The deceased Lds "prophet" Gordon B. Hinckley told Larry King in a CNN interview that there was "no such thing as fundamentalist Mormons." (Trying to distance himself from the polygamist Mormons on Earth...of course, Lds don't distance themselves from the polygamous Mormons they say are living on Kolob or other planets!!!)
If the Lds "prophet" can define who is Mormon, why do some Lds chaff at the bit about actually claiming, "Yes, there are some boundaries to what constitutes Christianity?" (Otherwise, Christianity might as well be the Bahai)
From the article: ...two recent polls found that at least one quarter of Americans said they would not vote for a Mormon for president...some religious conservatives have compared the Mormon religion to a 'cult' and its doctrines to paganism. The Web site of Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, for example, says the religious beliefs of Mormons 'are simply wrong,' and 'when it comes to spiritual matters, the Mormons are far from the truth.'
You don't have to go to Robertson to find this eval of Mormons! It's been the contention of Christian leaders for a long time!
Why did they cite Robertson then on this when they could have referenced thousands of others? The same reason the homosexual activists, after Prop 8 passed in CA, didn't go after the minority voters who favored Prop 8 or the other Christian denominations that helped it to pass. They thought the Mormon church made an easier "target."
Bottom line: If you think you can become a god one day, then yes, you qualify as a polytheistic cult!
I don’t have any issues with Mormons and not voting for Mitt Romney doesn’t make me a bigot. Creating one more divisive group like the ADL isn’t going to help anyone.
Everyone in the media slammed Huckabee for pointing out that Mormons believe Jesus and Satan are brothers. But Huckabee was indeed correct.
I think there will be no Mormon Defamation League. Mormons would have to talk about how they were ‘defamed.’ That would open up a dialogue of their beliefs and that would be embarrassing.
I thought mormons cried a lot about allowing others to freely practice their beliefs? Clearly, exclusions like this are fundamentally included in that article of faith. I'll bet moslems were excluded from the NDP services too - are they whinning about it?
Have to agree - the the morg prophet can define who is a mormon - Christianity can define who is a Christian. IF mormons are Christian - FLDS are equally mormons.
The “civility covenant” was an odd case in which Colson was taking sides with a marxist against a mormon.
If you can be civil with a marxist you can darned sure be civil with a mormon.
I don't compare it to a cult.
It doesn’t seem that Mormons consider Christians, *Christians* either.
So, what’s the beef?
I believe that to be a gross under statement.
If their beliefs were more in line with Christian beliefs, then they would more likely be welcome in the fellowship of believers. Why would the LDS want in?
When the light rested upon me I saw two personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spoke unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other - ‘This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!’ My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the personages who stood above in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that they were all wrong) - and which I should join. I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were abomination in His sight; that those professors were all corrupt (Pearl of Great Price History, 1:17-19).
All Christianity is corrupt; why join in with corruption?
Should Christians or Baptists Do form an Anti-Defamation League?
They are after all derided by missionaries as being Apostates and whores of Babylon as are all other creeds.
The worst among them being the Presbyterians.
Anti-Defamation League?
I have this "issue" going on in my own family, so I know it's no laughing matter.
White skinned people need an ADL.
Isn’t every mormonite already a member of the universal victims group?
Let us deal with the facts. Mormonism is a cult if you determine a cult by traditional Christian beliefs, such as you find the the ancient creeds. That is a fact. There is an objective criteria for determining what is Christian and what is not. I used to believe that Mormons and I had much in common politically, but Harry Reid destroyed that view.
“Do Mormons need an Anti-Defamation League?”
Well they seem to get the most pissed when people tell the truth about their beliefs.....so I am not sure that anti-defamation is what is called for.
No, no, being a cylon isn't the same as being a god - wait; actually, given the limited scope that Mormonism assigns to the (not nearly) Almighty, being a cylon IS the same as being a Mormon god.
Heck YES!!
ANYTHING to stop those HAteful, bigotted ANTI's from posting official MORMON writings!
I always think it interesting that many Mormons probably support Romney just because he IS Mormon.