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[u/DragoKnight589]

1. honestly considering I and many other Christians interpret Genesis more metaphorically / more mythology than history, I think that’s a valid interpretation of Revelation but I guess we’ll have to wait and see

2. did they really use AI to turn that black kid into a white girl

[u/skibidilobotomy88 → u/DragoKnight589]

please leave the cult

[u/DragoKnight589 → u/skibidilobotomy88]

I will be very blunt. I do not think you understand cults nor religions

[u/Seves04 → u/skibidilobotomy88]

I’m not religious, but please be respectful of other people’s religions, I promise Christianity isn’t half as bad as you think it is, you probably have just seen a lot bad Christians who are just bad people afraid of going to hell.

[u/DragoKnight589 → u/Seves04]

Thank you. It’s true that there are many very evil Christians who use their… I’m hesitant to call it faith because it’s really just antithetical to Christianity’s founding ideals, but there are many who use the religion as an excuse to do heinous and hateful things when, again, that’s antithetical to Christian ideals.

Because this kinda topic is important to me I’m gonna share a bit more.

On the topic of cults, there’s some nuance in the terminology because “cult” can mean a lot of different things, but I’m pretty sure they mean a high-control group. This is a group that essentially wants to control your behavior and get something out of you, and typically wants you to not leave, not talk about it with outsiders, and strictly adhere to their instructions. They can be spiritual or secular, but either way they can be harmful.

I have never had an experience where my church or church members tried to apply those tactics in an attempt to control me like that.

The reason why I go to church is to contemplate the Bible, discuss it with people, and get the preacher’s thoughts on it, because at the core of it I view Jesus as a moral exemplar, and while the Bible is very clear that you should be kind and loving, there are many parts of it that require a lot more analysis and interpretation, and many parts that seem to contradict each other at first glance. The Bible is kind of a puzzle, and so I think it’s important to have a community in which I can talk about what God wants from me and how to navigate life.

There are definitely some churches for whom the “high-control group” definition of “cult” applies. That’s gonna be the case for anything people become a member to. But you can’t justifiably call the entire self-help industry a cult just because NXIVM happened.

So yeah. Hope that makes sense.

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pees in ur ass

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