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Originally posted by BentNotTwisted
# The spiritual group demands that you give up as much of your assests and your yearly income to it as possible.
**** Give more, more, more
(grump): Time was, you could "buy" your way into heaven by purchasing an indulgence. Don't buy, go to Hell! Ask Martin Luther.
# The spiritual group demands that you accept its teachings without reservation, even when those teachings are in direct conflict with your understanding of basic scientific knowledge.
**** Um, I'll have to work on this one
(grump): The Catholic Church, as well as all proponents of the Old Testament, teach "Creationism" despite the entire geological record. They condemn mysticism, unless it suits their purposes (a: faith healing, b: resurection of the dead --not just of Jesus Christ, but of ALL who have past on, come Armegeddon *zombies?*, c: transmutation --water into wine, wine into blood, bread into flesh).
# The spiritual group teaches that giving up your life for the sake of the spiritual group may become necessary sometime in the future.
**** Even Prez Bush use the word Crusade is his plan for terrorist retribution.
Ok, so with one exception the cult warnings all fit. So, boys and girls. Is Catholicism a world wide cult?
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(grump): In short, there are NO exceptions. All of the "acceptable" religions were originally cults that grew to a dominant position in their region of the world, usually usurping the previously established cult and incorporating significant concepts to appeal to the localites.
We don't honor "Mithras", but Christmas occurs during its old holy days. Think the timing of Easter is a coincidence?
Your hypothesis fits all of Christianity and Islam, and all the rest, if we take a good close look
