2006-12-24 07:58:51 · 21 answers · asked by teeyodi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
I see nothing in Armygal_20112's dictionary.com quote that indicates Christianity is not a cult.
2006-12-24 08:13:57 · answer #1 · answered by February Rain 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's true. No one thinks their own religion is a cult though; only the other guy's.
2006-12-24 16:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by tychobrahe 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Call it what you will.
Each religion is a collection of church people, with holy folklore.
Meanwhile Jesus and the archangel Elias are looking at the whole scene through their surveillance system, and Jesus turns to Elias and whispers: "You know, most of them are going to Hell anyway." Satan is squatting in the corner eating a pie, and starts laughing in his sleeve.
2006-12-24 16:23:30 · answer #3 · answered by 2.71828182845904 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a cult is just a negative word for a religion.
2006-12-24 16:01:21 · answer #4 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
No cults dont believe the trinity see the book by W Martin...
2006-12-25 04:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yep! A religion is just a large, socially acceptable cult.
2006-12-24 16:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
Most of you guys simply don't understand religion. A cult forces you to do things. A religion, for example a Christian Lutheran, simply has to believe Jesus died for your sins and rose from the dead. It's as simple as that. Then you can do or not do as much as you like.
2006-12-24 16:03:14 · answer #7 · answered by alwayswondering 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋
yes they are there main goal is to achieve as many followers so they can have their affect on global affairs that's why scandals keep bursting from the priests of each religion
2006-12-24 16:04:39 · answer #8 · answered by alex 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cult:
–noun
1.a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
2.an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
3.the object of such devotion.
4.a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
5.Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
6.a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
7.the members of such a religion or sect.
8.any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.
–adjective
9.of or pertaining to a cult.
10.of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.
Christianity is neither a cult nor a religion, it is freedom from bondage and the fetters we ourselves have forged.
2006-12-24 16:02:21 · answer #9 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
they are all cults.
including christianity
CULT:
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
There's the first two acceptable entries under the dictionary definition of the word. What more could explain it?
2006-12-24 16:00:29 · answer #10 · answered by Jeebus is my Rectum 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋