Author	Thread: Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ"
Admin	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 19 Feb, 2011 10:52 AM This words get bantered around at times in different degrees. What do they mean? 1) Cult 2) Heresy 3) Anti-Christ Post Reply
View Profile History	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 19 Feb, 2011 11:40 AM Cult is a group of people who follow after a leader who teaches his own doctirne and brainwashes a person from the truth and reality of life, socally, personal, and spiritually, inot his own perception of life and his truth. (general)...even some of the Jews considered Jesus to be a cult leader... Heresy is to speak a false teaching or doctrine that cannot be comfirmed by scritpures, twisted information. However if a person is in error, this does not necessary mean that the person is speaking heresies, they just might be spiritually unlearned in scripture and God's truth. Again, even the Jews considered what Jesus was teaching to be heresy againts the Mosaic law. Anti-christ sums up both cult and heresy in certain terms, anti-christ teachings and doctrines are spoken AGAINST the things of Chirst and God. Again, even the Jews saw Jesus as being Anti-God becasue He spoke out against obeying and being in bondage to the Mosaic law, this is why He was crucified. Of course, we know it to be decreed by God that He should die and suffer for sins. Post Reply
View Profile History	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 19 Feb, 2011 12:35 PM Cult: : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad : the object of such devotion Heresy: : adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma c : an opinion or doctrine contrary to church dogma a : dissent or deviation from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice b : an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards Anti Christ: one that opposes the Messiah, the anointed one and his anointing. Post Reply
flyby View Profile History	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 19 Feb, 2011 08:54 PM cult (kult), n. [< Fr. & L.; Fr. culte; L. cultus, care, cultivation < colere, to till, cultivate; akin to ON. hvel, AS. hweol; cf. WHEEL], 1. system of religious worship or ritual, 2. devoted attachment to, or extravagant admiration for, a person, principle, etc., especially when regarded as a fad: as, the cult of nudism. 3. a group of followers; sect. heresy Post Reply
flyby View Profile History	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 19 Feb, 2011 09:14 PM heresy Post Reply
flyby View Profile History	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 19 Feb, 2011 09:16 PM Strange, it looks like the other two are not going to post. Post Reply
flyby View Profile History	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 19 Feb, 2011 09:58 PM heresy [bla bla bla] 1. a religious belief opposed to the orthodox doctrines of a church; especially, such a belief specifically denounced by the church and regarded as likely to cause schism. 2. any opinion (in philosophy, politics, etc.) opposed to official or established views or doctrines. 3. the holding of such belief or opinion. an ti christ (bla bla bla bla [against + Chris os, Christ]), 1. a opponent of or a disbeliever in Christ. 2. [A-]. in the Bible, the great antagonist of Christ, expected to spread universal evil before the end of the world but finally to be conquered at Christ�s second coming: I Jon 2-18. 3. a false Christ. Webster�s dictionary, cant find a date, looks 40's ish I guess you cant use left arrows here. Post Reply
View Profile History	Definitions....."Cult", "Heresy" & "Anti-Christ" Posted : 20 Feb, 2011 02:36 PM "Cult" is just too vague to really use much. I tend to use it when there is coercion of some kind. Like for instance sleep deprivation, and keeping people away from their relatives by force. That kind of thing. The word cult also to me means extreme in some way. But again, the definition of this word is to vague to used precisely. "heresy" Now, here is the best definition I have seen, and it is from www.theopedia.com Heresy is a teaching or practice which denies one or more essentials of the Christian faith, divides Christians, and deserves condemnation. The term is derived from the Greek word hairesis, literally meaning a choice, but referring more specifically to a sect, party or disunion. Luke uses the term in Acts to refer to the sects of the Sadducees (5:17), Pharisees (15:5; 26:5), and even the Christians - called Nazarenes and the Way (24:5,14; 28:22). When Paul uses the term in 1 Corinthians and Galatians, he refers to the divisions which cause strife in the church, while Peter links the term to false prophets and teachers. While there is a temptation for Christians to label whatever is not in keeping with sound doctrine as heresy, the Bible seems to make the distinction that heresy is not merely the opposite of orthodoxy. Rather, heresy is a divisive teaching or practice which forces those who call themselves Christians to separate from it or face condemnation for it. John the Apostle gave a prime example of such a doctrine: denying the true nature of the person and work of Jesus Christ (I John 4:1-3; 2 John 1:7-11). _________________________________________________ "Anti-Christ" This is anything that is AGAINST Christianity, or Christians in general. Anyone who attacks the Christian faith, such as Dawkins, Hitchins, or Bart Ehrmann, would be anti-Christ. I also think you can say that Liberalism and communism are anti-Christ, as well as Islam. In Christ, James Post Reply