Is the Mormon Church a cult?

I am not a Christian but have studied quite a few different religions during my "searching" years. I imagine that many Christians do think of Mormonism as a cult, but Mormons probably think that other Christian groups are a cult in their minds!

hi dear Pose123 I do think that the Mormons are a sect.In any sect its Jesus PLUS something else, like here the Book of Mormon teachings of Joseph Smith, which are regarded as highly as the Bible. But I dont dislike the Mormons. Quite the contrary. In the suburb of my hometown where I lived they were active every Saturday in that Mall, talking to people and I liked the young men speaking about their faith. They knew me after a while and I was always ready to chat with them cause I am so shy I couldnt have done what they did. Being that young, learning another language, going to another far away country for a year or two and telling people about their faith.....wowwwwwww. I have read books about Mormonism giving some insider information about practices like that being Baptized in place of someone who is already deceased and the Temple and such. I still cant really understand why these Temples are for Mormons only and non Mormons cant enter the Temple. We have one close to my Hometown and the public was only welcome to see it before it was sort of consecrated.

To me it's just another church and everyone has the right to believe in what they want. I am a lutheran....and what I believe I probably wouldn't go out and try to change people to my beliefs....but a cult? I don't think so....just another way to celebrate your beliefs.

A cult may be defined as 1. a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers. 3. the object of such devotion. 4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. This being the case, why would Christianity be any different than Mormonism?

All religions are cults! Created BY man to control other men, and to explain things they had no understanding of.........but in today's modern world we all know better..........RIGHT? OK..........my job is done here...... *exits before the stoning begins*

You mean that Mormon are the followers of Herbert Armstrong Who claimed that he is a prophet Or other people , I do not know any thing about Mormon .

I think all religions are cults....good intentioned or not, they all work in the same way....to get their members to feel they are better than members of other "cults" and to brainwash them into revolving their lives around their religion while the world around them falls apart while they are at church praying....thinking that sitting in a church praying is helping the world somehow.....

Hello Pose123, I did a search on what the Bible says about the mormon church, and this is one of the scriptures that came up : Matthew 24:4-14 - And Jesus answered them, "see that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, Saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and Kingdom against Kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.... Blessings!

If it does look like one, then it probably is. Some christian churches and Evangelical Christians consider it is a cult, while there are also other churches consider it is just another main stream religion orders. It all depend on the definition of 'cult' base on the teaching of different Christian leaders, whose may interpret necessary right out of the bible. Mormon do has its own holy book they used for teaching and as guidance for their daily life other than just Holy Bible, their main book is called Book of Mormon, written by their founder and Prophet Joseph Smith.

Mormons are no more a cult than any other religion in my estimation. They just catch grief because they're newer. I've heard other religious people laugh about the supposed fact that Jesus was in America and left some hidden tablets or something. But these same people believe an all-powerful being impregnated a virgin and birthed a hybrid god who sacrificed himself for all of mankind. So from the outside looking in, I can't make the call on which story seems to be the "lie" here.

Generally, people call religions, cults, if there are too few people involved. If there's a group that only has one outlet, and has only a few hundred people, at most, and have an original religious concept, it's called a cult. Once it gains more memebers, and has more believers, it's not longer a cult, now it's a religion. either way though, both are fictitious and have loads of BS behind them, so what's the difference?

Hi Pose: As many people has stated here, it's a sycretic religion because it tries to conciliate verses from the Bible to new elements introduced in their book but at the same time it's a religious point of view because they have religious point of views and a set of rules. Calling a religion a cult is a way to make it look less important. ALVARO

Lyttleton and West in the 19th century and Frank Morison in the 20th Century tried to disprove the Bible and ended up believing it. This could never happen with the Book of Mormon. Simply, the Bible is all true and the Book of Mormon is a lie, or a series of lies, with some truth mixed in.

I am not a Christian but I have a great interest in religion and I study all religions when I have the opportunity. I also have a long standing interest in cults and have done a lot of research on cults. Most religions began as a cult but later evolved into a religion. Some remain cults. I can not clearly remember the definition of a cult and the definition of a religion but it can be searched. I believe that a group is seen as a cult when it revolves around one leader. There was a period of time when The Mormon Religion was seen as a cult but it is now recognized as religion, one of the newer religions. Many Christian groups do view Mormonism as a cult. In turn, most Mormons view everyone who is not a Mormon as a gentile.

Can this Jewish woman respond? I believe there are no cults, just some paths that are not as respected by others. And this is what is happening here. The Mormon Church is the new kid on the block. Many do not understand and instead of learning what it is all about , they just deem it a cult. It is so sad. Me? Anything with the name Christ in Is Christian. Their vision is different that's all.

If it does look like one, then it probably is. Some christian churches and Evangelical Christians consider it is a cult, while there are also other churches consider it is just another main stream religion orders. It all depend on the definition of 'cult' base on the teaching of different Christian leaders, whose may interpret necessary right out of the bible. Mormon do has its own holy book they used for teaching and as guidance for their daily life other than just Holy Bible, their main book is called Book of Mormon, written by their founder and Prophet Joseph Smith, some are just too weird to understand.

How do you define cult? By what definition do you go?

Why did you say that mormon is a kind of cult? As far as I know they are legitimate part of protestant church.