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Mormon Doctrine Leads to Socialism?

xnilo Wrote: May 09, 2012 3:17 PM

It would be like someone wanting to be a Christian group that insists David Koresh was a prophet of God. That would be cult, even if they call themselves Christian. Just because Mormonism has stood the test of some time, does not negate its roots. Also, you should remember that God supposedly told Joseph Smith to start the LDS because all the other Christian denominations had gone astray. So Joseph Smith basically called all other forms of Christianity cults or false religions. Now the LDS flip their lids when mainstream Christians do not accept them??? The LDS may be Smithians, but they are not Christians.

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Mormon Doctrine Leads to Socialism?

Now that Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the left is increasing its attacks on his Mormon religion, hoping to distract voters into focusing on perceived negatives about Mormonism. The latest attack is shrewdly done. Instead of directly attacking Mormonism, which could look bad, the left is claiming that Mormonism is really socialist.

Last month, the far left website Salon ran an article entitled, “When Mormons Were Socialists.” It relied completely upon a deliberate misinterpretation of a few verses in the Book of Mormon. The author claimed that Mormon doctrine about events in the first century...

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