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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 4243032" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>'Cult' has many meanings. The modern usage of the word certainly has a negative connotation. Websters has five usages, the first being "a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious".</p><p></p><p>Early Christianity was considered a cult by many, IIRC. Until it gained more mainstream acceptance and was viewed more as a religion.</p><p></p><p>And, if you want to discuss christianity as a form of control, our history is filled with instances where a minister, king (head of church), pope, etc, told people how to live (beyond tithing). And killed people who did not live according to how they thought they should.</p><p></p><p>But anyway, i'm just saying the line between cult and religion is often more about who is leading it and how many people believe it, than it is strictly about what the message regarding faith is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 4243032, member: 277"] 'Cult' has many meanings. The modern usage of the word certainly has a negative connotation. Websters has five usages, the first being "a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious". Early Christianity was considered a cult by many, IIRC. Until it gained more mainstream acceptance and was viewed more as a religion. And, if you want to discuss christianity as a form of control, our history is filled with instances where a minister, king (head of church), pope, etc, told people how to live (beyond tithing). And killed people who did not live according to how they thought they should. But anyway, i'm just saying the line between cult and religion is often more about who is leading it and how many people believe it, than it is strictly about what the message regarding faith is. [/QUOTE]
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