They think other Christians are wrong on that. Big freaking whoop. Why does that make them a “cult”?
What “they” think is irrelevant.
The Curch sets the rules, anybody who wants to make up their own rules are by definition heretics and cultists.
It’s a free country, people just need to know what this guy belives in.
I originally thought he was a Baptist.
I’ll admit, I was a bit put off when I later found out about him being an Adventist, too. But I think he answered my concerns just fine, when he said no to any Christan theocracy, as well as Muslim.
The reason for my concern was, I now live in a rural area. There are a LOT of Seventh Day Adventists around here, and they go door to door proseletyzing. I’ve read their literature, and spoken with them briefly.
Essentially, their sect is based on their interpretation of Genesis. They believe God rested on Satuday, not Sunday.
And these folks—the ones I encountered anyway; I don’t know if they’re representative of all Adventists— seemed sure that all the other Christians who attend church on Sunday are headed straight to hell.
Which would have, IMO, put that group on par with Westboro Baptists. Big potential for embarrassment to Christians in general. Libs would have a field day. Yikes!
But Carson doesn’t seem that narrow. He answered well. Also, as I said in my post above, he’s been vetted by Baptists and other evangelicals, and found to be ok.
I’ve decided my neighbors are just country people who mean well, but don’t get to the city much. There are a lot of old school Pentacostals, too, around here. The women have knee-length hair.