[SoConPubbie]

Banishing the Cross: The Emergence of a Mormon Taboo,” (John Whitmer Books) by Michael G. Reed, is a slim but valuable volume on the history of the Mormons’ relationship with the cross. As Reed notes, the Mormon Church was founded during an era of widespread Protestant hostility to the cross, a hostility that was due to that era’s wariness of Catholicism.

Good luck finding any historical proof to support this bald-faced lie.

[svcw]

One of my mormon uncles a former bishop, told me that mormons abandoned the cross because they didn’t want people to think they were Christians.

All one has to do is read mormon teaches and historical writings (of theirs) to see the hostility of mormons towards Christians/Catholics.

Now Christian/Catholic hostility to the Cross is just silly, never was, never will be, I guess its away to validate mormon hostility.

[Alex Murphy]

"...the Mormon Church was founded during an era of widespread Protestant hostility to the cross, a hostility that was due to that era’s wariness of Catholicism."

Good luck finding any historical proof to support this bald-faced lie.

Yep. That comment made me stop dead in my tracks, too.

[Colofornian]

From the article: Banishing the Cross: The Emergence of a Mormon Taboo,” (John Whitmer Books) by Michael G. Reed, is a slim but valuable volume on the history of the Mormons’ relationship with the cross. As Reed notes, the Mormon Church was founded during an era of widespread Protestant hostility to the cross, a hostility that was due to that era’s wariness of Catholicism.

Good luck finding any historical proof to support this bald-faced lie. [SoConPubbie, post #17]

Yep. That comment made me stop dead in my tracks, too. [Alex Murphy, post #64 -- response to SoConPubbie]

Mr. Reed...Seems to be a consensus here about this part of your book: Your claim that there was "an era of widespread Protestant hostility to the cross"

What is the basis of this claim?