[blackize]

Where did all the current doctrines stuff come from? As a former Mormon I don't recognize the quoted aspects.

[ QUOTE ]

* God was once a man like us.
* God has a tangible body of flesh and bone.
* God lives on a planet near the star Kolob.
* God ("Heavenly Father") has at least one wife, our "Mother in Heaven," but she is so holy that we are not to discuss her nor pray to her.
* We can become like God and rule over our own universe.
* There are many gods, ruling over their own worlds.
* Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father by having sex with Mary, who was temporarily his wife.
* We should not pray to Jesus, nor try to feel a personal relationship with him.
* The "Lord" ("Jehovah") in the Old Testament is the being named Jesus in the New Testament, but different from "God the Father" ("Elohim").
* Not only will human beings be resurrected to eternal life, but also all animals - everything that has ever lived on earth - will be resurrected and dwell in heaven.
* Christ will not return to earth in any year that has seen a rainbow.
* Mormons should avoid traveling on water, since Satan rules the waters.
* The sun receives its light from the star Kolob.
* If a Gentile becomes Mormon, the Holy Ghost actually purges his Gentile blood and replaces it with Israelite blood.


[/ QUOTE ]

The rest I have at least heard of before.

I am not familiar at all with any of the past doctrines.

As for the Mormon life section, the following are not true(at least in the MD Mormon community):

[ QUOTE ]
You will be expected to fulfill any work assignment given to you. Many Mormons find much of their spare time taken up with church work, trying to fulfill the numerous assignments that have been given them.

You will be expected to be unquestioningly obedient to church authorities in whatever they might tell you to do.

You will be advised not to read any material which is "not faith-promoting," that is, which may be critical or questioning of the church or its leaders

You will be advised not to associate with "apostates," that is, former Mormons.

If you should ever decide that you made a mistake in joining the church and then leave it, you will probably find (judging from the experiences of others who have done so) that many of your Mormon friends will abandon and shun you.


[/ QUOTE ]

Edit: Also the abstaining from coffee, tea, and alcohol parts of Mormon life are merely recommendations that were explained to me as being for health reasons(tanic acid and caffeine in coffee and tea. I believe the alcohol prohibitions stem back to problems with alcoholism among the original Mormons on the cross country journey to Utah.)

And as for this

[ QUOTE ]

If you prove yourself to be faithful, hard working and obedient, you will eventually be considered worthy to "receive your endowment" in a Mormon temple. You will not be told in advance exactly what to expect in this lengthy ceremony, except that the details of the ritual are secret. As part of that ceremony you will be required to swear a number of oaths, the penalty for violation of which is no longer stated but until 1990 was death by various bloody methods, such as having your throat slit from ear to ear. You will be given the secret signs and passwords which are required to enter heaven. After receiving the endowment you will be required to wear a special undergarment at all times.

[/ QUOTE ]

There are temple rituals giving various levels of priesthood with ceremonies I am not familiar with. My understanding of the special undergarments is that they are worn in the temple only.