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Absolutely it's a cult," she said. "It has all the hallmarks of a cult. Every one of these polygamous groups are cults. The dynamics are the same."
This makes me ask some questions.
If every group that practices polygamy is a member of a cult were the polygamists in the Bible cultists?
Since the Koran says a man can marry up to four wives, are the more than a billion Muslims in the world members of a cult?
Since I knew Catholics and Protestants (members of churches like Baptists, Presbyterians and Methodists) in Congo who have more than one wife, are they members of cults?
Better watch out your religon is not next. Oh and yes, I'm familiar with this group and the majority of its members believe mormons are in a cult. (remember how they got the federal government to go after mormons in the 1800's)
"Absolutely" IS AN EXTREMIST AND DANGEROUS WORD.
When you have what appears to be 20 statutory rape cases (5 current girls, 15 women with a rape history) coming out of Texas with a population of 700 FLDS, you almost have to assume that there are about 200 cases among 7,000-10,000 Utah/Arizona FLDS. That's a lot of statutory rape to leave unprosecuted. I'm all for extending a friendly hand, but something more than a friendly hand is called for here.
What next, will people from the attorney general's office go to meetings of the KKK or Neo-Nazis?
A cult can be anyone you disagree with--by these people's definition of a cult, the early Christian followers of Jesus were a cult--following a messianic leader, willing to die for his teachings, turning away from their general society's teachings, seeing their leader as God-like. Being told that if they put mother or father before Him, they weren't worthy of him. You could make a great case. So could you against the founder of Islam, maybe even Buddha and Confucius. Martin Luther? George Fox, the Wesley brothers?
Sort of like the folks down south who identified the Mormon Battalion folks, a historic group dedicated to honoring the original Mormon Battalion soldiers, as a dangerous militia.
Let's stop throwing mud--one man's cult is another man's religion and except when laws are broken, it's simply none of our business!
This is the best definition of the word cult I have seen.
Cult - a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
Basically all religions are cults until they gain enough members and power to persuade big-media and public opinion into believing they are no longer a cult.
It's like Stop-throwing-it-around said, "one man's cult is another man's religion." That is so true.
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I certainly favor kindliness as a virtue, but unwillingness to examine the secret actions of FLDS men strikes me as evasion, not kindliness. It curries favor with the men at the expense of FLDS women and children.