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Why was the Mormon Church a target of discrimination in the 19nth century?
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∙ 14y ago
People were angry at Joseph Smith, believing that he was a lierand trying to lead them astray. Also, all the Mormons tended to vote the same way politically, and some of the people didn't like this
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) was and still is a target of discrimination largely because people don't understand it. Others feel offended by it's teachings and attempt to retaliate.
Early Church leader Brigham Young once said that "when the spirit of persecution, hatred, wrath, and malice ceases against this people, it will be the time that this people have apostatized and joined hands with the wicked." (Journal of Discourses 4:326) Many Church members, both past and present, believe that the Church is discriminated against because Satan is trying to disillusion those who follow Jesus Christ and destroy the Kingdom of God.
Additional AnswerThe early Mormon Church billed itself as the true Christiansand expressed a bias against the King James Bible believing it to be the word of God only as far as it is correctly translated. That doctrine allowed it to ignore certain parts and that alone made the early Mormons unpopular with the established Christian denominations.Also, the response to the practice of polygamy in the latter half of the Nineteenth century was especially harsh. Although it was not practiced by a majority of the Mormon men, misconceptions flourished and Horror stories about that practice were familiar fodder for the newspapers of the time. Polygamy clashed with modern cultural values and was viewed as repugnant by the outside world.
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∙ 8y agoMostly because they were strange and different. Their teachings were not the same as most other religions, and Joseph Smith was looked upon as a modern prophet. Most people are comfortable with religion that is old and dead and has no modern prophets. People are looking for absolutes in religion, but find they can't live with them. The 'rules and regulations' of mormonism are so different than traditional guidelines it was difficult for people to take them seriously.
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∙ 12y agoMormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) did not exist until 1830. They were treated very poorly by most people throughout the 1800's, and had been kicked out of three states by 1845.
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∙ 8y agoUnfortunately, whenever there is a new religious movement, some people express vehement opposition, especially if it teaches doctrines that are substantially different from the way that religion has been traditionally taught. Mormons were (and are) Christians. But when their religion was founded, in the 1830s, their doctrines were very different from other Christian denominations. For example, their founder, Joseph Smith, was regarded as a prophet, and his followers believed he had received special revelations, something most non-Mormons did not accept; Mormons used a new scripture (which came to be known as the Book of Mormon), in addition to the New Testament, and many Christians found that puzzling. Also, Mr Smith evidently did not get along well with many of his non-Mormons neighbors, who perhaps were displeased at the new church's effort to convert people. Additionally, at that time, some Mormons believed in polygamy (one man marrying more than one woman), which may have been accepted thousands of years ago, but was no longer considered "normal" to most Christians.
Mormons were driven out of several states where they had settled, including Missouri, Ohio and Illinois. In the mid-1840s, they moved en masse to the Utah Territory; to this day, the state of Utah is mostly Mormon. (It should be noted that most Mormons today do not practice polygamy, and the majority get along very well with their non-Mormon neighbors. Mitt Romney, for example, ran for President of the United States in 2012, and although he lost, millions of Americans voted for him, and few were upset that he was a member of the Mormon faith. Today, there are still some evangelical Christians who believe that Mormon doctrine is not "real Christianity," but that has become a minority view in the wider Christian community.)
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