2006-11-15 06:36:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The person keeps harassing me to attend
2006-11-15 06:48:39 · update #1
Report them to the authorities, it might work, especially if your under age.
2006-11-15 06:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by jedi1josh 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I didn't get approached with this in high school, though one gal that lived a few doors down from me in college my freshman year did try to bug me into going to bible study with her. Far as I know, being asked to attend a bible study isn't a cult. It's usually just a Christian person wanting you to join their church and faith, at least the few times I was ever asked about it.
Far as I know, it's legal for this to be done if it's just a student asking. The school and its teachers and staff can't ask, let alone require it, but students are free to share their faith and ask others to join them. If she's becoming a problem, just politely refuse. Tell her "thanks but not thanks" and walk away.
If she keeps it up, just keep refusing. If she becomes really persistent to the point of irritation, then avoid her if possible. Hopefully she'll be nice and get the hint that you're not interested and leave you alone. But a lot of people that are insistent on sharing their faith with others don't always get the hint and won't take no for an answer when they've extended an offer to share their faith.
2006-11-16 13:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by Ophelia 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Bible study is a bible study. Has nothing to do with a cult. John 17:3 says the way to eternal life is acquiring knowledge about the father and the son. How do you acquire knowledge? By taking a Bible study with someone who knows how.
2006-11-15 14:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by pachequito 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me? A bible study is not a cult! Should I say it's a cult if a local wiccan approaches me at school to ask if I want to join them at a circle (or whatever)? No! they just want to know if you'll be interested in joining their group with an open mind. You have the right to say no. Why is it a cult if it's a bible study! That's being prejudiced and hateful!
2006-11-15 14:42:32 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A cult gains your trust through dishonest means then won't allow you the freedom to escape. Some religious organizations are badly administrated but they aren't all cults. Go to a Bible study. Ask questions. See if they are blindly following someone or are they really trying hard to find something greater than they are. It's free, right?
2006-11-15 14:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by Michael E 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There can be a big differences between religious groups and cults. I think one really good definition of cults/high-pressure groups is on the Rutgers website. If several of these aspects are showing in that group, be careful...
2006-11-15 14:51:49 · answer #6 · answered by Gerty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a bible study group at college called Laker Life. The only cultsh person there was a junior paster guy. He raised his hands to the fluresent lights when Christain music was playing. The other people were normal. That made me never want to go there again.
2006-11-15 14:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would that be necessarily be cult? A lot of young people like to study the Bible together.
2006-11-15 14:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Invite him to a meditation on Zeus and his role in a developing democracy in the 3rd world and see if he will come.
2006-11-15 14:51:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All religions are cults by definition of cult..
2006-11-15 14:40:36 · answer #10 · answered by cheri b 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋