Is Mormonism a Cult?

[Runa216]

Jumpin said:

EdHieron said:

Jumpin said:

Runa216 said:

 Calling Elton John a fag is a hate crime.  Calling a crazy religion (or any religion) a cult is pretty accurate.  

Then you too are responsible for a hate crime. Discriminating based on religion.

Oh, so we're just supposed to give dangerous cults carte blanche on their behavior and not call them out on anything so that they should have the right to destroy our society, right?  America is supposed to be founded on the principle of freedom and the theocracy that it is the true desire of Mormons to have in America is antithetical to that.

It's a hate crime because you are discriminating based on religion in the same way that a bother type of bigot would discriminate against Elton John. If calling Elton John a fag is a hate crime, then calling a religion like Mormonism a cult is equally a hate crime. Just because Mormons believe in something different from what you believe, doesn't absolve you of guilt when spreading hateful slander about them.

it's not bigotry if you disrespect someone based on a conscious decision they made.  Pretty sure bigotry is hating someone for something beyond their control, such as race, gengder, or sexuality.  Religion is a choice.  do you think it's a hate crime to say nasty things about the KKK or Neo Nazis?