Signs of a cult <\/b><\/p>\n
(1) Secrecy is employed; seldom is there full disclosure. <\/p>\n
(2) Elite leadership does all the thinking. Others follow. <\/p>\n
(3) Followers are the only ones who possess the whole truth. <\/p>\n
(4) Scripture is never taken at face value. <\/p>\n
(5) Loyalty goes to a leader or a system. <\/p>\n
(6) The concepts lack historical roots. <\/p>\n
Dr. Steve Deckard, Institute for Creation Research, Bibliotheca Sacra, 135:539:232 (Litfin)<\/p>\n
Various <\/p>\n
\u2022 The Polyester Pagoda of the Palpitating Pulpit <\/p>\n
\u2022 The Cosmic Yo-Yo Church of Evolutionary Oneness<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fat Worship of the High Cholesterol Order<\/p>\n
\u2022 Holy Order of Our Lady of Perpetual Motion <\/p>\n
\u2022 Church of God the Totally Indifferent. <\/p>\n
The Zodiac News Service<\/p>\n
Marks of a Cult<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Authoritarian. There is almost always a central, <\/p>\n
\u2022 Charismatic, living human leader who commands total loyalty and allegiance.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Oppositional. Their beliefs, practices and values are counter to those of the dominant culture.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Exclusivistic. They are the only group that possesses the \u201ctruth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Legalistic. Rules and regulations abound governing spiritual matters and the details of everyday living.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Subjective. They emphasize the experiential, the feelings and the emotions. This is usually accompanied by an anti-intellectualism.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Persecution-conscious. The groups feel they are being singled out by mainstream Christians, the press, parents, and the government.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sanction-oriented. They require conformity in practice and belief, and exercise sanctions against the wayward.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Esoteric. They promote a religion of secrecy and concealment. Truth is taught on two levels, inner truth and outer truth.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anti-sacerdotal. There are no paid clergy or professional religious functionaries.<\/p>\n
Source Unknown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Signs of a cult (1) Secrecy is employed; seldom is there full disclosure. (2) Elite leadership does all the thinking. Others follow. (3) Followers are the only ones who possess the whole truth. (4) Scripture is never taken at face value. (5) Loyalty goes to a leader or a system. (6) The concepts lack historical … Continue reading “Cults”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}