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I don't really pay attention to books like that. I think it's a very select group of people that do, sorry.

edited 4th Sep '16 11:16:01 AM by phantom1

Sure. Perhaps it's mostly academicians or types of cult-watching groups that study how doctrines can contribute to cult mind control or what they can lead to.

But other than that, surely there are numbers of variation in doctrine without it implying or automatically leading to a group being a cult?

If someone would happen to be interested in talking to me about Oahspe, Urantia or other literature taking terminology from Christianity, my pm box is open.

edited 5th Sep '16 2:03:18 PM by MerryMikael

I mean there are different books that different denominations consider canon(sp?) if that is what you are asking, but I don't think those two books are discussed much in the mainstream is all.

Faithists (the ones gathered around Oahspe) seem to be quite a small group.

Urantia doesn't seem to have an official group around it.

Graded with Grace.

@Merry Yes well I think Faithists are a pretty obscure sect, I think you would have to actually search to find some and probably can't just go on the Christian thread of some forum, have to find a Faithist thread somewhere or something

Just was curious to hear if anyone's got opinions on those. Sure there are obscure sects, even if not quite everywhere.

I simply told what my enquiry was all about.

edited 8th Sep '16 9:42:07 AM by MerryMikael

Sorry never heard of them until you mentioned (actually had to look it up). And I don't think that's uncommon.

edited 6th Sep '16 12:12:16 PM by phantom1

So, since there is no death and no pain in the New Creation, does that mean we will have Complete Immortality? I wonder what that will be like? Will glorified bodies be Immune to Bullets?

I doubt we'll need bullets when that happens but I would assume yes, like no one will age and everyone will be at their prime.

She Did What She Could.

Everything Comes from God.

Very tangentially related to what I said about the obscure Faithist -sect around the Oahspe -revisioning of the Bible and about the Urantia -revisioning with all the weird, weird cosmology....

This is an article about basics of a safe religious community, one where people needn't be concerned for themselves. There are even mentions of sensing weirdness, as in all kinds of crackpot ideas sneaking in.

What Matters Most.

Evie's Decision.

Emergency Prayer.

Ready for the Wedding.

I just got an email from the RCIA director at the church I attend (when I can. I've been fairly busy lately and have had to miss quite often). They're starting the RCIA program on the 21st of this month, so I'm finally gonna get started.

Congrats.

Now that I think of it, my conversion process was a little different than the norm thanks to living in a small town where 0.5% of people here are Catholic, according to the last statistics I saw. Instead of a typical RCIA program, I just had a series of one on one conversations with my priest.

That's probably one of the best ways to go about it.

Anyway, good news, everyone, God had karma hit my dad's former job! Apparently they had two more cars derail a few days ago!

He's also been talking to someone lately (had an hour-long phone interview with a company and then talked to someone else that was part of the company) so...promising? I guess?

I'm not a Christian but I don't think Jesus would call another person's mishaps as good news.

Ready for a Change?

Beyond Time.

Helping Each Other.

A Pleasing Aroma.