AboutHannah Expertise I can answer questions concerning standard doctrines, scriptures, curiousities, Mormon culture and society. I will not respond to debates. I'm sorry, but there are some things that I simply will not answer, not because I don't want to, but there are some things that the LDS people do not discuss casually--it's only talked about within the temple. Though I am a member, I do not believe that anyone could convert anyone to a religion over something as impersonal as the internet. So I won't even try to.
Experience I have been a member of the LDS church for 8 years. Though I'm still a young person, I can answer most things about the church.
Just trying to get a feel for what Mormans believe about the two.
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Question -
I could think of a good subject, so Switang!
What is your relationship to Joseph Smith Jr.?
What is your relationship to Jesus?
What does Smith say about Jesus?
Answer -
Well, you're not being serious, you're just asking away.
But anyways:
I'm not related to Joseph Smith, Jr. (At least not traceably). My father is a convert to the Church, and my mother is from the Knight family. That's as far back as that line goes in the church.
I haven't traced my line to Jesus. Other than the fact that he's my spirit brother, I don't know.
Smith says Jesus is our savior. What more is there to say. He's an embodiment of glory, and everything good in the world.
Answer I see what you mean. Thank you for clearing up the misunderstanding. I was probably being rude to you, responding the way I did. Sorry.
Well, Joseph Smith is a prophet. He's just like Abraham, Moses or Jeremiah in somewhat like Miriam and Deborah. Just a latter-day one. There have been fifteen latter-day prophets, including him. They are prophets, seers, and revelators. The difference between him and Miriam and Deborah, are that they were prophets (or in their cases prophetesses), in the fact that the Lord used them as mouthpieces. However, they were not the head of God's chosen people at the time. Smith was a mouthpiece and the head of the church.
Christ is our elder brother (spiritually), and our Christ and Savior. Without Christ's atonement and resurrection, we'd be (like it or not), in Hell (or we commonly refer to it: "Outer Darkness"). He suffered eternal consequences for our sins.
