Cults

_Local cults_, origin of, 49; confusion with nature cult, 49-50; growth of, 49; policy of preservation of local cults by foreign conquerors, 69-70, ❋ Morris Jastrow (1891)

I've worked in ministry with many denominations, and I was Catholic once, and the differences tend not to be on the essentials, except in what we call cults who usually warp the identity of Christ, as predicted by the Word. ❋ Mirtika (2006)

Given the evidence (i.e., the body count), coming to the conclusion that government agencies which "manage" wildlife essentially operate as death cults is not difficult. ❋ Chris Genovali (2010)

This was along the lines of envisioning relationships in cults to be the multiple player versions of The Boyfriend/Husband From Hell. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many boys join gangs and cults from a sense of needing to belong to a unit or family group because tehy don't get that at home. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Contrary to the myth that those who join cults are seekers, it is the cults that go out and actively and aggressively find followers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Next, they ran an open thread on why people join cults, which more than a few of the regulars found quite ironic considering they had been running adverts for the not in the least bit cultish Church of Scientology. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A patron over heard this and tried to pull some sort of evangelism on me, trying to tell me that Roman Catholics and Mormons are in cults, and we can't pick and choose which parts of the Bible to believe in, and that the Bible is divinely authored and never contradicts itself. ❋ Joshenglish (2007)

By drugs, dumb­ing down our school kids, vio­lence through games & hol­ly­wood, chang­ing our Con­sti­tu­tion, rise in cults that degrade humanes along with petafile net­work­ing. ❋ Unknown (2005)

This suspicion toward cults is not without reason. ❋ Unknown (2003)

ATC "Unfortunately, if one is an evangelical Christian, there are certain religious groups that are classified as cults, and Mormonism is one such group, as well as the Seventh Day Adventists, to name several." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Unfortunately, if one is an evangelical Christian, there are certain religious groups that are classified as cults, and Mormonism is one such group, as well as the Seventh Day Adventists, to name several. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I was pointing out that believing in ANY of the gods and idols depicted in ALL these religions and cults is EQUALLY AS FOOLISH as believing in Xenu, and therefore, it doesn’t matter how ridiculous any one of them sound when compared to another. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Report also recommends that the government engage in "building a data base regarding" so-called "cults." ❋ Joseph K. Grieboski (2011)

The Report derogatorily grouped together as so-called "cults" or "sects" approximately 80 belief systems and contains a blueprint for systematic, government-fueled intolerance directed at minority religious communities throughout Israel. ❋ Joseph K. Grieboski (2011)

The tactic used to discriminate against targeted minority faiths in some countries is to redefine the notion of "religion" to exclude disfavored minority groups by labeling them as so-called "cults" or "sects." ❋ Joseph K. Grieboski (2011)

The Report impermissibly presumes that certain faiths classified as "cults" are "dangerous" and should be "fought against" through specific and widespread administrative and legislative measures. ❋ Joseph K. Grieboski (2011)