On Rapture Forums, David Reagan argues against competitors<\/a> for access to the wealth<\/del> souls of the differently-mentalled.<\/p>\n

Even fundamentalist type groups have gotten caught up in cultic doctrines <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Even” indeed. By definition, surely. <\/p>\n

“What is a cult? The typical dictionary definition is so vague and general that the term could be applied to any religious group”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed. <\/p>\n

Recognising that this might leave some understandable confusion in the minds of Rapture followers, he proceeds to define a cult. It seems that he is talking about defining cults as millenarian cults, but that bald definition might pose something of a problem, (What with them being the very essence of a millenarian sect.)<\/p>\n

So there’s a list of attributes that define “cults” then a list of those religions that qualify and some that are “borderline” sects. The distinction rests on whether they have “an orthodox view of Jesus as God in the flesh.”<\/em> The list of sects has: <\/p>\n

..among others, the non-instrumental Churches of Christ, the United Pentecostals, and Catholics. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cults always have some weird doctrines that are not Biblically based. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmm, nothing at all weird about these things selected at random from Rapture Forums:
\nthen. The Ages as viewed from different standpoints <\/a>, Scripture Numerics<\/a>, the Tribulation <\/a> 101 Science facts and foreknowledge from the Bible
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These drawings and words seem to have been generated from a mindset oriented about 45 degrees from standard human thinking.<\/p>\n

So, what do you call an organisation that has “weird doctrines that are<\/strong> Biblically based”? <\/p>\n

Hmm, tough one. Maybe, it’s a “Rapture Forum”?<\/p>\n

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