Pagans and non-believers.. and any other beliefs!

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my solstice tree is also a memorial tree, I have the ornament my dad decorated with his name on there every year. And every year when I put it on I thank him for being my father, and I hope that the next year I don't need to hang anyone else's name on there in memory rather than because they are with me
 
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So, what is going on now?
 
List of characteristics frequently attributed to cults:

Cults have a charismatic and controlling leader,
who purportedly knows what God wants and demands.

Cults brainwash and indoctrinate their members.

Cults control members by making them dependent on the
cult and instilling in them a sense of shame, guilt, and fear.

Cults do not allow questioning of their beliefs or practices.

Cults claim to be the only true way to live and path to salvation.

Cults have apocalyptic beliefs about the imminent end of the world.

Cults severely limit or completely cut off members’ access to and
interaction with the outside world.

Cults retaliate against people who leave the group by punishing them
with excommunication and/or ostracizing, physically harming, or taking
legal action against them.

Cults engage in criminal behavior, such as rape or statutory rape, suicide,
murder, abduction, and weapons stockpiling.

Cults exploit members financially.
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While these are general tributes of a cult, at the same time these are not all
tributes of a bible based religion. As always, there will be ongoing debates that
some religions are indeed cult-like.

In reference to Jesus being a cult, does what knowledge you have of Jesus seem to
fit within the cult rules?
 
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