Mormonism
Joseph Smith
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| Founder(s) | Joseph Smith |
| Mormonism is a religious believe mostly in the US | |
Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement. One historian, Sydney E. Ahlstrom, wrote in 1982 that, depending on the context, the term Mormonism could refer to "a sect, a mystery cult, a new religion, a church, a people, a nation, or an American subculture; indeed, at different times and places it is all of these."[1][2]
History
The founder Joseph Smith started it in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. The Utah War (1857–1858) was an armed confrontation between the armed forces of the US government and the Mormon settlers in the Utah territory.[3] Into the first two decades of the 20th century, faithful, temple-attending Mormons, secretly took the "Oath of Vengeance",[4] to avenge the blood of fallen prophets against the Government of the United States.[5]
Concerns
The FBI and CIA recruit heavily from the Mormon population.[6][7]
Ritual abuse is reportedly happening in the community.[8]
Exposure
It has been the focus of several documentaries and investigative books since the 1980s.[9][10][11][12]
References
- ↑ A Religious History of the American People, The Journal of American History, volume 60, page 508, doi=10.2307/2936335
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210122040525/https://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Mormonism,_An_Independent_Interpretation
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War
- ↑ https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1423849
- ↑ https://www.analyzingmormonism.com/oath-of-vengeance/
- ↑ https://www.ldsliving.com/do-the-fbi-and-cia-specifically-recruit-latter-day-saints/s/11610
- ↑ https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/1/23403019/fact-or-fiction-the-truth-about-fbi-cia-latter-day-saints-mormons/
- ↑ https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/kates-story-surviving-ritualistic-sexual-abuse-as-child/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Makers
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/1982-the-god-makers saved at Archive.is
- ↑ The Conscious Resistance - The True Story of Mormon President Gordon B. Hinckley
- ↑ https://www.deseret.com/1993/2/25/19034084/lds-church-says-god-maker-ii-is-false-intrusive saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is