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karen alias larryg writes:
> I think the term cult in general terminology today means:
> 1. Any religion that teaches that man can become God.
> 2. Any religion that teaches that Jesus was not God.
> These two beliefs are opposed to christianity which is what uses the
> term cult.

    The term 'cult', according to Webster, means the same as 'religion'.       
'Cult', however, has bad connotations, and is used to describe a religion
which the speaker dislikes.  It's not suprising that the above christian
thinks that it means 'not a christian religion', since that is the type
of religion which christians dislike.
    BTW, how did karen get the middle name 'alias'?
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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