Reply To: Cults – the aftermath

About Mormonism? I honestly have no idea. When I was a child, my younger sister had a mega crush on Donny Osmond, and the only thing we ‘knew’ about Mormons was that they could have more than one wife, so her chances of hooking up with Donny wouldn’t be dashed if he got married

Since I’ve been in the States, I read up a lot more about it. To be truthful, I don’t understand how they can actively believe in Joseph Smith, since the story of how their bible got created is more than bizarre, and Smiths reputation as a con man appears to have been widespread.

To my mind, the attraction of that sort of community is in feeling special and a part of a close knit fellowship. The rest is just tinsel and ribbon.

So I don’t actually know if it’s a cult. I haven’t got close enough to analyze their interactions. It’s why I asked 🙂