Why do Mormons have so many kids? Do you they really give so much of there income to there church?

Answer 1

Be fruitful and multiply is part of their belief system. They believe that God wants them to bear many children. Utah has a food supplement program, the more Children you have, the more food you are entitled to.

Yes, they do give a certain amount of their income to the church. That is also biblical. 10% is standard but most give more.

Answer 2

We believe in a preexistance. We were born as spirits first and made a choice to accept Gods plan and come to this earth. We believe that there are spirits waiting to be born and come to this earth.

We do believe in contraceptive as a personal choice. The church doesnt dictate what kind of birth control or if you can use it or not. It does, however, teach that you shouldnt put off kids just because of money. If everyone did then most people probably wouldnt have kids. But it also teaches that you should prepare yourself to be able to support a family and do everything you can to get a good education and secure your financial situation. It stresses heavily not to get into debt and to have a savings, to live within your means and to plan for the future.

The church has an extensive welfare program. It has its own farms and canneries. Those in need of both food and money are helped according to their needs, but they must be actively trying to pick themselves back up and it cant be a permanent situation.

A tithing of ten percent off gross income is what all mormons should be paying. You have to be a member of the church for the church to accept your tithe. You are also encouraged to give fast offerings which directly go to the welfare program. You can designate additional funds if you wish to things like the missionary fund or if there is a specific disaster relief fund at the time. The ten percent is really the only one commanded.

Very few members get paid any money in the church. All the clergy in the individual wards, or congregations according to location, are unpaid positions, including the Bishop, or the head of the congregation. Members of the ward are called to various positions such as sunday school teacher, relief society president, etc. They are all unpaid. Really the only people directly getting monetarily supported by the church are the top apostles and the prophet, but its mostly just living and travel expenses. It amounts to around a hundred grand a year. There are other paid jobs in the church like Institute of Religion directors and those that run some of the full time programs like BYU and the business portions of the church (the church does have investments it pays taxes on) get paid. But the actual clergy and ward positions are unpaid.

Tithing helps pay for those expenses, building new churches, and helps with the very extensive welfare and disaster programs. The LDS church is usually called on by the US gvt to help organize, along with the Red Cross, during a large disaster like the fires down in so cal since we already have the programs in place. The financial records of the church are readily available for anyone to see them. Noone is getting rich off of this church, despite what some people claim, but this church does have a lot of money, a lot because of the church investments.


phoenix
maybe you were thumbed down because you were 100 percent wrong about what mormons believe on this subject and I think that getting the answer totally wrong on a question is worthy of a thumbs down
(but it wasnt me that thumbs downed you)



Why would anyone get life insurance on their kids? If your kids, knock on wood, passed away, how would that financially affect the family where you would need to have life insurance on them. Getting life insurance on kids is a really big waste of money.


Jade
oh wow you sure showed us brainwashed mormons
Do you really think you make your argument seem better by insulting people?
What religion should I join that teaches me to be as judgemental as you so that I can be a better free thinker like you are?

Answer 3

I am Mormon. We do believe in birth control. It is a personal decision. We believe family is important, but there is no rule saying how many kids to have.

Yes, I give 10% of my income to the church, plus a fast offering each month. That fast offering goes to help needy people. We occasionally give money to other programs in the church, for example, last week the boyscouts were raising money for a camping trip. We donated ten dollars.


Most people do not get food support- if you have a problem, for example you lose your job or medical bills suddenly deplete your savings, the church will help you by providing your family with some food. They work with you personally to make sure you are getting what you need, but not taking advantage. So, yes, a larger family would get more food, but that happens very very rarely.

Most of the food support goes to help people in disaster areas. They also provide medical supplies, blankets etc.

Answer 4

some familys have a lot of kids some dont.....i have 3 kids in my family

but i do know 3 large (6 kids) familes who are mormon. There is no requirment on how many kids you have to have..

i do know NON mormon fmailes with 6 kids though.....





Yes we give money to our church not that much though only 10% of what we get and the lord gives it right back through blessenings

Answer 5

Latter-Day Saints give 10% of their gross income for tithing. Once a month they also give a fast offering which is usually what they would normally spend for two meals. This goes to help the needy in the ward. Tithing is used to help build church buildings, temples, and other things regarding the growth of the church.

The church also has an excellent welfare program which includes the bishops storehouse. Members who are in need can go and work at the storehouse in exchange for food. Many go there to can things like meat, vegetables, grains, etc. or they can package their own items from home.

The church gives thousands of dollars to disaster relief in all areas of the world, but they are hardly ever mentioned in the broadcasts even though they are usually at every disaster, helping out in some way.

Mormons tend to have many children because we believe that each of us is a spirit child of God. We believe that we lived with Him as spirits before our mortal birth (how can we RETURN to our Father in Heaven if we weren't already with Him BEFORE? We believe that we were born into mortality to learn and progress, to gain experience in all things, and to choose to follow our Heavenly Father's commandments or to live according to our own desires.

We believe that our physical bodies were created to house our spirits, and that there are still many spirits waiting to be born into mortality to gain the experiences of this life and the opportunity to learn and progress. This is why healthy LDS women are encouraged to have kids, and they usually do so after praying and even fasting sometimes.

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Tithing=Diezmo=10%

Answer 7

We believe that our spirits pre-existed our mortal bodies. We need to get a mortal body and go thru all we do to learn and grow and return to our Heavenly Father. The way to do that is to have babies. But, big families are getting rare.

And we give 10% of our income. Since we did that in te Methodist church, too, it's not such a radical concet for me.

Answer 8

Well... it's difficult to convince people to join that cult; therefore, they have to reproduce in order to keep their numbers up.

Did you know that there are twice as many people leaving that cult than there are being drawn into it?

Answer 9

I think its because they don't believe in using birth control.

Answer 10

I'm not sure, but I think they oppose birth control. I know that Catholics do, so that's why there's usually big Catholic families.