Or any other religion?
2007-08-04 14:11:54 · 14 answers · asked by Emily R 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wouldn't consider any Christian denomination a cult. Others...yes.
2007-08-04 14:14:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cult
n.
A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
I'm not sure. Do you think you could find members of these churches extreme enough to read the Bible and do what it says in the book?
Of course there seem to be no shortage of people willing to send money to their favorite religious leader, especially if the leader tells them that God will make them rich or heal their afflictions in exchange for the donation.
Is giving up a perfectly lovely Sunday morning to be at church an extreme act? Probably not.
I get a bit concerned with Pat Robertson puts the death mark on a world leader.
Is praising God for send a hurricane to wipe out an unrighteous people (eg Hurricane Katrina) an extreme act? How about burning Harry Potter novels? Or shooting doctors who commit abortions?
I'm still unsure.
2007-08-04 21:25:20 · answer #2 · answered by Zarathustra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptists are usually not consisered false cults.
Name of false cults include:
Mormons or LDS
Scientologists
Islam
JWs
Seventh Day Adventists
Christian Scientists
There are lots more.
Pastor Art
2007-08-04 21:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to some degree. If they follow the false teachings of some charismatic leader, they can be a cult.
GOD bless
2007-08-04 21:15:13 · answer #4 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religions are cults - some are just older than others.
2007-08-04 21:14:43 · answer #5 · answered by Brent Y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it walks like a cult
talks like a cult
and doesn't allow its followers to question its rules and traditions
then it's a...
...cult.
2007-08-04 21:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any religion that indoctrinates small children before they are old enough to logically access what they are being told and then reinforces the teachings with threats of hell fire and eternal damnation is a cult.
Love and blessings Don
2007-08-04 21:15:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you checked out cult in the dictionary? Do it and there's your answer.
2007-08-04 21:15:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! As long as these protestants and baptist believes in the Holy Trinity and the Nicene creed!!!
2007-08-04 22:20:51 · answer #9 · answered by Sniper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyone that changes the word of God is a cult.
2007-08-04 21:16:30 · answer #10 · answered by warrior*in*the*making 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋