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This is silly. Mormonism is mainstream <u>in certain parts of the country</u>.

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Branch Davidians were mainstream inside of the compound, what is your point?


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There is absolutely no reason to make a big distinction between it and other Christian sects

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Actually there are lots of reasons to do just this. IWLOE.


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by saying things like "it's less mainstream, therefore it's a cult, therefore people who practice it are nuttier on average, because why else would they join a cult?"

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Thankfully I didn't say any of this.


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The simple fact is that people have a high propensity to believe what the community they were raised in believes

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Agreed! The fact that something becomes mainstream in a community doesn't stop it from being cult-ish to the rest of us.


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I give kudos to anyone who manages to break out of that mold, but as far as the candidates go I don't see that any of them have done that.

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Huh? What candidates?