tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009348.post3876240495387111140..comments2023-11-02T07:47:10.433-04:00Comments on Vindicated: What Makes a Cult?Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14641068117855718120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009348.post-58864077397460345412007-05-25T11:42:00.000-04:002007-05-25T11:42:00.000-04:00Being heretical doesn't make you a "cult" - that w...Being heretical doesn't make you a "cult" - that was kind of the point. :-PKylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14641068117855718120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009348.post-988605746912413412007-05-22T20:53:00.000-04:002007-05-22T20:53:00.000-04:00I agree with you on oneness Pentecostals; they are...I agree with you on oneness Pentecostals; they are a cult.<BR/><BR/>Mormons are a cult because of their resemblance to gnosticism.<BR/><BR/>Charismatics and other Pentecostals fit the bill for Christians: viz., Belief in Trinity and a bodily risen Savior that is both fully God and Fully human.SlantRight 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/01578704336492501788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009348.post-21977370217105013382007-05-22T16:57:00.000-04:002007-05-22T16:57:00.000-04:00For me, I am becoming more and more comfortable us...For me, I am becoming more and more comfortable using the word, "heretic" simply because I believe they are out there and that the danger of heresy is real. Of course, I also think a lot that is painted black-and-white certainly isn't so but the faith articulated in the Creeds and Confessions of the Catholic and Apostolic Church are Orthodoxy. <BR/><BR/>And I don't think Hinn is Orthodox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4009348.post-33741137008456457962007-05-22T10:45:00.000-04:002007-05-22T10:45:00.000-04:00It's definitely more accurate. But I don't like t...It's definitely more accurate. But I don't like the word "heretical"--not because I don't agree there are heretics--there most certainly are. There are so many varieties of heresy that the word lacks meaning. Mormons don't bother me nearly as much as Benny Hinn, but Benny Hinn is technically "orthodox" (some might argue). And the word almost assumes that the "orthodox" are in power. How about calling Mormonism something like: "Pseudo-Christian."Mark Van Steenwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750433637794186308noreply@blogger.com