The Mormon Story | Once the most persecuted faith in the United States, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has emerged as one of the fastest growing and most influential religious groups in the country. (Books & Culture, November 1, 1999)
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Mitt Romney continues to dig a deeper hole regarding his Mormonism. Be assured, Mormonism is a cult...and has always been a cult, by reason of their radical unorthodox position on the nature of God and the Person of Jesus Christ. Mormons are adept at parroting evangelical (biblical) language so as to mislead and deceive their audience, and thereby securing an unmerited level of acceptance with Christians. Criticism is most often deflected by redirecting attention to and emphasizing "family values."
Over the past century, dozens of books have been written documenting the heterodox, polytheistic beliefs of Mormonism. However, it's their ability to look the public square in the face and lie about what they believe that should be of concern to everyone. If they'll lie about their religion, which they esteem so highly, what else are they willing to lie about?
Daniel Durham
Posted: December 12, 2007 2:04 PM
This article presents one of the worst arguments I have ever seen. Swenson is correct about the illogicalness of violent Mormons. That same Missouri mob violence was played out against abolitionist Kansas, most notably the sack of Lawrence. This brings up another point—the Civil War was a deeply religious war, specifically with regards to slavery (sing ALL the verses of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”). As far as I know, no Mormon has EVER enslaved, beat, whipped, raped, or murdered another human LDS doctrine, particularly with temple ordinance, is not secret but sacred. Temples are not operated by the CIA! The “rejection of historic Christian truths” is a contradiction in terms. Historically, Christianity began in simple terms as an evolved form of Judaism, transforming in to the multitudes of wildly different Christian sects of today. My point is that principles unite and beliefs divide. Shame on us all for failing Christs teachings. Only he can judge-we can only forgive.
Nick
Posted: December 12, 2007 1:20 PM
It's not the interior theological beliefs of Mormonism that concern me. It's the historical inaccuracies that are easily disproven in the Book of Mormon. The inaccuracies that gave legitimacy to its mistreatment of fellow black citizens. Mormonism is a racist religion at its core, in contrast to racists who are Christian, that receive no such support from that belief system. The Book of Mormon is built upon plagiarized texts and easily-disproven historical narratives. It's nineteenth-century Scientology.
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