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ad hominem  1: appealing to a person's feelings or prejudices rather than his intellect 2: marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to his contentions.
     (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:1991)

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Anti-Mormon  This term refers specifically to those who actively fight against the LDS Church, even to the point of making a living by their activities or of persecution of the Church and/or its members because of their beliefs. 
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Apologetics  1: systematic argumentative discourse in defense (as of a doctrine) 2: a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine origin and authority of Christianity.
Apologist
one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
    
(Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:1991)
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Bigot  one obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his own opinions or prejudices.
Bigotry  1: a state of mind of a bigot 2: acts or beliefs characteristic of a bigot.
    
(Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:1991)
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1Christian  1a : one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ  b : (one): disciple (two): a member of one of the Churches of Christ separating from the Churches of Christ in 1906 (three): a member of the Christian denomination having part in the union of the United Church of Christ concluded in 1961 2: the hero in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
2Christian 
adj 1a: of, relating to Christianity  b: based on, or conforming with Christianity 2a: of or relating to a Christian b: professing Christianity 3: commendably decent or generous.
Christianity 
1: the religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Eastern, Roman Catholic, and Protestant bodies 2: conformity to the Christian religion 3: Christendom.
    
(Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:1991)
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Cult  1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of  religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious: also: its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, or thing: esp: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: a usu. small circle of persons united by devotion or allegiance to an artistic or intellectual movement or figure -- cultic.
    
(Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:1991)
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Scholar  1: one who attends a school or studies under a teacher : Pupil  2a: one who has done advanced study in a special field  b: a learned person  3: a holder of a scholarship
Scholarly  1: characteristic of or suitable to learned persons: learned, academic
     (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary:1991)
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