.
But damn do I hate this class. And writing in general. But that's because I suck at writing, which I guess is why I'm taking the class, isn't it? It's a vicious cycle...