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

• Walter Martin, Kingdom of the Cults (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997).

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?" *
• Template:Aremormonschristian

Printed material

• Printed resources whose text is not available online