http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22638/mormon-temples-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22638/mormon-temples-2#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:42:00 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22638 Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson said Saturday the church has plans to build five new temples worldwide, three abroad and two in the United States.

The Mormon Church is considered to be, theologically, a cult of Christianity. Its temples, rituals and doctrines are rejected by mainstream Christians.

Due to its attempts to pass off Mormon doctrines and practices as being compatible to -- or even representative of -- Christianity, the Mormon Church is considered to be, theologically, a cult of Christianity.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22638/mormon-temples-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22554/mormon-church-cult-of-christianity http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22554/mormon-church-cult-of-christianity#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:11:24 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22554 Mormonism's use of the term 'Christian' is false and misleading, in the same way that slapping the term 'ROLEX' onto a fake watch is deceptive.

Pointing this out has nothing to do with religious hatred or intolerance, but rather with historical and theological accuracy and honesty.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22554/mormon-church-cult-of-christianity/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22361/mormon-city-focus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22361/mormon-city-focus#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:16:06 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22361 The Cambridge stake center, as the building will be called, will house four Mormon congregations - two of which worship in English, one in Portuguese, and one in Spanish - as well as the headquarters for the Cambridge stake, which is a geographical unit, akin to a diocese, that in this case includes an estimated 4,000 Mormons worshiping in 14 area congregations.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22361/mormon-city-focus/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22335/mountain-meadows-massacre-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22335/mountain-meadows-massacre-5#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:39:19 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22335 On Sept. 11, 1857, Mormon militiamen led the slaughter of 120 men, women and children on wagon train bound for California in an incident known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

For years, Mormon church officials downplayed the role Mormons played in the mass killing.

Now a new book lays the blame largely on Southern Utah church and militia leaders.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22335/mountain-meadows-massacre-5/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21757/mormon-missionaries-calendar http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21757/mormon-missionaries-calendar#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:08:21 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21757 The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas.

"Men on a Mission," which has sold nearly 10,000 copies at $14.99 each, included pictures of 12 returned missionaries wearing black slacks, but not their trademark white shirts, in modest poses. The men also were photographed in traditional missionary garb and share their religious beliefs in biographical sketches. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21757/mormon-missionaries-calendar/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21738/mormons-polygamy http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21738/mormons-polygamy#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:41:43 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21738 Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, described plural marriage as part of "the most holy and important doctrine ever revealed to man on earth" and taught that a man needed at least three wives to attain the "fullness of exaltation" in the afterlife.

He warned that God had explicitly commanded that "all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same ... and if ye abide not that covenenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory."

So why did the Mormons eventually reject polygamy? ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21738/mormons-polygamy/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21733/mormon-fundamentalists http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21733/mormon-fundamentalists#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:28:47 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21733
Fundamentalist Mormons have responded to a less-than-honest PR campaign by the LDS Church. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21733/mormon-fundamentalists/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21714/gay-mormons http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21714/gay-mormons#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:54:25 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21714 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21714/gay-mormons/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21706/lds-flds-mormon-sect http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21706/lds-flds-mormon-sect#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:15:10 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21706 Mormon leaders today said they are stepping up efforts to make the public aware of the differences between the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), which has recently garnered widespread national attention.

Then we fill in the details the LDS leaves out.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21706/lds-flds-mormon-sect/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21663/watchdog-web-site-goes-after-the-mormon-and-scientology-churches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21663/watchdog-web-site-goes-after-the-mormon-and-scientology-churches#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:38:30 +0000 Anton Hein http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21663
So many were surprised when it recently turned its sights on two lawyer-heavy religious groups: the Mormons and the Scientologists.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21663/watchdog-web-site-goes-after-the-mormon-and-scientology-churches/feed