Does it Take a Massacre to Make a Religion a Religion?

Background

There are many announcements and promotions about the new movie coming out titled September Dawn.  September Dawn is a movie that will generate a great deal of scandal similar to movies like Passion of the Christ and The Last Temptation of Christ.

The movie is about a massacre allegedly ordered by the elders of the Church of Latter Day Saints.  LDS is the acronym for the name of the church and the religion is commonly referred to as the mormon religion or mormonism.  Mitch Romney a presidential hopeful for the Republican party is a mormon and his religion has been a minor lightning rod for Republican Christian Conservatives that are typically comprised of other Christian denominations outside of mormonism.

The film chronicles a massacre of settlers traveling through Utah in the 1800's.  Mormons allegedly ordered a massacre by inspiring a type of religious fundamentalism that is often associated today with Islamic fundamentalism or Bible belt fundamentalism that would have countries and people subjected to a religious form of law as opposed to a secular law or government.

Mormons were the victims of a massacre in Southern Illinois in the 1830's.  They were massacred by Christians that were intolerant of their religion.  The massacre inspired an exodus to Utah.  The movie shows the religion coming full circle and ordering a defensive massacre of their own.

Does a Religion Become Official When it is Orders a Massacre?

Now throughout the history of man, religions have come and gone.  Without assigning blame to the religions, most religions have conflicted with each other.  These conflicts have often created conflict, warfare and massacres.

All religions seem to be subject to the potential for fundamentalism and in turn violence, warfare and massacres of the defenseless.

The Mormon religion seems to have both suffered and ordered massacres, much like almost every other older religion around the world. 

Many times people claim that newer religions are not a 'true' religion.  This accusation has been pointed at Mormonism, which claims that Jesus Christ was resurrected in the Americas to teach a tribe of Native Americans (a lost tribe of Israel) Christianity.

However, as the religion is put under the microscope, it seems that their victimization and their crimes might in part be some of the things that cement their definition as a true religion.

Does the world need such terrible events to cement a religion as a religion?

Will the world not accept Scientology as a religion until they experience a massacre or worse yet initiate a massacre.  Will that actually get them clear of labels of being a tax shelter or a cult. 

Religions have long been accused of inspiring people through fervor and fundamentalism to take intolerant positions that result in clashes and violence.

Its an ugly question, commenting on the flaws in our humanity that dates back thousands of years and probably will only be supported by repeating examples as the days and years proceed.