True, but in the case of Mormonism, its founders were bad people. Joseph Smith was a sexual predator. His victims included little girls and women who were married to other men. For years, he lied to his wife Emma about what he was doing. He could not safely continue these activities in any nineteenth century Christian community. So, he then created this new "religion" and still later had a "revelation" which purported to provide him with authority from God to continue his sexual perversions.
After Joseph died, his buddy Bringem Young (another pervert who took full advantage of Smith's revelation by "marrying" some 55 women and little girls) moved the church west to Salt Lake City to avoid prosecution.
So, given that this "religion" was concocted in order to provide moral cover for some sexual predators, why should any normal person pretend to be sincerely respectful? Why is Bringem Young due any greater respect than Warren Jeffs, a man who is currently incarcerated for engaging in the same conduct?
I am a Christian and my God loves me, My God doesn’t like hate!!! That is what i see here form so called Christians!
Jebediah Springfield: People, our search is over! On this site we shall build a new town where we can worship freely, govern justly, and grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets.
Shelbyville Manhattan: Yes! And marry our cousins.
Jebediah Springfield: I was- wha... what are you talking about, Shelbyville? Why would we want to marry our cousins?
Shelbyville Manhattan: Because they’re so attractive. I... I thought that was the whole point of this journey.
Jebediah Springfield: Absolutely not!
Shelbyville Manhattan: I tell you, I won’t live in a town that robs men of the right to marry their cousins!
Jebediah Springfield: Well, then, we’ll form our own town. Who will come and live a life devoted to chastity, abstinence, and a flavorless mush I call rootmarm?
“The Simpsons” Lemon of Troy (1995)