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I appreciate that a few people have put time and effort into creating this page, but frankly I think this should be a wiktionary entry rather than an actual article. Seems to me that this article really shouldn't exist. It doesn't cite sources, because you really can't for an article of this nature. The reason you can't cite sources is because it's more or less a fringe issue without third party resources. "Cultural Mormon" seems like a neologism to me... here's wikipedia's guidelines regarding neologisms
I have suggested two articles be merged into this article. Both articles cover cultural issues dealing with Mormonism that can be better explored in a single article, rather than several small stub articles that give little reference to the cultural issues involved in Mormonism.
This seems a bit sketchy as a movement, but could be covered in this article in that it is not the doctrines of the church, but the culture that drives the movement
This is a small stub that should be included in this article. Not to mention that the C in cultural should not be capitalized.
Cultural Mormon is not a faith. Jack Mormon and Ex-Mormon also follow this suit. I believe them to be slang terms that someone has created. I have never heard such terms even thrown around, but even so, it would be classified as a definition. And as such, should can not claim part in an encyclopedia.
The first paragraph of the article says that "Cultural Mormon is a term describing someone who is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints..." but then the third paragraph contains the category "Ex-Mormon". An Ex-Mormon by definition is no longer a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I agree that Ex-Mormons should be allowed to identify themselves as Cultural Mormons, therefore I suggest that the first sentence in the first paragraph needs to change to allow for Cultural Mormons who are no longer officially members of the church. Harrv 23:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Not everyone with a homosexual orientation is a Cultural Mormon. Many self-identified LGB Mormons belong to Evergreen, and fully support the aims of the church. Joshuajohanson ( talk) 18:09, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Is this page about cultural mormons in general or practicing cultural mormons? It seems that the title says one thing and the body says another. There are a lot people with cultural ties to mormonism or who would identify themselves as some derivative of mormon, but who do not practice in any way. Since it seems that the community involvement on this page is kind of sparse, I'm going to just make the changes to bring it in line with the title of the article, and if you disagree with my edits, please bring it up here. Tombmarsh ( talk) 23:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
The definition presented in this article is overly restrictive. The term "Mormon" can refer to anyone identifying with a variety of the religious traditions tracing back to Joseph Smith Jr. Therefore, "Cultural Mormon" can and does apply to anyone who identifies with the the overall Mormon culture, and should not be restricted to only those who have had some tie with the LDS branch only. See Wikipedia article "Mormons". --17:34, 26 June 2011 (UTC) CraniumHand ( talk)
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I appreciate that a few people have put time and effort into creating this page, but frankly I think this should be a wiktionary entry rather than an actual article. Seems to me that this article really shouldn't exist. It doesn't cite sources, because you really can't for an article of this nature. The reason you can't cite sources is because it's more or less a fringe issue without third party resources. "Cultural Mormon" seems like a neologism to me... here's wikipedia's guidelines regarding neologisms
I have suggested two articles be merged into this article. Both articles cover cultural issues dealing with Mormonism that can be better explored in a single article, rather than several small stub articles that give little reference to the cultural issues involved in Mormonism.
This seems a bit sketchy as a movement, but could be covered in this article in that it is not the doctrines of the church, but the culture that drives the movement
This is a small stub that should be included in this article. Not to mention that the C in cultural should not be capitalized.
Cultural Mormon is not a faith. Jack Mormon and Ex-Mormon also follow this suit. I believe them to be slang terms that someone has created. I have never heard such terms even thrown around, but even so, it would be classified as a definition. And as such, should can not claim part in an encyclopedia.
The first paragraph of the article says that "Cultural Mormon is a term describing someone who is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints..." but then the third paragraph contains the category "Ex-Mormon". An Ex-Mormon by definition is no longer a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I agree that Ex-Mormons should be allowed to identify themselves as Cultural Mormons, therefore I suggest that the first sentence in the first paragraph needs to change to allow for Cultural Mormons who are no longer officially members of the church. Harrv 23:13, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Not everyone with a homosexual orientation is a Cultural Mormon. Many self-identified LGB Mormons belong to Evergreen, and fully support the aims of the church. Joshuajohanson ( talk) 18:09, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Is this page about cultural mormons in general or practicing cultural mormons? It seems that the title says one thing and the body says another. There are a lot people with cultural ties to mormonism or who would identify themselves as some derivative of mormon, but who do not practice in any way. Since it seems that the community involvement on this page is kind of sparse, I'm going to just make the changes to bring it in line with the title of the article, and if you disagree with my edits, please bring it up here. Tombmarsh ( talk) 23:48, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
The definition presented in this article is overly restrictive. The term "Mormon" can refer to anyone identifying with a variety of the religious traditions tracing back to Joseph Smith Jr. Therefore, "Cultural Mormon" can and does apply to anyone who identifies with the the overall Mormon culture, and should not be restricted to only those who have had some tie with the LDS branch only. See Wikipedia article "Mormons". --17:34, 26 June 2011 (UTC) CraniumHand ( talk)