This one.
To: Protagoras Yes, I pray often for all you protestants and catholics. I pray that someday you can come to Christ. 100 posted on 04/25/2005 11:50:44 AM CDT by Old Mountain man (Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice!) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 96 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
Actually, there's nothing really wrong with that post. It represents the view that some Christians don't really understand what being a Christian means. He says that he is praying that those people come to Christ.
I have seen the same said about Catholics and about some Protestant faiths. It is a matter of belief.
Calling a religious denomination a cult, however, is an insult to the members of that denomination. It is very different from saying that the members of a religious denomination are confused and are not truly Christian because of their doctrines.
I've seen that said here many times about the Roman Catholic Church.
Big difference, Protagoras.
I'll give you a corollary argument. I may say that you do not know something, or do not understand something. That will pass muster here. If I, on the other hand, call you "stupid," that would be a personal attack. I would never do that. I might say that you didn't understand something properly, but I would never call you "stupid."
You can say, with impunity, that a certain denomination is wrong in its doctrine. That is your opinion. If you say, however, that it is a cult, then you are making an attack, and that is not permitted here on Free Republic.
It's really quite simple.