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Originally Posted by Manson?
First copy of the book of mormon was in 1830.
Look at it this way though. Imagine yourself as a Jewish Christian in 40 CE right?? or better yet as a sadduccitical Jew. Think how nutty the Christian looked. The Christian chose to follow this upstart pharisee (Jesus) who was saying he was the son of God.
My point is don't be skeptical just because your brand of Christianity has roots you believe to be much older and have already made known believe to be the only true form of...
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Yes, Christianity began as a so-called cult in the first place, only the benefit of history (and perhaps to it's credit, longevity) assures much of it's credibility as many of the controversies or issues are long forgotten or simply ignored. The disadvantage of Mormanism and JW's is that their roots were laid down only very recently and yes I can say both have serious flaws that even their best apologetics have difficulty answering.
On another wierd tangent, if you go into Jehovah's Witnesses and other escatological religions, it's so fascinating to me how the imminent apocalypse is always predicted in the current time or at least very soon or impending, interpreted losely on the days current events. I've yet to see a religion claim that the end is thousands of years away, etc. (except science which says the end is in 5 billion years when the Sun explodes) Just another aspect of human egoism to only thing of themselves in the here and now I suppose.