Hi, Darkelf.

--- Cinnabari  wrote:

> > Mormonism does too for some.... though all the mainstream
> > Christian scholarly types say NOT! CULT CULT CULT!
> 
> *What*? 
> 
> Never heard that from my mainstream Catholic or Lutheran or
> Methodist scholarly
> types...  Nor, from my dealings with Mormons, would I agree with
> that assessment.  

>From the Encyclopedia Michael Nellis: Appendix 25:

CULT: Anti-Mormons use "cult" the way gay 
activists use "homophobe" -- as an ad hominem epithet hurled to
try to silence any persuasive opponent whose ideas can't be
countered on their merits.

When used this way, "cult" just means "religion I want you to
fear so much you won't listen to them." Or even, "religion I want
you to hate so much that you will remove it from the list of
churches that deserve constitutional protection."
--Orson Scott Card

However, be it noted that I have not encountered any overt
antiMormonism in my studies of censorship and human rights.  (The two
go hand in hand.)

=====
Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is 
the loftiest of cowardice. --Holbrook Jackson

>From the Lair of Fang-Face DreamWeaver
and The Encyclopedia Michael Nellis
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/dreamweaver/index.html

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