Wait, It's A Cult?

[Evangelical]

I heard they get together every Sunday and pretend to eat and drink blood. Must be a cult.

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

I heard they get together every Sunday and pretend to eat and drink blood. Must be a cult.

I've never heard this claim before, nor personally experienced anything that would lead me to believe it holds any credibility whatsoever.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

I've never heard this claim before, nor personally experienced anything that would lead me to believe it holds any credibility whatsoever.

I think I just described communion/mass/Eucharist/Lord's table meeting.

Just to show that any practice of Christianity can be portrayed in such a way to make it appear cult-like, when in reality it is not.

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

I think I just described communion/mass/Eucharist/Lord's table meeting.

Just to show that any practice of Christianity can be portrayed in such a way to make it appear cult-like, when in reality it is not.

I've never heard that the LSM believes that they are actually receiving the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Christ, under the appearance of bread and wine. That is does not match with my experience in the LSM denomination either.

Is this what you practice in your locality? It would be very unusual to deviate from what is prescribed in Anaheim. Hope you lease your facilities or the blended brothers may be coming after your assets. Alert the elders.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

I've never heard that the LSM believes that they are actually receiving the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Christ, under the appearance of bread and wine. That is does not match with my experience in the LSM denomination either.

Is this what you practice in your locality? It would be very unusual to deviate from what is prescribed in Anaheim. Hope you lease your facilities or the blended brothers may be coming after your assets. Alert the elders.

I said "pretending". We can see how easy it is to make a standard church practice seem like a sinister cult-like practice. The reality is, that every Sunday, Christians gather to pretend to drink blood and eat flesh. Catholics gather to actually eat blood and drink flesh. Sounds even more cult-like.

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

I said "pretending". We can see how easy it is to make a standard church practice seem like a sinister cult-like practice. The reality is, that every Sunday, Christians gather to pretend to drink blood and eat flesh. Catholics gather to actually eat blood and drink flesh. Sounds even more cult-like.

You "pretend" to drink blood on Sundays? That's a weird mindset to have while taking communion.

How does this fit into the thread? The initial points are below. I think most people on this forum understand that is the Catholic position. They also could have guessed you'd be the happy to condemn their denomination.

All-knowing leadership.

No room for differences.

A new and better way.

Down on Christian doctrine.

Scriptures get an added twist.

"Christians are wrong" mentality.

Works prove faith.

Salvation is a big unknown.

No exit.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

You "pretend" to drink blood on Sundays? That's a weird mindset to have while taking communion.

How does this fit into the thread? The initial points are below. I think most people on this forum understand that is the Catholic position. They also could have guessed you'd be the happy to condemn their denomination.

All-knowing leadership.

No room for differences.

A new and better way.

Down on Christian doctrine.

Scriptures get an added twist.

"Christians are wrong" mentality.

Works prove faith.

Salvation is a big unknown.

No exit.

If it is not pretending to drink blood and eat the flesh of Christ, then what is it? Do you even know what you are doing when you take communion? Are you just drink some juice and wafer?