Mormons are a member of a cult
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By definition, all religions are cults. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ Side: Yes
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I agree that all religions are cults, and I think the Mormon religion gets more of that label due to their more zealous attitude about the "True Way" and also with the fervent spreading of that word; as compared to most other religions. They have a higher count of unique rites/ceremonies/practices they have such as needing to be married in the temple to make it to one of the positive 3 levels of the afterlife, or the whole missionary ordeal, or the bearing testament. So I think Mormonism is labelled more as a cultish society because of things like those. Side: Yes
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Plus I mean, if you're gonna call a religious following that big a cult well, might as well start labeling every religion with any sort of structure a cult. Not that I disagree with this, I'm just going to add, for the sake of being fair, I do feel that there is an atheist persona (on the internet more than anywhere else), with some cultlike tendencies. Without a clear belief structure, it's obviously much less pronounced compared to religion, but there definitely is an common personality that I've seen many times on the internet. Side: No
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