Bill Pratt | May 20, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt Ever since I first read about Scientology in Time magazine back in the early 1990′s, I’ve been mystified about why anyone would join up. The reports in the media about mind control, brainwashing, abuse, and intimidation are legion. Ex-members and those publicly critical of Scientology are routinely harassed by armies of [...]
Category: Cults |
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Tags: Amy Scobee, Cults, Scientology
Darrell | December 6, 2009
Post Author: Darrell Boys in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church) are ordained to the office of Deacon at the age of 12. This office is the most junior in the Aaronic or lesser Priesthood and is followed by the office of Teacher and the office of Priest. Young [...]
Category: Aaronic Priesthood, Cults, Mormonism |
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Tags: Aaronic Priesthood, Christianity, Deacon, LDS, Mormon, Mormonism, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Darrell | October 10, 2009
Post Author: Darrell In my last post, I discussed one of the areas where Joseph Smith plagiarized and changed verses from The Bible. Let’s take a look at another example. Chapter 12 of 2 Nephi in The Book of Mormon is taken directly from Isaiah chapter 2. However, there are a few areas where Smith made changes. Verses 8 & [...]
Category: Book of Mormon, Cults, Mormonism |
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Tags: False Prophets, Joseph Smith, LDS, Mormon, Mormonism, The Bible, The Book Of Mormon, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Darrell | October 3, 2009
Post Author: Darrell Isaiah chapter 40 is among my favorite chapters in The Bible. A large portion of the chapter is devoted to contrasting the Lord’s greatness with the meekness of man. Verses 6 and 7 say, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of [...]
Category: Cults, Faith and Works, Mormonism |
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Tags: Joseph Smith, Mormon, Mormonism, The Bible, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Doctrine and Covenants
Bill Pratt | August 4, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt I remember the first time I heard of Scientology was in the early 1990′s when I was in Atlanta attending GA Tech. They ran one of those personality assessment offices in Atlanta and I was curious about who they were. Then I started doing some reading and discovered some very disturbing [...]
Category: Cults |
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Tags: Cults, Religion, Scientology, St Petersburg Times