I would invite all to come to our church meetings. See for yourself. Don’t take my word for it, don’t take Sentinel’s word for it, see for yourself what happens.
As a Catholic living in Utah for all these years I have found the LDS to be great neighbors. They have excellent family values and great families. I have seen nothing that would lead me to the word ‘cult’...and the LDS Church is about as far from that as you can get what with all the semi-autonomous powers the local Bishops and Stake Presidents have.
Cults need to have ALL of the power, for the big decisions as well as the day-to-day decisions, given to 1 person. That just doesn’t happen in the LDS Church.
What you have on these threads is a small group of people who have always (down thru history you can spot them a mile away) tried to re-invent God thru their own hatred. They are on these threads trying to pass of their hatred as something from God. It isn’t. When I read the New Testament I have always been amazed at how many times, and in how many ways, Jesus talks about LOVE. About loving your enemies....about loving those that speak ill of you. Those on these threads who offer nothing but hate obviously do not have the Spirit of Christ within them.
Ignore them. Feel sorry for them. Pray for them.
But you will not get them to change their minds....and they will continue to spout out hate against the LDS.
I’m proud of the LDS friends and neighbors. I’m going thru some major medical problems right now....and my LDS friends and neighbors are helping every single day to cope with the problems. I never asked...they just acted. They are acting more Christ-like than any ‘Mormon Hater’ on these threads.
I’m proud of my LDS friends and neighbors.
redrock