Is Keith Van Horn a Latter-day Saint?
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Yes, Keith Van Horn Played for Diamond Bar High School (my hometown in California), then played for Utah in College.  The Church he went to was Jesus of Laterday Saints in Diamond Bar when he lived here.  My hometown does not have a lot of Mormons but enough wealthy ones that everyone knows who the mormons are.
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I agree with flexin4uk.  To ask a Latter Day Saint if their church is the true church is like asking the pope if he's Catholic.  I'm sure many Christians of many different faiths would say their church is the only true church.\n\nYes, I do believe the LDS church is the true church.  I have also spent many hours studying the Bible and Book of Mormon.  I have done much praying to know the truth.  It is one thing to ask a question but you can't really know for sure unless you seek for the truth and sincerely ask God if something is true.  God is the ultimate expert in these matters.  Ask God.  He will help you find what you are looking for.\n\nIn The Book of Mormon, Moroni asks the readers to pray about the Book of Mormon and to ask God if it is true.\n\nMoroni 10:4&5\n   "And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will  manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.\n   And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."\n\nMy definition of a true Christian religion is one that teaches that Christ died for the sins of the world and a religion that teaches the things He taught- such as: "love thy neighbor as thyself" (oops, I didn't mean to write "worlds" the first time so I edited).  My definition of a true Christian is someone who does their best to follow Christ. If someone claims to be Christian but they always say nasty things about people, I tend to see them as someone who follows Satan.  Those people aren't trying to be more Christ-like.  Christ taught us to love one another, not to argue and be mean.\n\nI think other churches have important truths to teach people.  Each church is good in it's own way and the world needs each of them.  I think people find God in their own way and I'm not about to tell anyone that they're bad just because they have different beliefs than I do.  Where ever you decide to worship is up to you.\n\nP.S.  I haven't really tried answering the second part of your questions.  It didn't make much sense to me.  I do, however, believe that God has not abandoned us as human beings.  I hope you can realize that God really does care about each of us, no matter the religion.
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I live in Idaho just north of the Utah border.  There is a town near here called Rexburg that has BYU-Idaho, a mormon college.  There is something about it because most of the guys I know who go there or went there are gay.  Salt Lake City has a pretty healthy gay community also.  They have parades and stuff I've heard.  Just because someone is mormon doesn't mean they can't be gay also!
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A. \nand it's Mormons... yah...
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I am a Mormon and will try and answer your question.\nYou said in your question to use the Holy Bible and not the Book of Mormon by john smith. I assume you mean Joseph Smith Right?.\n\nWhen the Church was restored many things that were lost were also restored see the references from the Holy Bible below.\nI hope this answers your question.The term mormon is slowly giving away to latter day saint.
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I love Mormons. Probably because I am one though. Keep up the good fight! \nFor REAL answers concerning the Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), please visit the following:\n\nhttp://www.mormon.org\nhttp://www.lds.org\nhttp://www.fairlds.org\nhttp://ldsfaq.byu.edu/\n\nThanks, and have a wonderful day!
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Yes, absolutely. Latter-day Saint interest in family history is based on the fundamental doctrines of salvation, agency, and exaltation. It is the plan of God that all persons shall have the opportunity to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and receive its saving ordinances, regardless of when or where they lived on earth. Latter-day Saints do genealogy to identify their ancestors and arrange for their baptism and other temple ordinances to be performed by proxy that is, with a living person standing in for the deceased person. According to the law of agency, the deceased person can choose whether or not to accept the ordinances performed in his or her behalf. Identifying ancestors and performing saving ordinances for them are expressions of love for one's progenitors. The Church's Family History Library in Salt Lake City and its branch family history centers offer the public assistance in family history research and access to important records. Because of the computer programs, microfilms, and collection of records and aids made readily available by the Church, family history research has never been easier. Latter-day Saints are instructed to help redeem the dead by actively engaging in family history work throughout their lives.\n\nabstracted from "Family History, Genealogy," in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 2:492–94. \n\nSource(s):\nhttp://ldsfaq.byu.edu/view.asp?q=268...
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I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I can tell you. Members of the LDS Church (that's the prefered term, though most know us as "Mormons") believe that Joseph Smith, at the age of fourteen, was searching for God's church on the Earth. After looking into so many, he was a bit confused and asked the Bible. He read in the book of James, Chapter 1, verse 5, that: "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." Continuing on in verse 6, it says: "But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering•. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." Reading this, Joseph wanted a quiet place to pray, so he went into  a grove of trees, where he knelt to pray. He asked God to tell him which church was His, which church to join.In the Joseph Smith History, it speaks of this account: "After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed to go, having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled down and began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. I had scarcely done so, when immediately I was seized upon by some power which entirely overcame me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bind my tongue so that I could not speak. Thick darkness gathered around me, and it seemed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destruction.\n\nBut, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction—not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being—just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.\n\nIt no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!\n \nMy object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should join.\n\nI was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all awrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”\n\nHe again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, “Never mind, all is well—I am well enough off.” I then said to my mother, “I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true.” It seems as though the adversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the opposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy?"\n\n\nI hope that ans
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my .ex. brother in law was a mormon. yes he was put in prision over hacving. [wifes] dont let them tell you it isnt yet practed in there church well it is as well church dotorine ref.. packman teleport.com.. mormonnomore.com ..........i am not a mormon but my .ex. brother in law was one ?based on fact
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www.lds.org is a good starting place to learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints\nThe name Mormon actually belongs to a prophet named Mormon who lived about 400 years after the time of Christ. He was responsible for compiling a record of the Nephites and Lamanites - people who lived in the Americas anciently and who originally came out from Jerusalem around 600 B.C. just after the era of Isaiah and Jeremiah in the Bible. The Book of Mormon has an interesting mission - it testifies of Jesus Christ AND supports the Bible as well. We believe in a living prophet today - just as in the time of the Bible, and we also have 12 Apostles who have had a special witness of Jesus Christ. I have met a few of them, and when you look into their eyes you know that they know that Jesus Christ is alive and very much involved with the past, present, and future of the children of God. \nBy the way, you may get a few anti-Mormon answers by asking this question. Believe me, I've heard just about everything and I promise you there is an answer for anything brought up. Have a happy day.
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Mormon heresy? OK c'mon now trask, y'know you'll full of it! someone, especially Mormon missionaries, listening to you?\nmy advise, avoid the queen of hearts\n(i.e. brainwashing=bad mojo man)
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If you lie down with dogs, you rise up with fleas?  The Bible says that God does not cast his pearls before swine, meaning that you must prove yourself worthy before knowing some divine information the Church shares with you.  That might be the Book of Mormon, I'm not sure.  I'm not very brushed up on it.  My boyfriend's family is mormon, so I hear about it.  Believe me....I hear about it.
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Nope.  Mormonism is a religion for dirty minded old men.\nWomen are its primary victim.
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I would not doubt it. He was pastor of a Charismatic church. They get big bucks. Think of Benny Hinn, Paul and Jan Crouch, Kenneth Copeland, Keneth Hagan, and so on.
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Please read. \n\nI am a convert to the Church, having joined my senior year of high school. It has now been 16 years of blessing after blessing from the Lord for that decision. During all of those 16 years, I have read and re-read the Book of Mormon countless times as well as the other standard works and tried to live by their teachings. My testimony of the Book of Mormon is that it is God's word and work and it is true. You still get that burning in your bosom because despite what any critic says because the Church is true!\n\nAs far as the anti-mormon claims on this site, I agree that we should study and investigate OUR FAITH, not someone's mis-interpretation of our faith. Studying anti-mormon literature is hardly worth the effort and its sole purpose is to create doubt and lead people away from Christ. Many such sites simply isolate, twist doctrines or blatantly lie about the church. A great site for explanations to many such claims can be found at: http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/\n\nYou must remember, however, that the witness from the Holy Ghost is infinitely more valuable then any proof that man can provide. \n\nHaving said all of that, I will address some of the criticisms of the website to help you see that they are not as substantial as they appear. Nor could the Bible stand up to many of the same standards that they use to measure the Book of Mormon and the church.\n\nThere were no figs in America yet the Book of Mormon mentions figs (3 Ne 14:16). This is actually a great piece of evidence in favor of the historicity of the book of Mormon.  Since the Nephites came from Jerusalem, where they have figs, it would make perfect sense that they talk about them. The website does not mention Jacob 5 which talks about olives. The Nephites did not have olives, nor could Joseph Smith have had the knowledge he did to discuss, in accurate verifiable detail, how to care for and graft olive trees. Why mention only the things that they think will cause doubt?\n\nSince the site mentions breatplates, I will touch upon this briefly. I showed a film to my Spanish class today on the ancient Mayan civilizations. One of the first things that they discussed was how the Maya people, until recently, were seen as a peaceful people (one of archaeology’s errors). Evidence has been found of massive warfare. Cities with bunkers of dirt have been located and described as far back as Cortez himself (all of which support the Book of Mormon). The host of the video then shows a Maya carving of a warrior and points out, none other than, his breastplate. Much of the information on your anti-mormon site has long since been repudiated by current archaeologists.  \n\nThe witnesses are another good example. This website claims that the Book of Mormon is false because they apostatized from the church and may or may not have had other problems (I do not see isolated quotes, taken out of context from an anti-Mormon site as reliable). \n\nIs the Bible then also false because some of its prophets and leaders were unfaithful? The prophet Balaam disobeyed God and compromised the ancient Israelites and was killed.  Aaron allowed the Israelites to build a golden calf and worship it. Paul persecuted the Christians. Jonah failed to preach to the people of Nineveh. Peter denied Christ three times. Thomas didn't believe Christ could resurrect, even when Christ was standing right in front of him. Judas betrayed the Savior. All of these offenses seem much more serious than those of the Three Witnesses, yet we unquestioningly accept the bible. Christ was perfect, no one else. This is no reason to discredit the Book of Mormon. \n\nThis site claims that the lack of archaeological evidence as a reason to discredit the Book of Mormon. This only shows their lack of knowledge about archaeology in the ancient Americas. It is in an embryonic state when compared with the amount of time that similar research has been conducted in biblical lands. Only a very small pe
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WEIRD...\n\n\nChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The, Joseph Smith, Salt Lake City, UT: (Latter-day Saints, LDS, Mormonism) Main body of Mormonism; recognizes Brigham Young as Smith’s successor. Smith claimed that the Father and Son appeared to him and called him to restore the true Church. LDS Church teaches that God the Father was once a man and was exalted to Godhood. God (and his heavenly Wife) begat billions of spirit children, the firstborn of whom was Jesus. Lucifer was the leader of God’s rebellious spirit children. Those spirits who did not rebel become human beings in order to begin process potentially leading to exaltation to Godhood. Jesus, however, became a God while only a spirit. He organized our world and is Jehovah, the God of Israel. He is a separate and subordinate God to Elohim, the Father. A distinction is made between the Holy Ghost, who is a personage of Spirit, and the Holy Spirit. The latter is a divine energy, force, or spiritual essence that fills the universe and is used by all three members of the Godhead in the exercise and accomplishment of their will. The Church rejects the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. It also redefines salvation by grace to refer simply to resurrection. Almost all humans will be resurrected into one of three kingdoms of glory, the least of which is far superior to anything known in this life. Entry into the higher kingdoms, and one’s rank there, depends not only upon the atonement of Christ, but also upon one’s good works. Achievement of the highest potential within the highest kingdom—Godhood—requires complete “obedience to all the laws and ordinances of the gospel.” The Bible, Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, and Doctrine and Covenants are all considered scripture.
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I have never heard this before, and I have studied a lot on the religion.  Because they are so secrative rumors like this start.  However, there are so many wrong teachings of the mormons that there is no need to make stuff up about them!\n\nMormonism teaches:\n\nThat there is more than one God.\nThat God the Father is really just an exalted man with flesh and bones just like you and me.\nThat we also can become gods.\nThat the apostle John is still alive today, but yet believe that the church went into complete apostacy (meaning John must have left Jesus, too).\nThat Adam and Eve didn't really sin.\nThat salvation is earned and that grace is nothing more than "enabling power" that aids people as they seek perfection.\nTeaches that the Father actually had sex with Mary and that she was not a virgin.\n\nI have been told that the last one is not widely believed by the Mormon church, and is not an "official" church doctrine.  I know that Doctrines of Salvation vol. 1:18 says that Jesus was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.  I do not know if that is one of their "official" sources of doctrine.  I know this does, however, contradict both Matthew 1:18, and even the Book of Mormon (Alma 7:10).  \n\nMormonism IS a cult, IS a perversion of the gospel of Christ, and IS NOT the "true church" as they claim.