Is Mormonism a cult?

hazlnut said:
You have no clue what you're talking about.

Christian Evangelicals have be taught Mormonism is cult for decades.
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And they are as equally uneducated in what is and is not a cult as you are. Cults are localized, and the church of latter day saints is internationally recognized and has far too many members to be a cult. The belief in sacred garments is no more unusual than in other religions, nor is any other aspect of the religion. Get over your intense bigotry and stop hating someone for believing differently from you bigot.
 
Arab Spring said:
And they are as equally uneducated in what is and is not a cult as you are. Cults are localized, and the church of latter day saints is internationally recognized and has far too many members to be a cult. The belief in sacred garments is no more unusual than in other religions, nor is any other aspect of the religion. Get over your intense bigotry and stop hating someone for believing differently from you bigot.
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Scientology is international but there aren't many that don't consider it to be a cult.
 
So the leftardiots are reduced to saying "Don't vote for Romney because of his religion and Binders".

How sad for you as the realization that your Hopeychangey douchebag is about to be retired
 
Like Like said:
Why is this important enough to warrant a thread, Ken?
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He wants you to know that your next President worships god differently than he does and therefore is "evil". You didn't know that SMK was a religious extremist and intolerant, did you?
 
Haiku said:
I'm sick of GOP candidates that are on a 'mission from gawd' and Mitt is on a mission.
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Nonsense. He mentions god as often as Obama does. What the heck is wrong with people here? Do you really think that saying nonsense like this is useful to people who pay attention to politics at this level?
 
Arab Spring said:
And they are as equally uneducated in what is and is not a cult as you are. Cults are localized, and the church of latter day saints is internationally recognized and has far too many members to be a cult. The belief in sacred garments is no more unusual than in other religions, nor is any other aspect of the religion. Get over your intense bigotry and stop hating someone for believing differently from you bigot.
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We have had this discussion before, and the definition of cult is a group that skews mainstream beliefs and that adher to a leader and follows their teaching, which are often outside mainstream religions. It has little to do with size. The LDS believe their prophet has the last word on Earthly matters and they also have their own religious books beside mainstream accepted books like the Bible. This is the reason the LDS is considered a cult by many of the mainstream religions. You may not agree with their definition, but this is their reasoning behind calling the LDS a cult.
 
Rana said:
We have had this discussion before, and the definition of cult is a group that skews mainstream beliefs and that adher to a leader and follows their teaching, which are often outside mainstream religions. It has little to do with size. The LDS believe their prophet has the last word on Earthly matters and they also have their own religious books beside mainstream accepted books like the Bible. This is the reason the LDS is considered a cult by many of the mainstream religions. You may not agree with their definition, but this is their reasoning behind calling the LDS a cult.
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Incorrect. Unless you consider Catholicism a "cult" due to a belief in the Divine Wisdom of the Pope...

That Mormonism survived past its first leader is a sign that it isn't much of a "cult", that it is spread throughout the world actually does change it because according to your definition it must "skew" mainstream belief, the numbers count. This doesn't "skew" mainstream belief it is one.
 
Damocles said:
Incorrect. Unless you consider Catholicism a "cult" due to a belief in the Divine Wisdom of the Pope...

That Mormonism survived past its first leader is a sign that it isn't much of a "cult", that it is spread throughout the world actually does change it. This doesn't "skew" mainstream belief it is one.
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They do not skew the mainstream teaching of Christianity, they wrote the tenets basically. So you don't have a gotcha. I bet your fundamentalist sect considered the LDS a cult.
 
Rana said:
What exactly is the criteria?
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This is the definition according to the dictionary:

cult/kəlt/
Noun:

1. A system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
2. A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.

Now, if they worshiped their President you'd have a point, but they don't. The worship is not towards the person, but that same god that the Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship. Number 2 is relevant in the fact that they simply do not have a "relatively few" followers...
 
Damocles said:
This is the definition according to the dictionary:

cult/kəlt/
Noun:

1. A system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
2. A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.

Now, if they worshiped their President you'd have a point, but they don't. The worship is not towards the person, but that same god that the Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship. Number 2 is relevant in the fact that they simply do not have a "relatively few" followers...
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It is one set of definitions, Damo. I can go to several sites and find you many definitions of a cult. The bottom line is that many Christian denominations consider the LDS a cult ecause of the way the have skewed the teachings of Christianity.
 
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