-a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.
But then would anything for God be a misplaced, excessive admiration? Or should worshipping God have such a negative connotation? I don't know just thinking out loud maybe PSW will have better input, insight etc.
This in itself is a polar question, meaning the expected answer is “yes” and “no”, to which Pink alluded to in the definition above.
With the answer being “yes”, there are those out there under the Christian title, yet, they are the center of their Church. The focus of their congregation is what they teach rather than Jesus Christ. This is wrong, and by definition it will come under the category of a cult.
However, the “no” to the answer is, there cannot be such a thing as a Christian cult. The word Christian is from the Greek word - (Christianos), meaning a follower of Christ. Therefore, if anyone sincerely follows Christ, He shall be their focus and their source of inspiration and doctrine. Christ shall be the head, but not the preacher, teacher or the founder of that assembly. So, anyone who claims to be a follower of Christ, i.e., a Christian, but follow not His teaching, can we still call them a follower of Christ? No, as the result, they “might” be a cult, but considering they aren’t following Christ, they shouldn’t be given the exaltation of a Christian or the follower of Christ with the smearing of a cult.
If they choose not to follow Christ teachings, they shouldn’t be call a Christian.
Interesting question, from what I understand there can be such a thing, per definition of cult.
-a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
"the cult of St. Olaf"
-a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
"a network of Satan-worshiping cults"
synonyms: sect, denomination, group, movement, church, persuasion, body, faction
"a religious cult"
-a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.
But then would anything for God be a misplaced, excessive admiration? Or should worshipping God have such a negative connotation? I don't know just thinking out loud maybe PSW will have better input, insight etc.
Is there such thing as a Christian cult?
This in itself is a polar question, meaning the expected answer is “yes” and “no”, to which Pink alluded to in the definition above.
With the answer being “yes”, there are those out there under the Christian title, yet, they are the center of their Church. The focus of their congregation is what they teach rather than Jesus Christ. This is wrong, and by definition it will come under the category of a cult.
However, the “no” to the answer is, there cannot be such a thing as a Christian cult. The word Christian is from the Greek word - (Christianos), meaning a follower of Christ. Therefore, if anyone sincerely follows Christ, He shall be their focus and their source of inspiration and doctrine. Christ shall be the head, but not the preacher, teacher or the founder of that assembly. So, anyone who claims to be a follower of Christ, i.e., a Christian, but follow not His teaching, can we still call them a follower of Christ? No, as the result, they “might” be a cult, but considering they aren’t following Christ, they shouldn’t be given the exaltation of a Christian or the follower of Christ with the smearing of a cult.
If they choose not to follow Christ teachings, they shouldn’t be call a Christian.
I think we said the same thing but you gave more insight, I think hehe 😊.
yes you two did 😀 thanks
Bless you all :)
Your way of explaining a topic is certainly helpful