TheUnificationChurch
AlsoknownastheMoonies:TheRev.SunMyungMoonin1954.BornJan.6,1920inKorea.FounderHeadquarters:KoreaMembership:approximately3millionworldwide.Origins:MoonwasborntoparentswhoadheredtoConfucianismuntiltheirconversiontoPresbyterianismin1930.Moonclaimsthatin1935JesusappearedtohimonamountaininKoreaandtoldhimtofinishtheworkofestablishingGod’skingdomonearth.By1945hehadwrittendownthep...[
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UnitySchoolofChristianityFounders:CharlesandMyrtle(d.1931)FillmoreHeadquarters:Lee'sSummit,MissouriMembership:OveronemillionOrigins:UnitybeganinKansasCityin1889.BothCharles(aspiritistwithnoChristianbackground))andMyrtle(raisedaMethodist)wereinvolvedwithChristianScienceandclaimedthatprinciplesinChristianScienceleadtohealingsintheirlives.However,theydisagreedwiththeChristianSciencedoctrinethatmatter...[
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TheWayInternationalFounder:VictorPaulWierwille,born1917.Deceased.Headquarters:JustoutsideofNewKnoxvilleinOhioMembership:Overonehundredthousandallovertheworld.Doctrines:Likemanycultgroups,theWayclaimstheBibleisthewordofGod,yetitdeniesthedoctrineofTrinity,thedeityofJesus,thepersonhoodanddeityoftheHolySpirit,andsalvationbygrace.InregardstotheHolySpirit,WierwilledrawsadistinctionbetweentheHolySpiritan...[
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TheFarmFounder:StephenGaskin,born2/16/35inDenverColorado.ServedintheMarinesfrom1952-1955.TaughtcreativewritingatSanFranciscoStateCollegeduringthe1960's.Useddrugsandwasinvolvedinthehippymovement.ServedaonetothreeyearprisontermintheTennesseeStatePenitentiary.Headquarters:SummertownTennessee.Locatedona3squaremilecampus.Isolatedarea.Membership:SeveralhundredintheU.S.Doctrines:"Ex-membersaccusehim...[
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Cultandnon-ChristianListTherearemanymoreoutthereandI'lladdnamesinhereastimegoeson.Atleastifyoucanfindagrouplistedhere,you'llknowitisnotChristian.
I'lladdlinksastimepermits.AlamoChristianFoundationAnthroposophicalSocietyAstaraChildrenofGodChristadelphianismChristianFamilyFellowshipChristianIdentityMovementChristianScienceChurchofArmageddonDivineLightMissionEckankarEstFoundationofHumanUnderstand...[
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Jesus'humbledstateandwhatitmeansManyofthenonChristiancultsattackthedeityofChristbycitingversessuchasJesusnotknowingsomething(Matt.24:36),whereHeisgrowinginwisdom(Luke2:52),orsaysthattheFatherisgreaterthanHe(John14:28).TheyclaimthatifJesuswasGodHewouldknowallthings,wouldnotgrowinwisdom,andwouldnotbelesserthantheFather--andthisiswheretheiranalysisstops.Unfortunately,theyeitherpurposely(becauseitdoes...[
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Whatmakesachurchorgroupnon-Christian?Therearemanynon-ChristianreligionsandcultsinAmerica:Mormonism,Jehovah'sWitnesses,ChristianScience,Unity,TheWayInternational,Unitarianism,Islam,Hinduism,etc.TheyallclaimspecialrevelationandprivilegeandthosethatusetheBibleinvariablyinterpretitindisharmonywithstandardbiblicalunderstanding.And,groupsliketheMormonsandJehovah'sWitnessesobjecttothelabel"cult"becauseit...[
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Cults!Cultsareeverywhere.Somearemainstreamandwidelyaccepted.Othersareisolationistandhidefromexaminationatgreatexpense.Theyaregrowingandflourishing.Somecausegreatsufferingwhileothersappearveryhelpfulandbeneficial.Whichevergroupitis,theultimateendistheirdestructionwhentheLordreturnstoclaimHisown.Whatisacult?Generally,itisagroupthatisunorthodox,esoteric,andhasadevotiontoaperson,object,orasetofnewidea...[
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BookReviewofGod'sPerfectChild
byCarolynFraser
MetropolitanBooks
1999
HelenFrymanInthefreedomsbequeathedtotheUnitedStatesofAmericabytheFoundingFathers,thereis,noticedbyonlyafew,astrangeheritagewherereligionisconcerned.Intheemphasisonindividualindependenceandself-reliance,intheheritageoftheAgeofReason,andinthealmostinherent--and,sadly,sometimesdeserved--mistrustofauthority,werethesee...[
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QuestionstoAskChristianScientists
IfGodisallinall,thenwheredidevilcomefrom?Ifeverythingisaninterpretationofdivinemind,thenwhydopeoplehavedifferentunderstandingsofGod?Ifsicknessisanillusion,whydoyouhavepractitionerswhogoouttoChristianScientistsinattemptstohealthem?Ifsinisnotreal,thenwhydoestheBiblesaythatallhavesinnedandfallenshortofthegloryofGod(Rom.3:23)?Aswellas,"Ifwesaywehavenosinwedeceiveo...[
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