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I'm beginning to wonder if Christianity itself is a cult!


Book Review: The Rise Of Christianity - Astral Codex Ten

One thing Stark did not mention discovering in his study of cults, but which I have heard anecdotally - a lot of male cult members join because ...

There's no sharp distinction between cult and regular religion - Aeon

After all, the converse of the argument 'If God isn't real then all religions are probably cults' is this: if a given religion or cult is right, ...

I grew up in a Catholic cult. I had to tell my story before I could ...

My daughter's description of my childhood caught me completely off guard. A cult? My home was a cult? Tweet this. I thought about the cults that ...

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

' How do we balance wanting to stop cults from manipulating and hurting people but still show compassion. Can we still use the word cult? [Side ...

What is the Roman Imperial Cult? - Reading Acts

The most deeply held beliefs and practices in the Greco-Roman world were associated with civic cults. The reason for this is that a civic cult ...

How To Start a Christian Cult - Grace Baptist Church

Most truths of the Bible are multi-dimensional. What you do when you want to start a cult is zero in on the verses that explain one dimension of ...

My Childhood in a Cult: Growing Up in a Controversial Baltimore ...

Between 1983 and 1987, Whitman wrote a series of letters to Archbishop William Borders conveying her concerns about the Lamb of God's cult-like tendencies, ...

Four Signs Your Church is Becoming a Cult - Blessing Point Ministries

The problem with the criteria commonly used to define cults is that the “cult groups” usually find ways to maneuver around the criteria; they ...

Are We Cult or Christian? | Pastor James Hein's Blog - WordPress.com

What is a cult? The idea and terminology of “cults” was introduced in America in the 1930s by American sociologist Howard Becker, piggy-backing ...

the cult of the cross - Classically Christian - WordPress.com

Often the Cult of the Cross actually manifests itself as the Cult of the Crucifixion or the Cult of the Crucified. Here Theology and Cult will more ...

And Now, the Star of the Show.... - Christianity Today

How we inadvertently create a cult of personality around our preachers.

Amanda: Deconversion From An Unnamed Cult - Graceful Atheist

Amanda comes from a rather surprising brand of Christianity she refers to as the “Serpent Seed Pentecostal Cult.” She goes into detail, ...

Matthew 12:31-32 - The Unforgivable Sin - Redeeming God

They do not even wonder if they have. They simply don't care about such ... cult leaders, Jesus just loved to talk in riddles designed to elevate his ...

Is Seventh-Day Adventism a Cult? (Phil Johnson)

The word cult itself simply means "a religious sect or community. ... There has also been a recent proliferation of religious cults that ...

Witnessing: Cults and Christianity I

... of Christian-sounding, Christian-seeming cults. Given the low state of the ... As far as JW goes, I'm relieved that you call them a cult. They share ...

Cults, Christianity and Creation - On The Ruin Of Britain

Cults, Christianity and Creation. Cult of Saints, Urbs, and Creation. A while ago I wrote a series on the rise of ...

How the Church Growth Movement has De-Churched Christians

Is it possible that American Christianity has, at the very least, aided its own decline? I believe this is true—the church itself has ...

Letter: Why do you feel like you left a cult? | The Lasting Supper

Here's a clue: a lot of the sites devoted to listing the signs of a cult share the same characteristics as the cults they are warning us against! I conclude ...

Roman Emperor Cult & Early Christianity: Some Recent Studies

He also warns that early Christian “resistance cannot be isolated as reistance to Rome or the imperial cult alone,” but involved a wider “nexus ...

Jews Probably Won't Join Your Cult - Hey Alma

So, Jews and cults [laughs] — I'm sure that there is some overlap… ... of us believe about cults and cult followers and cult leaders is totally ...