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WhileNotLurking t1_j6win8p wrote

Reply to comment by Colorado-Sunshine in An alleged $500 million Ponzi scheme preyed on Mormons. It ended with FBI gunfire. by Chino_Blanco

Not sure how Mormons are and more or less of a con than any other organization religion practiced today.

They are all cons (perhaps with different motives) but all generally rely on obedience, dogmatic practices, faith, and other qualities that mimic the Mormons.

We just give a pass to more mainstream religions - often because people grew up in them (or still are).

We refer to Greek and Roman "mythology" but people get really pissed when you call it Christian mythology

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9Wind t1_j6wl0rq wrote

That is a very abrahamic view on religion that thinks every religion acts like the abrahamic religions common to Europe, and ignores mormonism's creation by rewriting the history of indigenous people for financial gain and racism.

Mormonism is closer to the Hoteps saying native americans were black settlers from of a long lost black empire than it is a religion.

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Golluk t1_j6xbset wrote

I was under the impression Mormonism was a continuation/update of abrahamic religion after Jesus. Similar to Islam and Muhammed, but now it's Joseph Smith and Mormon.

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omganesh t1_j6xhtc6 wrote

I think that's accurate. The book of Mormon is fan fiction of the sequels of the Torah.

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9Wind t1_j6zcwkb wrote

Mormonism is a strain of american pseudohistory like the hoteps

They say the aztecs were a lost jewish tribe, quetzacoatl was jesus, native americans are red because they are cursed by god, and a lot of other racist attacks on history. During the time mormonism rose, it was one of many ideas trying to justify genocide.

Saying mormonism is a continuation is like saying the third reich is just a contuation of the 2nd reich ignoring all the things that made the 3rd reich unique like racial essentialism and pseudoscience ideas on race.

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gandalf_el_brown t1_j72tr6x wrote

>by rewriting the history of indigenous people for financial gain

That describes most religions during their expansion phase

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