Difference between revisions of "Mormon cult"
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To see the evidence against the Book of Abraham A dvd entitled The Lost Book of Abraham a dvd that shows Mormon beliefs don't fit the facts. | To see the evidence against the Book of Abraham A dvd entitled The Lost Book of Abraham a dvd that shows Mormon beliefs don't fit the facts. | ||
| − | Though criticisms, facts, and historical | + | Though criticisms, facts, and historical research are offensive to Mormons, Church leadership has counseled members not to react to or debate but keep their responses "in the form of a positive explanation of the doctrines and practices of the Church" (Church News, Dec. 18, 1983, p. 2). |
Two other prolific anti-Mormon researchers, who like to define the Mormon Church as a cult, are Jerald and Sandra Tanner. Their main strategy is to try to demonstrate discrepancies between current and past Church teachings. They operate and publish under the name of the Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Inc. | Two other prolific anti-Mormon researchers, who like to define the Mormon Church as a cult, are Jerald and Sandra Tanner. Their main strategy is to try to demonstrate discrepancies between current and past Church teachings. They operate and publish under the name of the Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Inc. | ||
| − | But why all these people spend so much time attacking the Mormon Church and saying that it is a cult? Probably there are many reasons. Some of these people may even be sincere in their beliefs and perhaps they think they are “protecting” people from being deceived by the Mormon cult (think of Saul before becoming Paul in the New Testament). Others, however, are motivated by contempt or anger and clearly act with the purpose of damaging the Mormon Church. In short, they are not showing the true Christian spirit in their attitudes and behaviors. | + | But why all these people spend so much time attacking the Mormon Church and saying that it is a cult? Probably there are many reasons. One is that it actually is a non Christian cult. Some of these people may even be sincere in their beliefs and perhaps they think they are “protecting” people from being deceived by the Mormon cult (think of Saul before becoming Paul in the New Testament). Others, however, are motivated by contempt or anger and clearly act with the purpose of damaging the Mormon Church. In short, they are not showing the true Christian spirit in their attitudes and behaviors. |
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What about the Mormon Cult?
Critics of the Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) like to tell people about the true history of the Mormon Church which is a cult . They use history examples such as the Book of Abraham being a complete fraud. Joseph Smith claimed that he translated the Book of Abraham-yet Egyptologist who have evaluated the translation associate the Book of Abraham with the Book of Breathings. They use web sites such as www.irr.org that document the historical evidence against the Mormon Faith.
Similarly, in our days, several anti-Mormon organizations operate in the United States and in other countries. In the 1987 Directory of Cult Research Organizations we can find more than a hundred anti-Mormon listings. These groups distribute anti-Mormon literature, provide lectures that attack the Church publicly, and even proselytize Mormons. For most of them Mormonism is a cult.
One of their favorite themes is to assert that Mormons are not Christians. The main basis for this classification is that the Mormon belief in the Christian Godhead is different from the traditional Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity. The anti-cultists proclaim that Mormons worship a "different Jesus" and that their scriptures (e.g. the Book of Mormon) are contrary to the Bible.
To see the evidence against the Book of Abraham A dvd entitled The Lost Book of Abraham a dvd that shows Mormon beliefs don't fit the facts.
Though criticisms, facts, and historical research are offensive to Mormons, Church leadership has counseled members not to react to or debate but keep their responses "in the form of a positive explanation of the doctrines and practices of the Church" (Church News, Dec. 18, 1983, p. 2).
Two other prolific anti-Mormon researchers, who like to define the Mormon Church as a cult, are Jerald and Sandra Tanner. Their main strategy is to try to demonstrate discrepancies between current and past Church teachings. They operate and publish under the name of the Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Inc.
But why all these people spend so much time attacking the Mormon Church and saying that it is a cult? Probably there are many reasons. One is that it actually is a non Christian cult. Some of these people may even be sincere in their beliefs and perhaps they think they are “protecting” people from being deceived by the Mormon cult (think of Saul before becoming Paul in the New Testament). Others, however, are motivated by contempt or anger and clearly act with the purpose of damaging the Mormon Church. In short, they are not showing the true Christian spirit in their attitudes and behaviors.
See also Mormonism cult
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