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Posted at July 30, 2015, 6:06 pm:

Do you think the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) is a cult movement or a mainstream religion?

Oh and don't say something stupid like "lolz all religions are cults*

Now I know someone will reply with just that.

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Replies:

I think, based on what I've read about the roots of Mormonism, that it...

It's not a cult.

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I don't know but it's weird when you get a whole town of these people ...

ITT: Canadians don't do irony.

They're too big to be a cult, and most Mormons aren't too crazy Its...

Definitely a cult! Just that not all of them are in too deep.

Mormons are strange people.

LDS was founded by a guy that was tripping off of spoiled rye (aka LSD...

yeah mormons aren't the cuckoo folks most people think them to be.

ITT: no caffeine

I know a Mormon guy.

It's institutionalized, so it's a religion.

idk, one of the nicest people i've ever met was a mormon she's sort o...

Mormons aren't as bad as Jehovah's Witnesses but there is definitely s...

How about the Falun Gong people that the PRC are trying to censor and ...

The super mormons that like practice polygomy are essentially a cult, ...

The Church of Latter-Day Saints is all good.

More of a cult than Christianity, less of a cult than Scientology.

On the whole it isn't a cult, although bits of it are.

Ask me your questions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day S...

They believe in polygamy.

Only the crazy ones

No NFL Sunday? Mannnn.

A couple of years ago I had a friend who was a Mormon, but he was like...

Not anymore they don't.

A good deal weirder than regular Christians, at least doctrine-wise bu...

They're just the two most prominent takeoff's of Christianity, though ...

http://www.

But there's a show on HBO that shows they do Why the hell would a...

Housework gets done faster

But more mouths nagging at you

more hands for cooking as well

If you're a dude I can't see how you need to ask.

or it's just because they want a lot of sex.

evolution lol, one woman is enough for me to marry I don't need three ...

I'm just curious how you think a farm boy with no education could writ...

So how is it that you can't work, watch Tv, etc etc.

mormonism began like 5 minutes away from me.

I generally don't trust christians.

why not most christians aren't even that christian.

I guess I just don't trust white people.

down with the man

What's the point of being Christian if you're not going to be THAT Chr...

by THAT christian i meant fundamentalist/close to it/believe some of t...

Well like I said before, I'm pretty relaxed on it all, I was watching ...

Um, if you claim to be Christian, "not being that much of a Chris...

Yeah it's like being a Zell Miller democrat.

I said you could if you had the desire to do it.

We didn't "evolve to only one mate.

If any of these societies do even exist, the trend seems to be evolvin...

I think its more of an annoyance then a cult.

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Meh, Religions are just cults with more members.

It's unorthodox Christianity so yes, it's a cult.

I've never really thought of it was one.

IF I had to chose which group of cultists that I thought were more loo...

Yep, it is sad.

Ehh, I went to a Catholic school when I was younger and I can say now ...

mormons regularly ring my bell.

I totally agree.

A God, as in equal to God, creating worlds and all that jazz.

I assume you believe Mormons are not elect, yes?

Yes.

I'll teach my kids how to reason, how to think logically, and how to f...

I'm glad to hear that.

Seems to me like your post meant to say "Most people tell their k...

I don't mean for people to "impose" religion on them.

It's not really a double standard.

Mormons believe that when they die they become the god of their own pl...

have you guys ever even met a mormon? my school has a lot of mormons.

How about the rest of Christianity?

I always figured that when a cult gets out into the mainstream it turn...

Whatever they are, they should die.

the legal definition of a religion in the US is that it has tax-exempt...

or tom cruise.

A cult can really just be a word for a really small religion, but it's...

Whenever you're dealing with tax-exempt status' and all the rest of th...

There are hardcore atheists who insist that this is true of Christiani...

Yeah but a lot more than hardcore athiests/Christians/whatever realize...

Nevertheless, it's not the US government's place to determine whether ...

Um, no.

I dunno.

I guess it depends how closely you follow the orginal Mormon values.

It does when you read more then just John 3:16.

Now I know you'll pwn me in any debate over scripture but I couldn't...

Alright, find me the verse where it says you need to believe in sola f...

They are a cult of Christianity.

Oh please everyone be ignorant at the same time.

all religions except the big 5 (Christianity,Islam,Judaism,Hinduism an...

What do you mean by "believe in Jesus Christ"? I know atheis...

that kinda goes hand in hand with James 2:19 19You believe that t...

Exactly.

Obviously I mean believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Saviour...

Seems to me that Jesus was definitely not fundamentalist.

Exactly, up until Jesus' birth the Jews were still living by the Mosai...

Jesus was fundamentalist because he challenged the worldly, corrupt re...

If the Scriptures are true, Jesus created a new set off fundementals, ...

Jesus didn't create anything new.

Professing a belief in Jesus Christ is obviously substantively differe...

I like this guy.

In regards to works, though, you can reference that verse of "fai...

err so would saying that faith is required.

Not in terms of Covenant theology.

Exactly, so when some denominations (and LDS, depending on whether the...

Some denominations, yes.

I think it depends on who you ask--A lot of Mormons would probably say...

From what I understand they don't believe that Jesus was the son of G...

Nath seemed to say so much as the first part of that, kind of the seco...

When Jesus spoke of these people he was talking about the pharisees, a...

God should give us a quick shout and a wave so that we didn't need any...

Why couldn't the same be said for works?

He still is.

There are also alot of people, who like to think they heard the word o...

I'm not saying that they are all true, that's why i added the "at...

First of all, I think it's a false association to believe in something...

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