Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Cults: Introduction - Backus, JOFMM Spring 2004

You may be tempted to skip over this column, especially if you
think of cults as a standard list of four or five groups you studied
long ago in seminary. You may be so effective at dealing with some
of them that they avoid your door when they work your neighborhood.
The cults, however, are not limited to a static list with
unchanging beliefs.
Our contemporary landscape provides fertile soil for the germination
of new religions and sects. The doctrines of cults are not
static. There are real changes in beliefs, some more and some less
orthodox. Religions imported from other cultures are working
themselves into the American psyche.
Our goal is to help you quickly, to keep current and respond to
groups that deviate from orthodox Christianity. Bewitched by Don
Veinot addresses the growth of neo-paganism as well as its acceptance
and encouragement n some “evangelical circles.” John Battle
presents new information that undermines a fundamental claim of
the Book of Mormon....

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