(October 30, 2015 at 7:24 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote: Oh. I just thought the Mormon thing could apply equally to all... with details changed for the appropriate cults they represent, of course.
We have ~190 years worth of pretty good documentation on most of the crapola Mormonism is based upon, something we don't have for religions going back millenia.
Having said that however, people being people afterall, Mormonism can be a petri dish or simulacrum of what other older faiths experienced as they evolved into what we see today.
The Mormons are quite useful in this regard, they 'believe' (for the few in the hierarchy that might be sincerely Mormon) God (Adam, Micheal, Moroni, Jesus, whomever is in charge of earth this week) commanded them to be a record keeping people and they've done so well at it they've inadvertently falsified their faith literally countless times.
A tip to those anticipating starting their own religion someday; you might want to either not keep records of all your connivance and charlatanism, or if you feel you must keep detailed records, try harder to keep them secret.
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