What religion is closest to Mormon?
Islam
Similarities. Mormonism and Islam each believe in a life after death: belief in the Last Judgment and an Afterlife is one of the Six Articles of Belief of Islam; it also forms an essential element of the Mormon belief system.
What does Islam say about revelation?
Qur’an 30:23 [1] Of all religions Islam, pre-eminently the religion of the Book, has the most fully developed doctrines concerning the nature of revelation. Its starting point is that revelation is a universal and ‘natural’ phenomenon; it is not peculiar, extraordinary or miraculous.
What Does the Mormon Church believe about new revelation?
In Mormonism, revelation is communication from God to man. Latter Day Saints teach that the Latter Day Saint movement began with a revelation from God, which began a process of restoring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth.
Is the Mormon Church declining?
The growth rate has not been greater than 3% per year in the 21st century and has declined steadily since 2012. The rate has not been above 2% since 2013.
Do Muslims have the Book of revelation?
There are five key books of revelation in Islam. Each of them was given to a different prophet by Allah. Muslims believe that these holy books all conveyed the same message from Allah to the humanity, giving guidance to Muslims on how to live their daily life.
Does Islam have a book of revelation?
Quran. The Quran is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (Arabic: الله, Allah). The Quran is divided into chapters (surah), which are then divided into verses (ayah).
Who wrote revelations LDS?
The Apostle John
Who Wrote This Book? The Apostle John, the beloved disciple of Jesus Christ, is the author of this book. The Book of Mormon affirms that John was foreordained to write the things recorded in the book of Revelation (see 1 Nephi 14:18–27; Ether 4:16).
What do Mormons say about the Bible?
Mormons believe the Christian Bible “to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly.” They believe that most versions of the Bible are full of mistakes or deliberate changes to the original text. These changes are thought to be the cause of many of the errors into which traditional Christianity has fallen.