How long does the Mormon faith say that one day of fasting is?
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Fast Sunday......We eat dinner on Saturday......we do not eat Sunday breakfast or lunch and then end the fast with dinner on Sunday.  So it is almost 24 hours.  Many saints then give the money that would have been used on breakfast and lunch to the church to help feed the less fortunate.
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The Sabbath was part of the Levitical covenant with Israel. If you read about the prophetic feasts, the feast which prophecies the church was to be celebrated the day AFTER the Sabbath. So the church was prophesied to meet on that day. However, I worship all seven days.
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Yes, they do.  However, Mormons will tell you that just because he said it doesn't mean they believe it...which goes against their believing that the words of the prophet/president are the words of God...\n"I know that the Mormon (LDS) church's official stance on ALL races today is that they are to all receive the same blessings according to their faith and diligence."  The key word is "today."  That wasn't the case when the Prophet Brigham Young held the flock under his thumb.  You claim not to pay mind to this because it was well over 100 years ago...The Bible was written 2000 years ago!!!  It only takes a century for the Mormon doctrine to change.  It's been 2000 years for Christianity.  Plus, I've encountered LDS on this site that claim the word of the Prophet to be good enough for them, after all, it really is the word of God.  Why, in the last 150 years had God been so confused?  Does he have Alzheimer's?  For almost two millennium he was solid, then Joseph Smith came along and claimed that God's mind was ever changing.  One cannot trust in a faith that is constantly changing, one that has president's who override past presidents AND the doctrine itself.\n***\nThe LDS keep saying that the remarks sound racist today, but that they didn't back in the 1800's.  His words were the words of God...Was God racist in the 1800's?  Why do you defend him with that answer when all you are really doing is claiming that 100 years ago, God was cool with racism?
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Sure -- I'm an ex-mormon.\nThey call them "temple garments."  They get them the first time they go through the mormon temple, when they learn signs, secret handshakes, and secret phrases that partly server as ritual reminders of the tenets of their faith, and are supposed to serve as signs as tokens they have to know to get into the highest levels of heaven.\nThe garments have "marks" sewn into them in certain places to remind them of the temple rituals -- one mark over the knee to remind them of the phrase, "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus is lord"; one mark over the navel to remind them "man does not live by bread alone"; and one over each breast -- the left one is the "mark of the compass" (remind them to be straight and true), the right one is the "mark of the square". \n\nNot only do the garments serve as reminders of the temple rituals, but mormons also believe they have "protective power" -- officially the church says that you're protected by being a good mormon (which  means you wear your garments all the time), but members distort this into a sort of "magic garments" belief, giving the garments power to protect them from harm.\n\nThe temple rituals are quite similar to masonic rituals, and the reminder garments also derived from similar garments worn both by early masons and traditional jews.\n\nHope that helps :)
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Adam and Eve were told "...this day you will die..." \nSure enough, they did not make it to one of God's days, 1000 years.\nAt the flood, God knocked man down to 120 years.\nSomewhere else (I think in the book of Jasher) God knocks man down to 70 or 75 years, I forget which
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It really depends on where you go as to what kind of experience you're going to get.\n\nI'm Pagan, but I attend church with my Mormon parents-in-law when I visit them in Virginia, but I've never heard a single word uttered about Joseph Smith, and I've heard many about Jesus.\n\nThere are many little differences, but essentially Mormonism and other Christian faiths are the same.\n\nOne difference is that Mormons don't believe in the Trinity - they believe that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate entities instead of three aspects of one entity. And, if you do your research, you'll find that the idea of a Triune god is actually a Pagan ideal - one of many stolen by Christianity in it's earlier years.\n\nThey also have more respect for others' beliefs and their right to have them. They do evangelize during 2-year long missions (which are optional), but they do not push the issue if they are told that someone is not interested (at least, they're not supposed to).\n\nThey believe in three different "layers" of Heaven: Celestial (the best/top), Terrestrial, and Telestial (the bottom/worst). They also believe in Hell, but they believe that Hell is only reserved for those of truly unforgivable evil. Even if you are not Mormon, so long as you have lived a reasonably good life, they believe that you can still go to Heaven, however you cannot reach the Celestial level unless you follow every commandment, are married in the Temple, etc. The Celestial level is where it is believed that God and Jesus themselves reside.\n\nThey are also the only denomination that uses additional scripture in conjunction with the Bible. They do not favor it over the Bible as many believe (not all of them, anyway), but they do have three extra books that they regard as scripture: The Book of Mormon (for which they are nicknamed), Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.\n\nThey also believe in one additional prophet, which no other Christian Church acknowledges: Joseph Smith.\n\nLast, but not least, they believe that as "man was created in God's image," God was once a man Himself, under the rule of another god when He was human. I don't fully understand the conditions, but I know that it is believed that under certain circumstances, you can reach godly status after you die, and are given the power to create and control a planet as God created and controls this one.\n\nTo my understanding, these are the most prominent differences between LDS faith and other Christian faiths.
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okay...  i'm **NOT** a christian, but let's say they're right for the purpose of discussion...\n\nif god made the world in six days and rested on the seventh..  what's a "day" to one who's existed for all time?  his day could be a trillion years to us wee mortals.
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Like already answered... I will merely add the actual words from the LDS cannon of scriptures:\nTHE DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS\n\nSECTION 89\nRevelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, February 27, 1833. HC 1: 327—329. As a consequence of the early brethren using tobacco in their meetings, the Prophet was led to ponder upon the matter; consequently he inquired of the Lord concerning it. This revelation, known as the Word of Wisdom, was the result. The first three verses were originally written as an inspired introduction and description by the Prophet.\n\n1—9, Use of wine, strong drinks, tobacco, and hot drinks proscribed; 10—17, Herbs, fruits, flesh, and grain are ordained for the use of man and of animals; 18—21, Obedience to gospel law, including the Word of Wisdom, brings temporal and spiritual blessings.\n\n1 A WORD OF WISDOM, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion—\n \n2 To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days—\n\n3 Given for a principle with promise, adapted to the capacity of the weak and the weakest of all saints, who are or can be called saints.\n\n4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation—\n\n5 That inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him.\n\n6 And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine of the grape of the vine, of your own make.\n\n7 And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies.\n\n8 And again, tobacco is not for the abody, neither for the belly, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.\n\n9 And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly.\n\n10 And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome herbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man—\n\n11 Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving.\n\n12 Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;\n\n13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.\n\n14 All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;\n\n15 And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger.\n\n16 All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground—\n\n17 Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.\n\n18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;\n\n19 And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures;\n\n20 And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.\n\n21 And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.
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The answer is "daily."  Yahoo! may not want to try to explain it, because if you don't live in the U.S.'s Pacific Time Zone, the "day" can begin at a pretty strange time (like 2 p.m., 9 a.m., etc.).
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I am Muslim, and this religion is very important, and strict. We have to pray five times a day, and women must show nothing but hands and face and we must give and our holiday is called Ramadan, when we fast, and then after that is a four to three day celebration, it's like halloween.
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Does God Require Fasting?\n\nGOD’S Law given through Moses required fasting only on one occasion—on the annual Day of Atonement. The Law commanded that on that day the Israelites were to ‘afflict their souls,’ which is understood to mean that they fasted. (Leviticus 16:29-31; 23:27; Psalm 35:13) However, this fast was not a mere formalism. The observance of the Day of Atonement moved the people of Israel to greater consciousness of their sinfulness and the need for redemption. They fasted on that day also to express sorrow for their sins and repentance before God.\n\nThough this was the only obligatory fast under the Mosaic Law, the Israelites observed fasts on other occasions. (Exodus 34:28; 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Ezra 8:21; Esther 4:3, 16) Included among these were voluntary fasts as a means of displaying repentance. Jehovah urged the erring people of Judah: “Come back to me with all your hearts, and with fasting and with weeping and with wailing.” This was not to be an outward show, for God goes on to say: “Rip apart your hearts, and not your garments.”—Joel 2:12-15.\n\nIn time, many fasted as an outward formalism. Jehovah detested such insincere fasting and therefore asked hypocritical Israelites: “Should the fast that I choose become like this, as a day for earthling man to afflict his soul? For bowing down his head just like a rush, and that he should spread out mere sackcloth and ashes as his couch? Is it this that you call a fast and a day acceptable to Jehovah?” (Isaiah 58:5) Rather than making a showy display of their fasting, these wayward people were asked to produce works befitting repentance.\n\nSome fasts established by the Jews met with God’s disapproval right from the outset. For example, at one time the people of Judah had four annual fasts to commemorate the calamitous events associated with Jerusalem’s siege and desolation in the seventh century B.C.E. (2 Kings 25:1-4, 8, 9, 22-26; Zechariah 8:19) After the Jews were released from captivity in Babylon, Jehovah said through the prophet Zechariah: “When you fasted . . . , and this for seventy years, did you really fast to me, even me?” God did not approve of these fasts because the Jews were fasting and mourning over judgments that had come from Jehovah himself. They were fasting because of the calamity that befell them, not because of their own wrongdoing that led to it. After they were restored to their homeland, it was time for them to rejoice instead of bemoaning the past.—Zechariah 7:5.\n\nIs Fasting for Christians?\n\nEven though Jesus Christ never commanded his disciples to fast, he and his followers fasted on Atonement Day because they were under the Mosaic Law. Additionally, some of his disciples fasted voluntarily on other occasions, since Jesus did not direct them to avoid the practice altogether. (Acts 13:2, 3; 14:23) Yet, they were never to ‘disfigure their faces that they might appear to men to be fasting.’ (Matthew 6:16) Such an external display of piety might bring admiring glances and approving nods from other humans. Nevertheless, God is not pleased with such a showy display.—Matthew 6:17, 18.\n\nJesus also spoke of his followers’ fasting at the time of his death. He was not thereby instituting a ritual fast. Instead, he was indicating a reaction to the deep sorrow they would experience. Once he was resurrected, he would be with them again, and there would no longer be such a reason for them to fast.—Luke 5:34, 35.\n\nThe Mosaic Law ended when “the Christ was offered once for all time to bear the sins of many.” (Hebrews 9:24-28) And with the end of the Law, the command to fast on Atonement Day ended. Thus, the only obligatory fast mentioned in the Bible was removed.\n\nWhat About Lent?\n\nWhat, then, is the basis for Christendom’s practice of fasting during Lent? Both Catholic and Protestant churches recognize Lent, although the manner of observing it differs from church to chu
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Ummm, Mormons believe in Jesus.  They just believe in more than Jesus.
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IT IS A BIBLICAL PRINCIPAL. GEN. 1&2 YOU HAVE SIX DAY OF CREATION AND THE SEVENTH DAY OF REST WOULD BE A WEEK.\nMENTIONED AGAIN IN EX. 20:8-10.
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On Monday I will be fasting, commemorating another Esther who fasted for three days... So I haven't, but she did(and her court attendants, and the Jews in Shushan, I believe.)
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Maybe what you should ask is "Will a Mormon tell me about Mormons"...sure. Lostinlove's friend's situation was unfortunate.  The church does not teach that you can only have *** when you want a kid, believe me.  But they do teach that *** is only to be had within the bonds of marriage. And also Buckhouse_ryan's point of view is interesting...not really correct though sorry.  We do believe Kolob is where God lives.\nI usually hate it when people cut and paste pages and pages but I want you to see our "Thirteen Articles of Faith", these are our basic beliefs.\nJoseph Smith first wrote them in a letter to John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat, in answer to his request to know what members of the Church believed. The letter became known as the Wentworth Letter and was first published in the Times and Seasons in March 1842. On 10 October 1880, the Articles of Faith were formally accepted as scripture by the vote of the members of the Church and were included as part of the Pearl of Great Price. \n\n1 We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.\n\n2 We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.\n\n3 We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.\n\n4 We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.\n\n5 We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.\n\n6 We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.\n\n7 We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.\n\n8 We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.\n\n9 We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.\n\n10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.\n\n11 We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.\n\n12 We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.\n\n13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
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I think the LDS Church (Mormons) will give you one.  They are located on Asoke if I remember correctly.
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Exodus 20:8-11\n\nThe seventh day is the Lord's Day because God rested from all His work on that day and hallowed (made holy) it. As we all know it is Saturday. Some people say we can never know for sure that it is in fact Saturday and that days have changed since creation. You therefore have to search for the truth yourself and not rely on what people tell you. As a start, what I do is try to find out what Saturday translates to in other languages. \nIn Spanish, it is Sábado, from the word sabbath.\nItalian - Sabato\nGreek - Σάββατο\nPortuguese - Sábado\nRussian - Суббота\n\nSo there you have it. The translation of Saturday to other languages resembles Sabbath. However, the Roman church changed it. That is why most people worship on a Sunday and claim that the 1st day the Lord's Day. They also say they worship on the 1st day because Jesus rose on the 1st day. Nothing is wrong with worshiping on the 1st day BUT you must recognise that the 7th day which is the sabbath day is the day of rest, the Lord's Day.\nThere is an organised system now changing the calendars to make Monday the 1st day of the week and Sunday the 7th day. This is because knowledge has increased and more people are recognising the true sabbath. The 1st day is man's day and even if you change the calendar to make it the 7th day it is still man's day. Saturday is the original sabbath given by God. I would rather obey God than man. It is the Lord that determines what His day is. No man can change the Lord's day. God says "I am the Lord your God, I change not". He has not changed his day and it remains the 7th day until the end of time.\nRemember that Satan was cast out of heaven into Earth. He is busy trying to confuse us and one of the mediums he uses is the church and our pastors. That is why there is so much division in the christain society and so many different religions and denominations with each claiming to be the true one. The church of Rome made the change a long time ago during the Dark Ages and the Bible was taken away from everyone. Believers in Christ were persecuted for having a Bible. That is why it is important to seek God for yourself. Keep searching for the truth  with earnest prayer and supplication and you will certainly find it.  Remember my friend that the answers to all your questions are found in God's words. If God did not instruct it do not do it. If man changed it reject it. God is superior to man everytime. All the best and remember that God loves you. Love Him back by obeying His words. Read more at these links:\n\nhttp://www.nisbett.com/sabbath/default.htm\nhttp://www.nisbett.com/sabbath/dearpastor/default.htm\nhttp://www.nisbett.com/sabbath/dearpastor/dearpastor04.htm