tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post6986912888027199699..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: Dept. of No Surprise: Mormonism is a "Cult"Father Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-49509647896306863992011-10-12T17:03:16.900-04:002011-10-12T17:03:16.900-04:00All the time.
Golf and religion are both pretty ...All the time. <br /> Golf and religion are both pretty boring, but at least with golf you get some exercise and fresh air.<br /> College fraternities/sororities are withering away from law suits due to date rape and underage drinking; they're killing themselves off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-49461392363781466172011-10-12T04:43:04.726-04:002011-10-12T04:43:04.726-04:00"Less expensive," eh? Maybe. But since..."Less expensive," eh? Maybe. But since you spend a fair amount of time knocking church's tax-exempt status, I do ask you to remember that there are other organizations that own a lot more property and generate a lot more income than the average parish church, but pay little or no tax either. Country clubs, for example. College fraternities. Homeowners associations. Not to mention some farms and multinational corporations. <br /><br />So, really, there are a lot of people out there costing you money. I hope you go to their blogs and complain, too.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-15198068512885279872011-10-12T04:00:38.368-04:002011-10-12T04:00:38.368-04:00Not smarter than all but certainly less expensive ...Not smarter than all but certainly less expensive and much less trouble to my neighbors since I don't ask them for money or to vote certain ways or arrange their lives in ways they either do already or don't want to.<br /> Religion is either irrelevant (we already know what to do) or pointless (we get asked to behave in strange and completely pointless ways-don't eat pig, cover your head, sing these songs, eat this wafer, pour water over your head or dip yourself in this pool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-61089840907089499992011-10-12T02:39:22.782-04:002011-10-12T02:39:22.782-04:00Do you guys even read the actual posts?
Nixon: I...Do you guys even read the actual posts?<br /><br />Nixon: I just *said* that, about "all cultists." So here you are, doing your usual "I'm an atheist so I'm smarter than Christians" thing, and you're copying something that a Christian just wrote about himself. <br /><br />Mariano: It's not that I disagree with you, but you're one of those people who leaves the same cut-and-paste comment on blogs and news articles all over the internet. I've seen this one in about fice places today. If you want to leave a comment here -- and I love comments -- could you at least try to comment on *the actual post*? Otherwise, the common sense approach is to say something in your own blog.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-64400052357598780782011-10-11T21:53:35.777-04:002011-10-11T21:53:35.777-04:00Romney, and any Mormon offended by being referred ...Romney, and any Mormon offended by being referred to as cultists, need to be asked why they adhere to a religion whose prophet, Joseph Smith, referred to Christianity, in general, as being cultic.<br />He actually, claimed that God Himself referred to Christianity as “all wrong,” an “abomination,” “all corrupt” and “far from me”—this is the very foundation of the Mormon religion.<br />Pardon the spam-like URL but, see: http://www.examiner.com/messianic-jewish-in-national/rick-perry-on-robert-jeffress-mormonism-as-cultKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478151742674353783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-5104922201179008172011-10-11T19:09:10.532-04:002011-10-11T19:09:10.532-04:00If your underwear is regulated by your religion, y...If your underwear is regulated by your religion, you may not be a cult but you've got to expect that people are going to laugh at you and call you stupid names.<br /> As an atheist, I don't have weird clothes, weird dietary rules, weird seasons, or weird music or a very strange cosmology (Kolob and Zenu and the like). If it makes you feel any better, you're all cultists to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-87078800993444659312011-10-10T19:24:38.464-04:002011-10-10T19:24:38.464-04:00If a "cult" is any group that puts such ...If a "cult" is any group that puts such heavy expectations on its members that they follow certain practices, cultural activities, rituals, and life style practices, then sure, there are at least aspects of Mormonism that seems to be a cult. I'm thinking here especially of the expectation that young men, around age 18, go off on a mission and the expectation that the young women will marry a returned missionary. This definition doesn't even get into the core of the beliefs.<br /><br />But certainly, there are very strong expectations present in a number of sub branches of "Christianity." For example, there are those branches that preach "quiver-full;" and male domination, no questions asked; and homeschooling groups that have the children all dressed alike. Just saying. Or how about some traditional types of monasteries or convents? <br /><br />I guess I'm coming at this from a different direction than you are. One could say, "I'm free in Christ (in my denomination) but Those People are bound by law and rules." And of course, They see our failings as well.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com