text: can someone please explain the lds church beliefs? i would really like to know more about the beliefs of lds. i have heard so many crazy things about it that i cannot imagine that they are true. thsi sounds so foolish, but the most i know was from a south park episode and i know that it cannot be accurate....  i am not interested in converting, so please don't bother, i'll just delete the answer, and i will delete any answers hostile to lds or any other religion. i am not trying to start a pis*ing contest between religions. and i am not intersted in foolish answers based on opinion, not fact.  any answers from an active lds member would be most appreciated.  i just like to know things about the world around me and this is a subject that i know very little about.  serious answers only, please!  thanks so much in advance..... i am an active lds person who is also very skeptical of most aspects of the religion.   the one thing i will tell you is that south park is usually very accurate when it portrays mormons. trey parker and matt stone grew up in the suburbs of denver where there are a lot of mormons. the south park episode featuring this clip ( http://www.vsocial.com/platadplayer.swf?v=26069 ) is actually almost dead-on. the only big mistake they made is that there are supposed to be 4 sets of gold plates all bound together instead of just 4 separate gold tablets. i'm not saying that south park is always good or correct, i'm just saying that they're fairly accurate when it comes to mormons. and most mormons would probably not like to hear that.  i could go on about everything else for several pages, but i won't today. let me know if you have any other questions for someone with the rare perspective of being immersed in the religion, but not blinded by the propaganda.