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Originally Posted by Brenton
You'll notice if you click on the links in the "notes" of the first in those links at the List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement, that the LDS church comes up first.
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That is because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, based in Salt Lake City,
is one of the sects, or what I call a schism. It just happens to be the largest one.
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But, really, it's all about faith.
You have to ask God what is true, and to find out for yourself through him.
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So say all of the members of the other schisms.
It's really interesting how some schisms use the Book of Mormon as scripture, but that is where the similarity stops.
I saw a television special about some of these groups years ago, so I don't remember it well. I just remember seeing "Read the Book of Mormon" in a car window of a family who was, I believe, a member of the Temple Lot schism. (I know I should look this stuff up to verify it before posting, but really, I wouldn't even know where to begin. So take it for what it is worth.)
They firmly believed in the BoM, but that is about the only thing it had in common with the Salt Lake-based Church.
I think all of the schisms are interesting, but I especially find
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Strangites group fascinating, as I had no idea the Church Strang founded still existed. Yet it has a fairly nice website, and seems to have a small, but committed, membership.
Elphaba