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To: tantiboh

“You can make any judgment you like. I choose not to in this case.:

Could you give me an example of what kind of situation, or case, that you would chose to make judgement of someone, or a religious institution?


821 posted on 01/24/2008 7:10:44 PM PST by dmw (Aren't you glad you use common sense? Don't you wish everybody did?)
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To: dmw

I’m presuming that the judgment you speak of is whether to consider that religious institution a “cult.” Any belief system that brings people closer to Christ is of God. Any belief system that leads people away from Christ is not. One could call that evil, or possibly a “cult.” In my opinion, there are no major Christian denominations or world religions that fall into this category. I include Islam, Hinduism, etc.

I would reserve the term “cult” for religious systems that are genuinely harmful or destructive, such as Satanism. That is, after all, the connotation that we have assigned to the word.


827 posted on 01/24/2008 7:46:47 PM PST by tantiboh
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