This paper is a detailed look at the Mormon religion, beliefs and members.
This paper gives readers a better understanding of the Mormon religion by detailing the history of the religion from its beginnings to today. It describes what a typical church or “temple” service is like and describes any holidays the Mormon people celebrate that correspond with the Christian holidays of other Christian sects.
“In 1820, according to the Mormon faith, Joseph Smith (1806-1844) prayed to God to ask him for a sign that would tell him what church he ought to join. Instead, Jesus Christ and God appeared to the young man and told him he ought to found what the Mormon Church is today. Smith was fourteen at the time, a farmer from the region of western New York known as the “burned-over district” because of its unrelenting religious enthusiasm.”