I'm a Mormon, AMA!

Haha, I guess so I went to an "Alpha Course" for an evangelical church once out of curiosity, got so terrified I never went again

I've never had a missionary knock on my door, though we live in the suburbs so maybe that's why

A suit sounds cool! Are you a missionary/planning to be one?

Trust me, there will be missionaries in your town or very near! They're everywhere. I will likely never serve a mission, because it's a very formal process - You have to be between the ages of 18-25, you get sent somewhere in the world for 18 months to a two years and can have hardly any contact with your family. As I'm the only Mormon in my family it just wouldn't go down well! But for those who are raised in Mormon families, it's seen as an important right of passage.

Retired married couples also can serve missions though, so who knows, maybe I will one day haha!

Actually, yeah, you're probably right - I tend to not spot anyone other than the Jehovah's Witnesses, though, as they're practically on every street corner in the city centre

Why can't you have any contact with your family? That doesn't seem fair

That sounds cool! Do the couple get to be missionaries together, presumably?

You can email your family once a week, and get a phone call on Christmas and mothers day. It's because you're meant to sacrifice two years of your life entirely focusing on doing God's work, with no distractions. Like I said, for Mormon families, its scarcely an issue because it's seen as such a rite of passage and an honor to serve. For people in circumstances like mine though, it's not really a realistic option!

And yeah, you serve together. That's something I would love to do some day!

I don't see how Skyping them or calling them sometimes would be so bad - I mean, it's no different from taking time out to exercise or socialise outside church isn't it? Each to their own though

How did your family react to your becoming a Mormon? (Sorry, just curious - apologies if this is too personal a question!)

That must be nice. At the evangelical church I went too, there was a Christian married couple running the course. Religious couples always seem unbelievably close

Was there any Prophets between Jesus and Joseph Smith? What did they do?

Not according to your Book of Mormon.

2 Nephi 1:8 "And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations".

I want to ask - do you believe that Jesus is Lord, that He is God, that He has eternally existed, that He is worthy of worship, and that salvation comes by grace through faith in Christ alone?

Isaiah 9:6 - "For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God".

2 Peter 1:1 - "our God and Savior Jesus Christ”

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... 1:14 - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,

John 10:30-31 - "Jesus answered them, “I and My Father are one.” Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him" (the Jews did this because they knew He was claiming to be God".

John 20:28 - And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

1 Timothy 3:16 - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh

Furthermore, there are many times in the Gospels when people worship Jesus. I can list them if you want me to.

The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is God. Romans 10:9 says 'If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved'. If you deny that Jesus is God, then you are not saved.

Unlike the Bible, which all external evidence supports, there is no external evidence that supports the Book of Mormon. This is not surprising given the fact that Joseph Smith was a convicted con man, and the whole Book of Abraham thing indisputably proves he was a false prophet. Have a read of this: http://www.exmormon.org/whyileft.htm

I don't base my Christian faith on external evidence - I walk by faith and not by sight.

The primary reason why I believe Joseph Smith was a false prophet was because his teachings disagree with the Bible. Though I believe that new revelation ceased at the end of the apostolic age so there couldn't be a new massive load of revelation suddenly cropping up later anyway.

No, after the apostles were all killed, the world fell into apostasy. (Hence why we talk about the church/gospel being restored.) It was much like the world was before Jesus came.