Originally posted by 99civic_love
epoch:
you're right. christianity was a mystery religion. they were all considered cults. i could give you the list of reasons, but i'm too lazy to get out my history notes.
Yep... I dunno if I could find the document again, but they found the meteorite that fell in about 220AD that's responsible for the Roman's accepting Christianity as a religion. Long story...
Yet, in a nutshell: It's a religion in which the followers are granted life after death for believing a certain guy was the son of God.
While I'm not questioning the validity of this religion, as it is not my place, but when I hear of Christians labeling other Christians or Christian like religions as "Cults", it always angers me. When a religion acts exclusive, I feel it counteracts the validity of the
inclusive God that it extols and supports.
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