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Summary: Not very well written or complete
Review: I just finished "Secret Ceremonies" and as I looked back on it, I was left feeling very confused. You would expect a book of this nature to detail the why's in addition to the whats and hows of her experiences. When she did attempt to answer and address the why's her disertations were often confusing and in some cases very contradictory. In my understanding of things (and perhaps I'm still young and naive) but when you sense you are having a problem in your life, don't you strive to change that rather than simply suffering for as long as she did? As my da used to say "Once a philospher twice a fool". Some of the termonology she used, was unfimular to me, or appeared to have diffrent meaning in the context she was using (like how is a 'catholic' bishop diffrent from a 'mormon' bishop). I don't realy disagree with this book on a theological baises (I don't have enough information), but found it to be poorly written and an attempted to make her experiences sound typical a fact I find hard to beileve. If her experiences were typical then why are there memebers of the mormon's? If they aren't then rather than try to cast the blame, why not explore what made her situation unique?
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Summary: How does your religion affect your mental health?
Review: I have a degree in theology because of an interest in the history of religions. I have over the years tried to understand the special need for a feeling of community among ex-Mormons, their inability to conform to LDS family traditions, their love of the message of one Jesus of Nazareth and their inability to gel their own identity. I care for them. Can't do a thing for them. People like the author of this book might.
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Summary: interesting look at a widespread cult...
Review: Very interesting book. I felt really sorry for Deborah by the end of the book... After being indoctrinated from birth that your sole purpose on earth is to get married and have as many children as possible (or should I say, bring them out of Pre-Existence - how ridiculous!!), and where asking questions or thinking for yourself are strongly discouraged if not forbidden, no wonder she was so screwed up!
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Summary: Interedting read
Review: First and formost, please see "The Kingdom of the Cults" by Walter Martin.Having said that, lets get to my book review. This was a very interesting biography which chronicles the life of an ex-Mormon woman. I've learned a lot more about the Mormon culture and was a little shocked to find out that Joseph Smith was a Freemason! The "Secret Cermonies" that this church has sound more like Masonic rituals to me! I wished that the author would have defined a few terms though like "bishop", "ward", etc. I also wished that she would have elaborated more on why she was sent to a mental hospital. Peace in Christ
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Summary: I'm Not a Mormon!? :-)
Review: It's funny how most of the commentary to this book comes from non-Mormons with an excellent handle on Mormon apologetics. There's something fishy about that. :-)
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Summary: Fascinating. . .left me in trembles
Review: Everyone who has ever even considered converting to mormonism NEEDS to read this book. It is CRUCIAL. . .and it will change their life. . .mine did.
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Summary: This is the most honest, upfront book I have ever read.
Review: Well written. Honest. Finally a book I can relate to that tells it like it is for her. It's a book about losing one's identity in an effort to mold into a patriarch socity. Deborah Laake should be commended for her bravery and intelligence in sharing her story. What she has gained in the process has, I'm sure, brought even greater freedom. Way to Go!
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Summary: Very Interesting! A Fast & FUN Read!!
Review: As a woman married to a man who while brought up in the mormon culture in Utah but does not ascribe to the LDS beliefs himself: I found this autobiography to be very honest and most interesting.I felt very close to the author as I read this book, almost as if I became her as I was immersed in the pages. I was sad to come to the last page.Secret Ceremonies is heart warming, at times quite funny and definitely eye opening.
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Summary: Facinating
Review: It was a very interesting read
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Summary: Terrible Book
Review: A really terrible boo
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