Comments on: Cults and Information Control (Extract from Cults: How They Work) http://robinjackson.co.za/2009/07/cults-and-information-control-extract-from-cults-how-they-work/ Professional Speaker & Author of Cults: How They Work, Losing The Faith Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:14:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tom sheepandgoats http://robinjackson.co.za/2009/07/cults-and-information-control-extract-from-cults-how-they-work/comment-page-1/#comment-44 tom sheepandgoats Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:08:45 +0000 http://robinjackson.co.za/?p=92#comment-44 On the other hand, Bible-based groups might justify such encouragement/discouragement on the basis of such scriptures as 1 Tim 6:20: "O Timothy, guard what is laid up in trust with you, turning away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from the contradictions of the falsely called “knowledge.” For making a show of such [knowledge] some have deviated from the faith." Is all of Christianity, therefore, cultish? Or is this not merely a practical manifestation of Sturgeon's law: "90% of everything [including written material, even on the internet] is crap." One might fully expect any branch of Christianity attempting to follow the Bible to issue the kind of guidance that you find fault with. You accurately quoted words such as 'does not "endorse,"' which is not the same as "forbid," and "recommend," which is not the same as "command." As to Opus Dei and their numbered system, that's them. I can only speak for Jehovah's Witnesses: http://tinyurl.com/nomyfx On the other hand, Bible-based groups might justify such encouragement/discouragement on the basis of such scriptures as 1 Tim 6:20:

“O Timothy, guard what is laid up in trust with you, turning away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from the contradictions of the falsely called “knowledge.” For making a show of such [knowledge] some have deviated from the faith.”

Is all of Christianity, therefore, cultish? Or is this not merely a practical manifestation of Sturgeon’s law: “90% of everything [including written material, even on the internet] is crap.” One might fully expect any branch of Christianity attempting to follow the Bible to issue the kind of guidance that you find fault with.

You accurately quoted words such as ‘does not “endorse,”‘ which is not the same as “forbid,” and “recommend,” which is not the same as “command.”

As to Opus Dei and their numbered system, that’s them. I can only speak for Jehovah’s Witnesses:

http://tinyurl.com/nomyfx

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