as much as I think all religion is a joke, I do have to say that I dunno why people act like morons are so out there. they aren't any more ridiculous than anyone else, their religion is just much newer and does not have quite the establishment or history of the rest.
Mormonism seems more "cultish" than other religions if such a term can be used. Like during Prop 8. the Mormon Church would call up some of their members and say things like "It appears to us as if you are able to donate this much money to defeat gay marriage. Why haven't you?" I mean, I don't think other religions do things that creepy. And while they don't shut out people that leave the church completely like in an actual cult like Scientology, the way people who have left the church are treated by their families can sometimes veer on isolation like in an actual cult. I don't think that's an actual Church precept or anything, but it's similar in a way, as is my understanding.
Part of the reason is also due to the fact that most people generally don't think that others take The Bible/Talmud/Koran literally. People, regardless of whether this perception is right or wrong, believe that Mormons do take The Book of Mormon literally
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