A generally misunderstood religion. Mormon is just a nickname for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Followers are called Latter Day Saints or Mormons.
Heaven: there are three degrees of Heaven:
highest: Celestial- this is where God the Father and Jesus Christ reside. in order to be allowed into the Celestial Kingdom, you must accept Jesus Christ as the redeemer of the world, accept what Jesus taught, and try to be your best in life. mormons do believe in the idea that if you do your best, god/jesus will do the rest
Middle- Terestial- well, not as good as celestial, better than Terestial. This is the average joe area.
Low - Telestial - This is where murderers, rapists, and those who commit suicide and other forms of murder go.
---- all the kingdoms are beautiful beyond belief - it is said that a person would commit suicide to just get into the Telestial kingdom, so just try to imagine what the Terestial and Celestial Kingdoms would be like!
the equivalent of hell is Outer Darkness. if a person regrets a sins or something he did, and he goes through the steps to forgive himself and ask forgiveness to anyone that it hurt in the process, and asks god for forgiveness and help to overcome it, god will forgive it. the only thing god will not forgive is denying christ, go... |
