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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Can we dial it down? Drake felt that some of the accusations that the LRC is a cult were insulting. It is certainly reasonable to say that. If you want to call the LRC a cult you are lumping them together with Charles Manson and mass suicide by kool aid. When someone hears cult they think of moonies selling flowers at the airport. You begin with a term that has the ugliest connotation possible, and then give a useless definition that could apply to any group of Christians.
All of this could be avoided if you use a biblical term like "false teacher" and "fruit of the false teacher", and then use the appropriate verses to define that.
Why don't these Christian publishers do that? Because they are convicted by these verses. Using the word cult is obfuscation.
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ZNP,
I assume you're not directing this specifically at me, but it was a jump from my quote. I agree, we can dial it down, my "pee" comment was off color. Although a reader of each of my comments on this thread can see that I never called the LSM a cult - instead, I started a thread based on a discussion that I had with a member of the LSM and a google search. I thought it would be an interesting discussion, relevant based on the audience and the reach of a google search in today's society. Also, I've simply shared my experiences. Certain members have turned me into a zombie/vampire slayer and made incorrect assumptions and accusations about me along the way. I actually appreciate the comments, hence the laughs along the way. It reminds each of those familiar with the LSM the mentality, attitude, and backwards logic of those within the LSM.
But enough of that, to things more important:
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.