As the rules of Free Republic state, the word “cult” is not outlawed or a cause for pulling a thread (although I don’t recall my ever using the word “cult” in any comment, Catholic, Mormon or otherwise.)
The RM has said we can use the word “cult,” therefore you can say my Presbyterian church is a cult and I won’t try to get your comment pulled. I’ll simply offer reason and evidence why your assessment is wrong.
It’s called “discourse.”
Contender Ministries is not a “hate site,” and any essays on that site can be posted, according to Free Republic rules.
As has been shown time and again, according to many Catholics any website or sermon or comment or thread that discusses the errors of Rome is (incorrectly) labeled a “hate site.”
According to Rome, the Reformation was one, giant “hate site” which needs to be curtailed.
As if.
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That’s a straw man.
You were never accused of using the word “cult.” The hate site cited was the one that used it. When looking at the RM’s profile (containing the “rules”), there’s no reference to the word “cult.”
It’s a hate site.
Citing the “reformation” as a giant “hate site” doesn’t change the fact that using references from hate sites like the one cited is inappropriate.
To some, beliefs which they loathe or fear are called "cults."
To non-Christians, Christianity is a "cult."
The word "cult" is in the eye of the beholder.
Whether we pull a post that uses the word is a judgment call based on the context.
Contender Ministry is NOT a hate site.