Reason #77 — Because of the Earned Cultic Status of Mormonism

A significant number of people do not believe that Mormonism is Christianity, according to this poll. And a great many people, myself included, believe that Mormonism is a pseudo-Christian cult.  In other words, it uses the language of the Bible, and bases many of its doctrines on peculiar-to-Mormonism-only explanations of Bible passages while claiming that Mormonism alone can interpret the Bible. So what are the other characteristics of a pseudo-Christian cult?  Here is an excerpt from my book Why We Left A Cult:  Six People Tell Their Stories (Baker Book House 1993.) The Archipelago of the Cults   For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition:  A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today (Zondervan, 2009). Also available as an audiobook...