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Offline ironglow

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Is the world's largest cult, now in the making?
« on: May 23, 2022, 02:25:13 AM »
  just this morning, while watching a documentary on the NXIVM cult, I was provoked to ponder the state of our world today.
    https://nypost.com/article/how-keith-raniere-lured-women-sex-cult-nxivm/
 
  Cults are of course, a very pernicious force..usually captivating the more gullible among the population.

  There have been unnumbered cults, many but certainly not all.. based on a tortured translation of Christianity.
  We have had cults throughout history, and most all seem to follow  the same pattern...
   Recruitment by deceit, indoctrination classes, convince members of exclusivity and further studies, led by minor indoctrination leaders, all leading to various Gurus, usually but not always, topped by a charismatic "kingpin"..

  People's Temple had Jim Jones, The Church Universal and Triumphant, had Elizabeth Clare Prophet, the Moonies had Sun Mung Moon and the Hale-Bopp cult had their pop-eyed leader..

     Then I thought..how similar these rioting leftists are....  They are recruited by deceit invading their young, inexperienced minds, receiveing indoctrination (by Marxist professors?) are led down the primrose path of servitude to "something greater" than themselves.

   THey have their Gurus...certain political leaders who claim it takes a whole village to raise a child (parents are helpless), climate change leaders, select multi billionaires, and some who promote almost anything which can lead to the destruction of the USA..

   OK..so we have the indoctrinators, the Gurus..but where is the 'charismatic leader' ?

  My suggestion...You cannot see him...since starting back in the Garden of Eden, he has always disguised himself as somebody or something else ..in the case of Eden, a serpent.

    We are primed for his grand entrance..

   
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”  (2 Thess 2:3)color]
If you don't want the truth, don't ask me.  If you want something sugar coated...go eat a donut !  (anon)

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Re: Is the world's largest cult, now in the making?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2022, 04:43:03 AM »
I remember reading somewhere in the new Testament that preachers and teachers would be judged more harshly than your basic folks.
So I would not want to be in the shoes of people like Jim Jones.
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Re: Is the world's largest cult, now in the making?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2022, 10:29:58 AM »
I remember reading somewhere in the new Testament that preachers and teachers would be judged more harshly than your basic folks.
So I would not want to be in the shoes of people like Jim Jones.

  Right on, Bug.  Leadership requires dedication and honesty...because as leaders & teachers, we undergo a closer judgement.

   "3 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment."   (James 3:1)
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Re: Is the world's largest cult, now in the making?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2022, 12:51:24 PM »
Off subject: It pleased me to hear about the catholic bishop telling pelosi to kick rocks when it came to communion. :)
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Re: Is the world's largest cult, now in the making?
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2022, 01:45:11 AM »
Off subject: It pleased me to hear about the catholic bishop telling pelosi to kick rocks when it came to communion. :)

    The Washington diocese is staying mum on the subject, but the pope is speaking..warning bishops not to be too hasty.
  I guess it depends upon whether one considers the pope or scriptures to be authoritative..

   https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-pelosi-denied-communion-by-bishop-what-pope-said-on-refusing-eucharist/ar-AAXyXsc

 
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Re: Is the world's largest cult, now in the making?
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2022, 05:43:45 AM »
The pope is just a man.
The Bible is the last word when it comes to salvation or lack thereof.
Give me liberty, or give me death
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Give me liberty, or give me death
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