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Old 05-31-2005, 07:05 AM   #41 (permalink)
pac-man
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
My point is quite obvious to anyone not looking from a biased viewpoint trying to get the 'evil right wing'. Had the parents been in Heavens Gate instead would there be a story here? Had they been giving the child peyote to go on a vision quest would there be a story?

My question is the fundamental question of the story. What makes something a 'religion' and therefore protected?
That's a very good question. Maybe the degree that a belief system diverges from acceptability of the majority. Which automatically places all "fringe" religions in that gray area.

What makes Christianity a religion and not a cult?
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