Is Catholicism A Cult?: Revealed - The True nature of Roman Catholicism

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Instead of being preoccupied with Jesus, they are preoccupied with mere mortals, be it dead saints or their popes or their cult’s leaders or founders.

S. soldiers to grab her, stick her in a hospital bed, strap her arms down so she can’t harm herself, and force feed her?If anyone says that the justice (righteousness) received is not preserved and also not increased before God through good works but that those works are merely the fruits and signs of justification obtained, but not the cause of the increase, let him be anathema.

Antonaccio, "Contesting the Past: Hero Cult, Tomb Cult, and Epic in Early Greece", American Journal of Archaeology 98. Ultimately, this keeps the focus on God rather than fragmenting one’s attention in several different directions. Most American-based cults, for example, have to a greater or lesser degree splintered off from other Christian groups, and emerged in the nineteenth or twentieth centuries. Catholicism is one of the world’s major world religions, with an immense following across continents. He and Republicans have decided that the religious slavery of women is justified to make sure children are born.

Scripture does not allow for the sharp distinction between the spiritual and organizational dimensions of the church that some would like to draw. So do you want to shove them in existing houses and force people to live like in China, with one family per bedroom? Thus, Scientologists cater to Hubbard’s needs so much that it is unnatural in any religion that claims to worship One God, as Scientology does.

They usually have a single powerful founder/leader who declares himself — or is declared by others — to be God/Jesus incarnate on this earth. Before we can assess whether Catholicism fits the definition of a cult, we must first define exactly what a cult is. But they also want the right to control how and when they do it, as they have to run the risks, so let’s let them have that.Often, cults are as much of a new religious movement with entirely new revelation as they are a reform of a previous religion. First, this allows the confessor and the spiritual director to remain objective in carrying out their duties. By making their members use hallucinogens, sleep deprivation, group sex, strict prayer rituals, and deprogramming. Leaders from all these groups are frequently in the news as they proudly proclaim their “tolerance” and “inclusiveness” at the expense of biblical truth.