i just finished reading the book "Burned" by ellen hopkins.. are mormons really like that?!?

Question

its about a girl who comes from a strict mormon family. the dad is in charge, but hes an alcoholic. she has 8 sisters. her dad acts every part of the mormon fait from what ive heard except for the fact that hes abusive too. i thought mormons were supposed to be happy ppl? i know it was fiction, but what exactly are they mormon "rules" ?

Answer 1

Every religion has hypocrites and some families who act like they are happy religious people in public who's homes are anything but. Unfortunately that is sometimes the case. Mormons from what i understand are similar to Christians but stiricter. That was a great book, you should read some of her others.

Answer 2

A typical dysfuntion that a BIG mormon family in UT would do was when the wife would get overwhelmed from having so many kids, she would act like an alcoholic and make the oldest child a spouce and make them take over the household (no matter the sex of the child) and take care of the kids, while she relaxed, I called this the cinderella syndrome. Some women weren't equiped mentally to have large families.

Answer 3

I'm not a Mormon and I can't tell you what is typical within their culture. However, I did read Under The Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer, which is a non-fiction history and overview of Mormonism -- it's very enlightneing if you're interested in learning about the religion without the conversion propaganda.

Answer 4

Mormons have the same family problems as everyone else. If the father in this story is an alcoholic, he is certainly not 'typical'. It sounds like another case of Morons being this year's poltically correct villians.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Mormons are people. Unfortunately, family problems exist in any family, be it religious, wealthy, poor, educated, non educated, etc. In answer to your question, Mormons believe that Jesus Christ is their Savior, older brother, Creator of the universe, Mediator with God, (Heavenly Father), our Advocate, our Exemplar. We believe that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Christ's church with all doctrines, ordinances and organization restored as Christ organized his gospel when he was on the earth. We believe by living His gospel we can take steps to live with Him and Heavenly Father for eternity. We are human but yearning to be Christlike. Anything worth a reward takes work, sacrifice, and consistency. Oh, but what a reward. Eternal happiness. We believe that when we fail to be Christlike, we can repent because of the Atonement Christ suffered for us. We believe His offer is for everyone who wants eternal life and happiness more than the things of this world that distract us from the path to Him. So, to be healthy, we don't drink alcohol, we don't smoke, we don't use hot drinks like tea and coffee. We believe He revealed that gift to our prophet to save us from harm, like alcoholism, lung disease, or to be addicted to caffeine or any other harmful substance. To be constantly reminded of Him, we go to church, and to practice being like Him, we serve others as He did as often as we can. We believe that our family will be together in eternity. That family is the relationship we have with our Heavenly Father. We are His literal spirit children. And, that families are where we find comfort, strength, love, belonging. I know, it doesn't always work that way. It didn't for me. But Mormons are human.