EdHieron said:
Player1x3 said:
Runa216 said:
Jumpin said:
EdHieron said:
Jumpin said:
EdHieron said:
One of the leading US Presidential candidates this year is Mitt Romney. Romney belongs to a religion whose adherents all practically claim that they are Christians like most of the other citizens in the US; however, there is a significant portion of the population that thinks their religion is quite a bit more mysterious than that, and it has even been stated in some circles that Mormonism is actually a cult.
Do you think that Mormonism is a cult?
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Asking if "Mormonism is a religion or a cult" is the same as asking "Is Elton John a homosexual or a fag?"
It's just plain impolite disparagement to the group to label them as a cult considering the implication of the labels these days.
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Not really, one has to remember that the beliefs of religious groups tend to be on the extreme right wing and there's little ( if any ) scientific evidence to support them. On the other hand such a question about Elton John would tend to come from someone on the far right like the Mormons which is why they supported Prop 8 and most scientific evidence would indicate that being homosexual is not an abberration of any type; however, staunchly supporting an ideology that has no basis in reality is quite an aberation.
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It's way simpler than that; nothing to do with science or politics. If you call Mormonism a cult instead of a religion, you are insulting them in the same way as you be if you were calling Elton John a fag instead of a homosexual. It's just out of pure ignorance to use either of the insulting terms.
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They kind of deserve to be insulted, dude. They follow unsupported theories and try to push it on people worldwide by harassing us at our homes, being weird and creepy, and borderline aggressive about it.
If they can't handle the heat, get out of the fire.
At least homosexuality is a natural thing that's been scientifically proven to be normal in a certain percentage of the population. Calling Elton John a fag is a hate crime. Calling a crazy religion (or any religion) a cult is pretty accurate.
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So its accurate because you believe so?
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I've listed its characteristics and highly regarded books, etc, that confirm that those are its characteristics, so I would say its accurate because its accurate. When people believe in things that are patentlt untrue, continue to hold those believes when presented with scholarly evidence of why they're untrue, and attempt to bring others into their ideology, that's cultish behavior.
Now if anyone could present scholarly evidence from the majority of the Biblical Critics and Archaeologists at the highest rated universities that Mormonism is really the one and only true religion as Joseph Smith said it was, I would have to revise my contentions.
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I look beyond that and see an organization that has done tremendous amount of good in this world, and whose followers are generally know to be very friendly and helpful
