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What is it about Mormonism? I would say it's deep seeded bias rooted in misunderstanding.

How many people still believe, falsely, that polygamy is accepted by the Church of LDS? How many people don't realize that the faith is built on the same principles and texts as the rest of Christianity; that they view the Book of Mormon as another testament of Christ?

I wonder how many people know that the Book of Mormon states that all non-Mormon people, regardless of their personal beliefs, are actually members of "the Church of Satan"?

I've heard people, who have studied both Scientology and Christianity, like Will Smith, say they are like 98 percent similiar? is that true?

The mythological structures are similar in some respects, but then again, that's true of most religions. I really don't know if I could verify this 98% figure, and I'd tend to doubt it without some documentation. Religions that don't follow certain patterns that work well in human minds won't last very long.

The Book of Mormon is a totally fictitious document, based on an epic tale produced in the American northeast. Their other "texts" are full of utterly non-biblical ideas and precepts. Research it and see (not their propaganda sites of course).

They accept the moral values of the Judeo-Christian Law (clean living)because they are smart. The Mormon Church is well-organized, religious dilitantism. All sects and false religions MUST borrow from God's moral Law to survive and hold members. Even Communism was a kind of moralistic secualism. These systems all rightly observe that immorality breeds death and destruction, while keeing the Law produces blessings and prosperity (not the TV huckster variety).

Most groups, from Black Muslims to Jehovah's Witnesses, and others, adhere to the moral law (especially the second table) to one extent or another, precisely because they are perceptive - unlike liberal humanists in modern America who stupidly promote free sex, baby muder, and godless Marxism.

So, from a strictly moral point of view I would rather vote in Romney (swallow real hard) than any liberal Dem-agog - if it comes to that.

" Scientology and Christianity.. are like 98 percent similiar? "................................

investing about ten minutes on internet research would most likely answer that question....l.ron hubbard created scientology as a spin off off his dianetics system. broaden your scope of realization and go peruse this website :
http://www.xenu.net/

btw if you are interested in becoming a god and having your own planet to rule - then mormonism is the religion of choice regarding that matter.

http://www.carm.org/lds/nutshell.htm

Quote from an AOL News beta posting of a story by Jennifer Dobner, AP:

" . . . The new wording comes in a passage about American Indians, who have long been presented by Mormon leaders as direct ancestors of a lost tribe of Israel known as the Lamanites.

"After thousands of years all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians," the new introduction reads.

In previous editions, the phrase was "are the ancestors."

What's the big deal? Church defenders say there is nothing important in the change.

But skeptics view it differently. The issue is that church missionaries have long portrayed Book of Mormon stories as fact. To them, it looks like the new wording is a quiet concession that DNA research accurately contradicts the scriptural claim.

"Now they're going to say, 'We got that wrong?"' said Edmonds Community College professor of anthropology Thomas Murphy in Lynnwood, Wash.

A Mormon, Murphy said he predicted the church would ultimately concede the Lamanite story was folklore and not science in a 2002 essay that appeared in "American Apocrypha," a collection of writings about the Book of Mormon.

Murphy said the use of "among" makes a somewhat deceptive change. It gives the appearance that the institutional church is moving to a position more consistent with science.

"In a way, this is a mask for a more serious problem," said Murphy, who was also threatened with excommunication in 2002. "The Book of Mormon is entirely inconsistent with the archaeology, the DNA, actually with all the evidence we have from the ancient Americas . . . "

This is just one of MANY proofs that the BOM is fictitious and discredited
"folklore."

nikos,
sounds like they were wrong about the american indians - do you think the mormons got it right about the garden of eden being in Missouri ? ;-)