I’m not a Christian, but I don’t really see how this is different from other churches who have broken off from earlier demonstrations. Catholics said the others were pagans heretics etc. then the protestants came and said the Catholics were corrupt and “whore of Babylon” then it was these guys turn.
In terms of real world political outcomes aren’t what Mormons and the rest of your movement want the same? No homosexual marriage, no abortions, public prayer etc.
Don’t mean to be flippant but I really didn’t know there was this much of a difference until primary season last year.
There isn't.
Some FReepers use Mitt Romney articles as thinly veiled vehicles for sparking/rehashing religious debates about the LDS Church.
Politically speaking, Mormons are a very reliable conservative-voting group. But some foolishly love to attack their strong political allies over religious differences.
So true; if all you look at is THIS world.
Both groups have a LARGER veiw of things, and they are NOT the same.
You state you're not a Christian; can I assume that you've not really got any kind of religious preferences?
Well, it took "wild gymnastics" of passages from Revelation (re: "whore of Babylon") to come up with something. In other words, there is NO Scriptural passage that reads either: "Thus saith the Lord of the Catholics, Protestants by name are heretics" or "Thus saith the Lord of the Protestants, Catholics are the 'whore of Babylon.'"
The most that could be attributed was by insinuation or by accusation of a church leader or grassroots person. But the source of that was simply an opinion -- not necessarily God, and certainly not canonized revelation.
With the Mormons, that can't be said!!!
Why? Because Joseph Smith, in his very "first vision," claimed that...
...ALL of the Christian creeds were an "abomination" to not just Smith, but to th Mormon god...
...ALL of the Christian professors of their faith were "corrupt"...(again, not just an opinion of Smith, but of the Mormon god)...
...ALL of the non- "Lamb" churches (what Mormons interpret as non-Mormon churches) were under the umbrella of the "Church of Satan" (see Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 14:9-10)...
Smith's "first vision" became enshrined by a later generation of Mormons (mid 1870s) when they decided this was to be "canonized revelation."
Furthermore, official Mormon doctrine considers themselves to be "the only true and living church on the face of the earth" (Doctrine & Covenants 1:30) and that all others were/are part of a "universal apostasy."
There are various Protestant and Evangelical beliefs re: Catholics and the Catholic faith. You would be hard-pressed to come up with a canonized Bible passage saying, "Thus saith the Lord: Catholics are..."
In terms of real world political outcomes aren’t what Mormons and the rest of your movement want the same? No homosexual marriage, no abortions, public prayer etc.
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Actually, no. They are much less conservative than most people think.