Is there was a difference between the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of the cults?
English: Icon of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Is there was a difference between the kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of the cults? Christianity is historic and evidential — not a blind leap into a dark chasm, but faith founded on objective fact. Cult leaders attempt to subjugate their followers’ critical thinking faculties because the mind is seen to be the obstacle to enlightenment. A striking parallel from paganism can be found in the ashram of Poona, India , where devotees of the late guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh engage in repetitive physical motions in order to work themselves into an altered state of consciousness. Their frenzied behavior produces a mind-altering form of hyperventilation, which empties the mind of coherent thought. In the end, they personify Rajneesh’s rendition of the mindless man. Is what was once relegated to the ashrams of cults is now being replicated at the altars of churches? Having largely set aside their ability to...