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I can not tell much about the Jehovah's Witness religion, but I know enough about the Mormonism.

I am a Mormon, and I know what makes us different from the rest of the religions of the world.

Basically, we believe in an authority given from God, called priesthood, and handed down from person to person throughout the generations. This authority is the right to act in the name of God and do God's will here on Earth.

Having the good intention of serving God has never been enough to be called of God to be His instrument on Earth. There are many things we can do on our own initiative to get closer to God personally, but to teach in His name, to baptize people, to perform ordinances and these kinds of things, it is necessary to have the appropriate authority given from someone that has it as well.

There have been times on which the people went stray everywhere, according to God's standards, and the last person with the priesthood upon the Earth had died. Whenever this happened, a landmark is placed in the time line, calling it the end of one dispensation and the origin of one apostasy. Apostasy is a broad word that can be applied to a time frame on Earth as well as to a personal period of darkness in our private lives, but the meaning is the same.

The only way to finish a time of apostasy and start a new dispensation is when God himself gives back His priesthood back to men, restoring the authority on Earth to act on His name. Usually, the person that has had the personal experience of receiving the power of God straight from God has been always called a prophet. Then this prophet has passed down the authority to others, and this way the priesthood is preserved for generations, until the cycle repeats itself.

There have been many dispensations and many apostasies, and many restorations. The prophets of today have said though that we are now at the last dispensation before Christ comes again in His power to bless and judge.

This priesthood by itself, places the Mormon Church at a difference with all the other churches upon the Earth. By the way, "Mormon" is not the name of the church but its nickname. The appropriate name of the church is "The church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints".

Due to this priesthood, the ordinances we do with it are completely different as well than any of the other ordinances that other churches profess to perform, even though some of them may look similar in fashion, the repercussions of them are way different. My favorite is the eternal marriage and the eternal family link. You see, marriage done by the authority of God, can not be broken by death alone, but by sin only. But any other way to wed people will have to finalize with death ("until death do you apart"). We know we will resurrect just as Jesus did, and then brought forth to face a judgment in front of the Judge. I know I am not going to be alone on that day because my wife was sealed to me at the temple with God's authority to do so. I personally hold the priesthood within me as well, and I received it from my father (may he rest in peace) who received it from a line of ascendants (not necessarily blood related) down to the prophet who received it first in this last dispensation we are at now, about 200 years ago.

My kids will never be taken off the eternal link of family we have been promised with by God himself, unless, and by sin only, they decide to go stray purposely and die that way.

That's one of the biggest reasons why we try our real best to have successful marriages and strong family ties and we spend a lot of energy in our personal development rather than worldly success. Of course, I can not speak for every person that professes to be a Mormon. There are good ones, bad ones, great ones and everything in between, but I can say for sure, that we all have been given the chance to ask God in person if the decision to join the Mormon church was according to His will or not. Sounds silly at times, but is amazing how few people involve God in the decision making process to look for the "right" church. God is not ambiguous, and every church plays an important role in the progress of mankind, but that doesn't mean that God is a God of confusion. He is God, and has His power, He has set a way for His children to progress at the fastest way possible and through the straightest path ever, but it is only up to us to kneel down and ask Him personally if the Mormon church is truly His church, His authorized church, if there are truly ways to accomplish things beyond this short live and so forth. He will never push it into us unless we set on the quest to find the truth and use it for our spiritual advantage. I can guarantee that the spiritual confirmation that comes by asking these questions earnestly to God won't come if the motivations are only educational or of some other sort. God does answer loud and clear, the question is if we are asking honestly and earnestly.

I know that this few issues are the difference between the Mormon Church the Jehovah's Witness church, and any other church for that matter.

amen brother/sister. im LDS too. also im pretty sure that jehovahs witnesses don't believe in the BofM

ANSWER FROM ONE OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSESBased on the above I can point out a few differences between the two religions.

If the The church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints" (LDS) believe in the authority of a "priesthood, [...]and handed down from person to person throughout the generations" Jehovah's Witnesses believe in the authority of God's Word the bible.

They believe that The Bible canon, or authorized inspired books ended with the last of the apostles and no further "sacred books" were to be added. Jehovah's Witnesses believe the 66 books of the bible provide all that would thereafter be needed for the "man of good to be completely equipted for every good work" (1 Tim 3: 16).

If "The church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints". believe that there was a prophet of God, that "received [new revelations... ] first in this last dispensation we are at now, about 200 years ago." Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus was the last (and greatest) prophet and after him there would be no other individual sent to provide new information.

If the Mormons 'Later day prophets' claim to "act in the name of God" but rarely make mention of the actual 'name of God', JEHOVAH as represented by the Hebrew letters YHWH in the bible over 7,000 times, Jehovah's Witnesses make mention of the divine name every chance they get.

So while both groups claim to be Christian and are identified to a greater or lesser degree with a public preaching work, Mormons believe in continued revelation through the centuries that has resulted in 'new scripture' being revealed, while Jehovhah's Witnesses hold solely to the bible claiming after the apostalistic period (the first century) no further inspired writings would be added during this system of things and no new 'prophet' would appear.

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