I’m happy to explain, although it’s a like drinking from a high-pressure firehose. So much of this isn’t going to make sense to anyone that wasn’t raised Mormon. There’s so much cultural garbage going on in Mormonism that people outside of it simply don’t have a frame of reference for to make sense of it. If you really want to get an idea, I’d suggest the Mormon Stories podcast, by Dr. John Dehlin, which is currently clocking in at 1951 (!!!) episodes, averaging a little over two hours each.

I’m not going to deal with their Truth (capitalization intentional) claims in depth; those have already been adequately covered by Jeremy Runnels, among many, many others. It’s very, very clear, once you start digging, that all of the Mormon church cult Truth claims are complete hogwash, and rely on feelings rather than any factual basis at all.

Okay, but, lots of religions make bullshit claims, right? That, by itself, shouldn’t necessarily make a religion awful, right?

Fair enough. So lets move on to the meat and potatoes of what really makes the Mormon church cult bad; they exert undue authoritarian control over their members. I’m going to use Steven Hassan’s BITE model here, and go through each salient point. Again, this is a lot, so buckle up, buttercup. Keep in mind that a lot of this isn’t doctrine, but it is dogmatic practice, and is supported and encouraged by leadership at the highest levels.

Preface all of this with the understanding that the Mormon church cult believes that attending Mormon temples is a requirement for salvation.

This is going to take me a few hours to get through, so I’m going to come back to it when I have time.