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Old 03-23-2004, 02:08 PM
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Re: What is a cult?

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Originally Posted by mayor
This is an excellent list. Let's put a couple religious organizations up against this checklist.

Jehovah's Witnesses - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13

Mormonism - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14

Remember, the fact that people in these organizations are "nice" or "good" people has no bearing on whether or not their belief system is valid or true.

Also, consider this. Satan's job is to keep as many people from coming to salvation as possible. If YOU were Satan, how would you go about doing that? Would you come right out and say, "worship evil!"? Or would you take the truth and poison it JUST enough to make it fatal?

While there are a few people that openly worship Satan (at least they KNOW who they have chosen), I contend that most major cults of the world are used in the latter form, appearing to be wholesome and truthful on the surface, but underneath containing a terrible web of fallacies that keep people from salvation.

Things that make you go hmmm....

Mayor
Yes, hmmmmmmmm........

I've been checking out some of the links from the site I posted. The one about The Mormons is interesting, as is the one about Jehovah's Witnesses.
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