The Practice of Polygamy - Essay Example

This Church was created in 1835 by the former members of the Mormon Church who were not happy because this religious organization discarded polygamy from its practice.             Before that, polygamy was considered one of the basic rules of the Mormon doctrine, and a necessary component of salvation. (FLDS Polygamy Angelic Origins 2009, np) It was considered by the Mormons that a man needs at least three wives so that to be saved, and women were bound to obey their husbands and to respect them.

The mainstream Mormon Church does not practice polygamy ever since 1890. (Mormon Polygamy, np)             The website of the Mormon community provides links to the Church’s basic doctrines, and one of its basic values is family, and they have a lot of resources on their website defending the concept of the family and its implementations. From the content of the website I would say that at least part of their mission is to promote family values and family as a concept – this is obviously a sacred thing for the Mormon community.

Hence the family relationships seem to be very important for them.