FAIR
The cult label
FAIR Latter-day Saints
Sociologists who study new religious movements do not use 'cult' the way counter-cult ministries do. Latter-day Saints serve in the military, run businesses, hold public office, publish their finances’ sacred purpose, and send teenagers into the world as missionaries. High demand is not the same as coercion. The Book of Mormon itself condemns priestcraft and secret combinations.
If a church publishes its scriptures, names its prophets, and lets you walk out the door, it is not a cult. It is a church you disagree with.
- Agency is doctrine, not a brochure.
- 'Cult' in anti-Mormon use just means 'not my denomination.'
- Temple covenants are entered, not inflicted.