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Mormons (Latter Day Saints), Religion or Cult?

Religion What is your take on religion? Do you base your thoughts in life according to your religion? Do you feel that religion should be kept out of Government and Politics?

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Old 07-28-2006, 04:16 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I think the line is razor thin between cult and religion. We have to remember that spiritual honesty means that no one knows a damn thing. So it doesn't matter if it involves 10 people or 100 million people... they have no way of proving anything about God, it might as well all be a cult.
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You have to remember when reading this site, the writer is speaking as a Christian. This is a Christian teaching site. For Christians, faith in Jesus alone is enough for salvation. Not works, not belief in anything or anyone else. That is not true of mormonism. Ask your fellow soldier who is mormon if believing in Jesus alone is enough for salvation. He will not agree with that. Christians believe it is and Jesus said it is. The Mormons say yes belief in Jesus AND.......... Nope. Jesus is all Christians need to believe in according to the bible and that is the only book Christians believe in. Mormons believe in 2 books and they believe the book of Mormon supercedes the bible.

And remember, this belief is what Christians believe so it only applies to Christians. Not other religions of the world.
Very good points.

And you are right, he does not believe that Christ alone is the path to heaven.

I think the best description of Mormonism so far is that they are a Christian Cult. That I'd buy off on. Acknowledging that all religions are some kind of Cult. No one argues the fact that they are NOT mainstream Christians, not even my Master Sergeant.
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Old 07-28-2006, 04:21 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I think the line is razor thin between cult and religion. We have to remember that spiritual honesty means that no one knows a damn thing. So it doesn't matter if it involves 10 people or 100 million people... they have no way of proving anything about God, it might as well all be a cult.
I absolutely, 100% agree!
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Old 07-28-2006, 04:25 PM   #14 (permalink)
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As for me, I believe Jesus is the only way. That is my personal belief. I don't call myself a Christian because there are a lot of Christians I really don't care to be associated with. I am a believer in Jesus. That's all I know. I don't care what religion a person is, just don't tell me to convert or you'll cut my throat. If you do, there is going to be a fight and you are going to die.
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I consider myself to be a Christian. I just try to stay away from the looney ones who try to use the Bible as a propaganda tool.
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I consider myself to be a Christian. I just try to stay away from the looney ones who try to use the Bible as a propaganda tool.
I think those are the ones most of us take issue with.
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And that is why Mormons do NOT follow the book of Mormon instead of the Bible, and Catholics do NOT follow the Pope instead of the Bible.
Then why even HAVE the Book of Mormon?
And why even HAVE a Pope?

NEITHER are Biblical...
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Then why even HAVE the Book of Mormon?
And why even HAVE a Pope?

NEITHER are Biblical...
I agree. Well, the concept behind the pope was to exploit Christianity for power and money. Now its much different, but the pope is just still existing (although a hell of a lot of money still goes to the Pope from Catholics if I'm not mistaken).

But the book of mormon I can't tell. I don't know about it, don't know the history.
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Cult is the root word of culture.

Its root word has an agricultural connotation referring to the "care" of new life.
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Then why even HAVE the Book of Mormon?
And why even HAVE a Pope?

NEITHER are Biblical...
They have a book of mormon because they are MORMONS!

The pope, is like a head priest. Why have a Church? Why have a priest or a deacon or whatever protestants call their priests?

The bible is a finite work. It is not all inclusive. To think anything else is remarkabley narrow minded. Lots of things are not biblical. But we have them.

The Pope is a religious leader, nothing more.
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