by Ed Pettibone » Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:49 pm
Ed: The thing that bothers me about the SDA , Mormons and Christian Scientist and perhpas others is their adherence to some doctrines developed by their founders and treating those founders as if they where deity.
BTW, I do not consider Catholics to be cult members, however if some one who has a history of Cathloism were to request membership in our church I would want to know that they have renounced certain teaching of the Catholic church. Veneration of Marry is the first to come to mind.
Likewise if I were to seek membership in a Presbyterian church I would expect them to insist that I give up my opposition to infant baptism. Fact is, that is a major reason why I am not Presbyterian. There was a time when a family acquaintance offered me substantial financial assistance for college and Seminary if would become Presbyterian. And no I do not consider Presbyterians a cult.