Reply #19: Is Halliburton a religious entity?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

That religious organizations can be used as pawns in a game that procreates fear is neither here nor there. In order to accept your reasoning, I would have to think my fears would be relieved if these people ceased to exist. I have no evidence that that is what is so.

I think there are creeps across all boundaries.

Finally the distinction I think WOULD be useful but is never met with much objectivity is the distinction CULT.

There are CULTS and there are religious organizations.

Withou naming groups one of the things that distinguishes them is that a CULT makes it difficult for one to leave. I haven't noticed any bound and gagged Methodists.

A CULT pulls one INWARD away from other communities rather than contributing OUTWARDS TOWARDS other communities as the Catholic relief services does.

If people COULD make this distinction then they could also see that not even all fundamentalism fits that bill.