Criticism of Mormonism/Mormonism is a cult

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Criticism

Critics claim that the Church is "a cult."

Source(s) of the Criticism

• The Utah Evangel 31 (May 1984): 1.
• The Utah Evangel 33 (May 1986): 3.
• Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults, revised and expanded, (Minneapolis: Bethan House, 1985), 173.
• James R. Spencer, Beyond Mormonism: An Elder's Story (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1984), 138.

Response

The response should be brief and summary in nature.

Conclusion

A summary of the argument against the criticism.

Further reading

FAIR wiki articles

• Logical fallacies
  • Ad hominem
  • Appeal to authority
  • Appeal to belief
  • Appeal to the majority
  • Appeal to tradition
  • Argument from repetition
  • Argument ad numerum
  • Bandwagon fallacy
  • Begging the question
  • False analogy
  • False premise
  • Ideology over reality
  • No true Scotsman
  • Poisoning the well
  • Straw man

• Latter-day Saints aren't Christians

FAIR web site

• FAIR Topical Guide: LDS Church as "a cult"

External links

• Orson Scott Card, "Hey, Who Are You Calling a Cult?" *
• Stephen E. Robinson, Are Mormons Christians? (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1993). off-site FAIR link

Printed material

• Printed resources whose text is not available online