And a not too humane one, I might add, what with all the witch burning and such.
2007-08-16 06:19:42 · 7 answers · asked by $Sun King$ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
At least the Pilgrims didn't go to talk shows and jumped madly on the couch, or threatened to eat their newborn's placenta. I think that definitely made them less creepy.
2007-08-16 06:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually they are not classed as a "cult" but as a "sect". The difference is that a "cult" normally teaches all other branches of the same religion are 100% wrong and false. And they server any ties with the rest of that religion.
A "sect" has its own practices and belifs, but still remains under the umbrella of the original religion. The Pilgrims never official separated themselves from the Chruch of England, and while they opposed some of the current practices and teachings of that church, still saw it as a true church.
So they would be classed as a "sect" rather then a "cult".
2007-08-16 13:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pilgrims were so far right on the orthodox Christian scale, the Europeans didn't want them!
2007-08-16 13:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agreed.
2007-08-16 13:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they were. But that doesn't make Scientology less of a cult.
2007-08-16 13:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like the idea that they "settled" an area that had been inhabited for 10,000 years.
2007-08-16 13:23:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religious radicals and extremists, to say the least.
2007-08-16 13:32:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋