[FairfieldLife] What defines a cult?

2005-09-26 Thread shempmcgurk
Does the TMO fall under the parameters of the following definition of a cult? From: http://www.spiritwatch.org/cultdef.htm 7 ELEMENTS OF A CULTIC GROUP 1) A centralized form of leadership that rules with unquestioned authority 2) A body of convictions, beliefs, and practices set forth

Re: [FairfieldLife] What defines a cult?

2005-09-26 Thread Rick Archer
Ways of Distinguishing Healthy and Unhealthy Cults –© Copyright 1997 and 2002 by Timothy Conway, Ph.D. Given the suspicion in many quarters about new or exotic religious movements, we need to discuss the nature of cults. The history of religion has seen the rise of hundreds of thousands of