Mitt Romney

Feb. 18, 2007

This week saw Mitt Romney throw his hat into the race for the Republican nomination for 2008. It will be interesting to see how Romney will discuss his religion in his campaign. Many Americans are not familiar with Romney, but many will soon realize that Romney is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (also known as being a Mormon). Being a Mormon myself I would like to help to answer any questions with regards to Mormons and our beliefs.

The word Mormon comes from The Book of Mormon, Another Testiment of Jesus Christ. The Book of Mormon was written by prophets that lived on the American Continent from 600 B.C. to around 421 A.D. These prophets would write the dealing of their people as well as many scriptures concerned with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the final prophets of the Book of Mormon was named Mormon. This prophet compiled the many writing into one single volumne now known as the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is similar to the Bible, but many people do not believe this. The Bible was written by prophets in the old world (Moses, Abraham, Adam, Daniel, John etc..,) that spoke of Christ and the gospel. The Book of Mormon is similar to the Bible because the prophets that wrote the Book of Mormon were like the prophets of the Bible, because they wrote about Christ and His gospel. If one studies both the Bible and the Book of Mormon one will understand that even though they are two different books they speak of the same thing. That being that Jesus is the Christ.

I hope that this clears up the origin of the work Mormon for many people.