Are FLDS Mormons?

[_LittleNipper]

My logical guess is that Joseph Smith would have likely discovered Scientology.

[_The Erotic Apologist]

My logical guess is that Joseph Smith would have likely discovered Scientology.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: "Christians have no right to call Scientologists crazy."

http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-deg ... ogy-2015-4

[_LittleNipper]

My logical guess is that Joseph Smith would have likely discovered Scientology.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: "Christians have no right to call Scientologists crazy."

http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-deg ... ogy-2015-4

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: "If you’ve been around 1,000 years you’re a religion, and if you’ve been around 100 years, you’re a cult. That’s how people want to divide the kingdom."

This sounds educated but it isn't scientifically accurate. A cult is secretive and defines power in terms of withheld knowledge know only to its "membership". In this way a cult essentially remains a cult as long as it exclusively withholds knowledge, practices and hidden rituals from the general public. Christianity has always been about revelation. Go to the world and preach the Gospel is not the thing a cult is designed to practice.

Cults hate democracy because it allows for the open presentation dispersion of information freely. This is why removing general Bible reading from public education has had a detrimental affect on the "educated". Cultists don't want their knowledge revealed but also hate competition to their own way of managing. Just like a "gay" doesn't what to be told that homosexuality is immoral, and so attempts to eliminate all opportunity for confrontation except for his own expression, or the evolutionist wants all "in-depth" explanation of Creationism/Intelligent Design excluded from "their arena" as it compromises their own explanation.

The cultist hates competition that exposes his own beliefs to scrutiny. Christians love scrutiny because it means that seeds are being spread unwittingly. Salvation is free. Control is exclusive and manipulative. Cultist lose power where they are allowed to be exposed and comparisons are revealed openly and broadly.

[_The Erotic Apologist]

"If you've been around 1,000 years you’re a religion, and if you’ve been around 100 years, you’re a cult. That’s how people want to divide the kingdom."

This sounds educated but it isn't scientifically accurate. A cult is secretive and defines power in terms of withheld knowledge know only to its "membership". In this way a cult essentially remains a cult as long as it exclusively withholds knowledge, practices and hidden rituals from the general public. Christianity has always been about revelation. Go to the world and preach the Gospel is not the thing a cult is designed to practice.

Nope, not even close. Here's the dictionary definition of cult:

Cult (plural cults)

1. (offensive, derogatory) A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
2. Devotion to a saint.
3. (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

In other words, Christianity is a cult.

Cults hate democracy because it allows for the open presentation dispersion of information freely. This is why removing general Bible reading from public education has had a detrimental affect on the "educated". Cultists don't want their knowledge revealed but also hate competition to their own way of managing. Just like a "gay" doesn't what to be told that homosexuality is immoral, and so attempts to eliminate all opportunity for confrontation except for his own expression, or the evolutionist wants all "in-depth" explanation of Creationism/Intelligent Design excluded from "their arena" as it compromises their own explanation. The cultist hates competition that exposes his own beliefs to scrutiny. Christians love scrutiny because it means that seeds are being spread unwittingly. Salvation is free. Control is exclusive and manipulative. Cultist lose power where they are allowed to be exposed and comparisons are revealed openly and broadly.

Pure baloney. You're simply making this crap up.

How does it feel to be a member of a cult?

[_LittleNipper]

"If you've been around 1,000 years you’re a religion, and if you’ve been around 100 years, you’re a cult. That’s how people want to divide the kingdom."

This sounds educated but it isn't scientifically accurate. A cult is secretive and defines power in terms of withheld knowledge know only to its "membership". In this way a cult essentially remains a cult as long as it exclusively withholds knowledge, practices and hidden rituals from the general public. Christianity has always been about revelation. Go to the world and preach the Gospel is not the thing a cult is designed to practice.

Nope, not even close. Here's the dictionary definition of cult:

Cult (plural cults)

1. (offensive, derogatory) A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
2. Devotion to a saint.
3. (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

In other words, Christianity is a cult.

ONE dictionary editor's view, likely a recently edition.

Cults hate democracy because it allows for the open presentation dispersion of information freely. This is why removing general Bible reading from public education has had a detrimental affect on the "educated". Cultists don't want their knowledge revealed but also hate competition to their own way of managing. Just like a "gay" doesn't what to be told that homosexuality is immoral, and so attempts to eliminate all opportunity for confrontation except for his own expression, or the evolutionist wants all "in-depth" explanation of Creationism/Intelligent Design excluded from "their arena" as it compromises their own explanation. The cultist hates competition that exposes his own beliefs to scrutiny. Christians love scrutiny because it means that seeds are being spread unwittingly. Salvation is free. Control is exclusive and manipulative. Cultist lose power where they are allowed to be exposed and comparisons are revealed openly and broadly.

Pure baloney. You're simply making this crap up.

Thank you.

[_The Erotic Apologist]

ONE dictionary editor's view, likely a recently edition.

How would you know when you can't even tell the difference between opinions and facts?

How does it feel to be a member of a cult?

[_LittleNipper]

So according to the dictionary marriage can only be between a man and woman!!!!!!! Thanks! for your unwitting agreement!

marriage [ ˈmarij ] NOUN 1.the formal union of a man and a woman, typically recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife: "a happy marriage"
synonyms: wedding · wedding ceremony · marriage ceremony · nuptials ·

2.a combination or mixture of two or more elements "a marriage of jazz, pop, blues, and gospel"

synonyms: union · alliance · fusion · mixture · mix · blend · amalgamation ·

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[_The Erotic Apologist]

So according to the dictionary marriage can only be between a man and woman!!!!!!! Thanks! for your unwitting agreement!

marriage [ ˈmarij ] NOUN 1.the formal union of a man and a woman, typically recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife: "a happy marriage"
synonyms: wedding · wedding ceremony · marriage ceremony · nuptials ·

2.a combination or mixture of two or more elements "a marriage of jazz, pop, blues, and gospel"

synonyms: union · alliance · fusion · mixture · mix · blend · amalgamation ·

Powered by OxfordDictionaries · © Oxford University Press

Nope--we're discussing whether you're a member of a cult, not same sex marriage.

So how does it feel to be a member of a cult?

[_LittleNipper]

So according to the dictionary marriage can only be between a man and woman!!!!!!! Thanks! for your unwitting agreement!

marriage [ ˈmarij ] NOUN 1.the formal union of a man and a woman, typically recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife: "a happy marriage"
synonyms: wedding · wedding ceremony · marriage ceremony · nuptials ·

2.a combination or mixture of two or more elements "a marriage of jazz, pop, blues, and gospel"

synonyms: union · alliance · fusion · mixture · mix · blend · amalgamation ·

Powered by Oxford Dictionaries · © Oxford University Press

Nope--we're discussing whether you're a member of a cult, not same sex marriage.

So how does it feel to be a member of a cult?

Nope, we're considering if one definition is more correct than another. Like a solution vs. suspension --- salts in water vs. sand/mud in water....
I do not belong to a secret society --- do you?

[_The Erotic Apologist]

Nope, we're considering if one definition is more correct than another. Like a solution vs. suspension --- salts in water vs. sand/mud in water....

The difference between "in solution" and "in suspension" is a matter of opinion???