MSNBC ran an article on the growing cult religion of LDS, that’s Mormons to you and me.
It revealed a lot of things about the cult religion that I hadn’t known before. And you know how I like to know things.
Prophet and polygamist, mesmerizer and rabble-rouser, saint and sinner: Smith is arguably the most influential native-born figure in American religious history, and is almost certainly the most fascinating. This year marks the 200th anniversary of his birth, and the bicentennial is prompting fresh and searching looks at Smith, the faith he built and the legacy he left behind.
Wikipedia offers up even more background info.
And here’s something I find especially interesting. The September Six are a group of men an women branded as feminists who were excommunicated from the LDS for basically challening the idea of the “assumptions of a male-only priesthood in the Church“.
For something as simple as challenging the status quo they were kicked out of their faith.
Fascinating.
(via 7d)
