Can anyone tell me more about there religion. And what "rules" they have to follow.
2006-07-23 03:20:13 · 6 answers · asked by Chiclacrosse 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would be willing to bet that you are going to get lots of info on the Mormon religion on this forum. I would also be willing to bet that a lot of it will be wrong! It is definitely an interesting religion (I was raised in it) and it is not as weird as some would have you believe. It is very family oriented and the "rules" do have value. They ask that you are actively involved in attendance, pay a 10% tithing and follow their Words of Wisdom which include abstinence from alcohol, caffeine and tobacco. My advice (if you are truly interested) would be to contact the church and have one of their representatives talk to you.
2006-07-23 03:31:22 · answer #1 · answered by kittykat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joseph Smith was a con man that started the mormon religion.
SMITH'S NEW RELIGION
Smith got his new religion going by writing a book known as The Book of Mormon. The book was much too dull to make it as a novel -- Mark Twain called the book "chloroform in print" -- so it was marketed as a new bible. Having quite a flair for publicity, Smith pretended to have translated The Book of Mormon from a pile of gold plates dug out of a glacial hill in upstate New York -- with the help of a resurrected man, no less! [top]
ABOUT THE BOOK OF MORMON
The book purports to tell of lost tribes of Israelites and others floating to South America, some in giant barrels, others in a boat. Arriving in America, they all turned into Indians, built cities, fought wars, received a visit from Jesus Christ after he couldn't make a go of it in Palestine, and finally killed each other off in A.D. 421. Shortly before the fatal fight -- a colossal battle allegedly waged at Hill Cumorah, near Palmyra, New York -- a person appropriately name Moroni buried the plates for Smith to find.
http://www.atheists.org/christianity/mormon.text.html#origins
2006-07-23 10:26:58 · answer #2 · answered by lifelover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mormons follow the cult created by Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
2006-07-27 05:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by P P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Mo-mo but...
1) No alcohol or caffine drinks.
2) Church on Sunday
3) Go on a Mo-mo mission sometime in your life
4) Don't wear crosses
5) Marry another Mo-mo in the Mo-mo temple
6) Wear special Mo-mo underwear.
7) Baptize dead people into the Mo-mo church
8) Be a God on your own planet in the afterlife
9) Read the Book of Mo-mo as much as the Bible.
10) Give at least 10% tithing to the Mo-mo church.
2006-07-23 10:25:18 · answer #4 · answered by idspudnik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/
2006-07-23 10:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.exmormon.org/
2006-07-23 11:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by Michael C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋