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1 | Significance of Mts Ebal and Gerazim | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 56170 | ||
Del The slopes of Ebal toward Gerizim played their part in that memorable scene, when, having conquered the central region of Palestine, Joshua led the people hither, erected an altar of unhewn stones, wrote upon the stones—either engraving on the stone itself, or impressing on plaster placed there for the purpose—a copy of the law, and then, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, placed half the tribes on the slope of Gerizim, and half on those of Ebal, and the ark with the priests and Levites in the center. Then with dramatic responses from the two divisions of the people, the blessings and the cursings of the law were read (Joshua 8:30ff; compare Deut. 27:11ff). In all the future, therefore, this mountain, towering aloft in the very heart of the land, would remind beholders far and near of their people's covenant with God. It has sometimes been questioned if the reading of the law could be heard by the people in the way described. The formation of the sides of the valley at the narrowest part, and the acoustics, which have been tested more than once, leave no reasonable doubt as to the possibility. Excerpt from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. |
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2 | cult by what definition? | Bible general Archive 1 | teragram123 | 57187 | ||
EdB please answer... I noticed by your profile that you enjoy apologetics/ and the study of the cults... Can you please tell me why there are so few writers that will name the Catholic church as a cult. Yet in the study of cults myself, I find that the definition given for cults fully fit the Catholic church. If she is not a cult, please explain to me how she is Christian. And which definition for cults does not fit her? I was raised in the Catholic church and read my way out... and it amazes me that so few Christians will address the real issues. I never missed catechism class or mass in 33 years... yet never once was I led in the sinners prayer or even told that I was a sinner needing to be saved. The word “saved” was what I thought to be a protestant term. If she is Christian, why was I lost right in the midst of her? I was as devout as I believe I could have been. |
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3 | cult by what definition? | Bible general Archive 1 | In the Andes | 57206 | ||
Yeah, I agree with you. By definition, she is completely cultic. I would like to hear what some of our Hanagraffites have to say about this. Those who are so fond of cutting and pasting from brother Hank's website should drop you a line. I really wonder how a man can say that Kenneth Hagin is the biggest false prophet in the church today when the prosperity gospel doesn't even come close to the heresies propagated by the Catholic church. As you, from experience pointed out, they don't even teach the basic fundamental doctrines of christianity. Not to mention, all over the world they worship Idols. Praying to and burning candles to statues of "saints" is pretty cultic. Is it NOT cultic/heretical to pray to and worship Mary? If it's not worship what would you call it? Indulgences, transubstantiation(?), confession to priests who pardons your sins after works have been performed, hail Mary's etc, purgatory (and paying the priest to pay you out of it, hmmm, sounds a lot like false "profits" to me.) Time does not permit me to continue. How many pagan rituals has the catholic church incorporated into it's "worship" in the past 2000 yrs? I would really appreciate apologists here in this forum and on radio giving as much time to REAL APOLOGETICS as to it's pet peeves of "health and wealth". Perhaps they don't want to offend people praying to someone other than God, but think it's OK to blast those who believe God is so good it's always His will to heal, even if He cannot for some strange reason. I wonder what's more heretical, paying a priest who will pray to Mary to get grampa out of purgatory, or believing God wants to bless humanity. But I digress. I'm glad you found your way out. Cheerio! |
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4 | cult by what definition? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 57209 | ||
I must say I agree with you on two points: 1. By *YOUR* definition, the Roman Catholic church is completely cultic. 2. You do digress. Moreover, there are those who are in agreement with you that the RC church is a cult: 'Even with the significant areas of doctrinal agreement between Catholics and Protestants (see Part One), a notable number of Protestant fundamentalists insist that Catholicism is an anti-Christian cult. Organizations and individuals (some of them quite popular) who classify Catholicism as a cult include: Chick Publications, Alberto Rivera's Anti-Christ Information Center, Tony Alamo's Christian Foundation, Bill Jackson's Christians Evangelizing Catholics, Albert James Dager's Media Spotlight, and Dave Hunt's The Berean Call. (This is not to say that all of these people belong in the same category — the latter three are more respectable than the former three.) Actually this is just a few of many individuals and organizations that classify Catholicism as an anti-Christian cult. Because their position receives a wide hearing in some evangelical circles, we must address their claim' (http://www.equip.org/free/DC170-2.htm). You want CRI? You got it. 'Five More Reasons Why Catholicism Is Not a Cult '(6) Cults frequently have a low view of the Bible, replacing or supplementing it with their own so-called "sacred writings." In fact, cults often argue that the Bible has been, to some extent, corrupted and therefore their writings are needed to restore the truth. While Catholicism's acceptance of noncanonical writings (the Apocrypha) and placing of apostolic tradition on par with Scripture are fundamental problems to the Protestant, Catholics nevertheless retain a high view of the Bible (inspired and infallible) and see it as their central source of revelation. '(7) Cults usually have some kind of authoritarian, totalistic leader or prophet. While some feel that the pope fits this category, in reality the pope governs the church with heavy dependence upon the bishops (college of cardinals), and within the restrictions of the official teaching of the church. Protestants clearly disagree with the authority and exalted titles given the pope, but he still does not fit the category of a cult leader. '(8) A frequent characteristic of cults is their emphasis on a "remnant identity" — that is, they claim to be God's exclusive agent or people who restore "authentic Christianity," which has been corrupted or lost. Usually this type of restorationism has an accompanying anticreedal and antihistorical mindset. While Catholicism has at times been guilty of an unfortunate exclusivity13 (some Protestant churches have also), they emphatically deny restorationism, and strongly emphasize the continuity of God's church throughout history. '(9) Those who classify Roman Catholicism as a cult (an inauthentic and invalid expression of Christianity) usually also give the Eastern Orthodox church the same classification. What they do not realize, however, is that if both of these religious bodies are non-Christian, then there was no authentic Christian church during most of the medieval period. Contrary to what some Protestants think, there was no independent, nondenominational, Bible-believing church on the corner (or in the caves) during most of the Middle Ages.14 Additionally, the schismatic groups who were around at the time were grossly heretical.15 So much for the gates of hell not prevailing against the church (Matt. 16:18). 'Some try to sidestep this argument by reasoning that as long as there were even a few individuals who remained biblically orthodox apart from the institutional or organized church, then those select individuals constituted God's authentic church (a remnant) — thus the church was never truly overcome. This thinking, though containing an element of truth, is not completely correct. It is true that the church has an invisible16 and local dimension to it, but it also has a visible and organizational dimension (John 17:21). While the church is primarily a community of believers, it also functions as an institution through which believers encounter the ministry of the Word and the sacraments (baptism and the Lord's Supper). Scripture does not allow for the sharp distinction between the spiritual and organizational dimensions of the church that some would like to draw.17 '(10) Even with the serious problems evident in Roman Catholic theology from a Protestant point of view, Catholic doctrine overall does not fit the pattern of the recognized cult groups (see comparison chart). Catholicism affirms most of what the cults deny and possesses an orthodox foundation which all cult groups lack' (http://www.equip.org/free/DC170-2.htm). |
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5 | cult by what definition? | Bible general Archive 1 | In the Andes | 57211 | ||
I never would have believed it. not in a million years. | ||||||