Cult Characteristics Of Mormonism
Good Afternoon 10 A and Mrs ward,
Today Caitlin, Myah and I will be talking about Mormonism otherwise know as the church of the latter day saints. Joseph smith founded this church and assumed cult, in the year 1830. Joseph said that he had spoken with God in a dream as well as reading ancient gold tablets. In this dream God told him he was to fulfil a prophet. In another dream an angel named Moroni left these tablets for him to read, Joseph later transcribed the words on the Tablets and put it in a book , called the book of Mormons . He than officially founded the church of the latter day saints in 1830 with several followers helping. Mormonism is a suspected cult. Because it has certain characteristics that fit into the description of cult. …show more content…
2.Leaders use guilt to make people followers feel as though they aren’t good enough. In the Mormon culture guilt has taught members that they can always do more and makes them never reach a point of being good enough.
3.Those of evil influence are not to be trusted, in the Mormon church those who leave are believed to be under the influence of Satan these people are cautioned.
4.Focused on bringing in new members, missionary places large efforts to encourage young people to serve for a couple of years when joining the …show more content…
Within the trinity is God the father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Ghost(Mormonwiki.com, 2014)
• Everyone is a legit child of God
• Mormons Don’t baptise kids till there are 8 years old
• Polygamy – having more than one spouse. Joseph smith had more than 33 wife’s before he died
• That to be at the highest level in the church you have to receive ordinances to become closer to God.
Some common rituals involved:
• Event in temple
• Special clothing worn
• Oaths
• The rituals were held in the temple and were not a public event only those who were accepted into Mormonism were aloud in to the temple when the rituals were taking place.
• Present "secret" knowledge
The most frequently performed public Mormon ritual is the faith's version of the common Protestant and Catholic rituals of "communion." The Mormon ritual of "sacrament" originated with a revelation recorded by Joseph Smith in April 1830, which enjoined the Mormons to "meet together often to partake of the bread and wine in remembrance of the Lord Jesus. (Religionfacts.com,
Today Caitlin, Myah and I will be talking about Mormonism otherwise know as the church of the latter day saints. Joseph smith founded this church and assumed cult, in the year 1830. Joseph said that he had spoken with God in a dream as well as reading ancient gold tablets. In this dream God told him he was to fulfil a prophet. In another dream an angel named Moroni left these tablets for him to read, Joseph later transcribed the words on the Tablets and put it in a book , called the book of Mormons . He than officially founded the church of the latter day saints in 1830 with several followers helping. Mormonism is a suspected cult. Because it has certain characteristics that fit into the description of cult. …show more content…
2.Leaders use guilt to make people followers feel as though they aren’t good enough. In the Mormon culture guilt has taught members that they can always do more and makes them never reach a point of being good enough.
3.Those of evil influence are not to be trusted, in the Mormon church those who leave are believed to be under the influence of Satan these people are cautioned.
4.Focused on bringing in new members, missionary places large efforts to encourage young people to serve for a couple of years when joining the …show more content…
Within the trinity is God the father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Ghost(Mormonwiki.com, 2014)
• Everyone is a legit child of God
• Mormons Don’t baptise kids till there are 8 years old
• Polygamy – having more than one spouse. Joseph smith had more than 33 wife’s before he died
• That to be at the highest level in the church you have to receive ordinances to become closer to God.
Some common rituals involved:
• Event in temple
• Special clothing worn
• Oaths
• The rituals were held in the temple and were not a public event only those who were accepted into Mormonism were aloud in to the temple when the rituals were taking place.
• Present "secret" knowledge
The most frequently performed public Mormon ritual is the faith's version of the common Protestant and Catholic rituals of "communion." The Mormon ritual of "sacrament" originated with a revelation recorded by Joseph Smith in April 1830, which enjoined the Mormons to "meet together often to partake of the bread and wine in remembrance of the Lord Jesus. (Religionfacts.com,