TWELVE MARKS OF CULTS

Source: cult5.htm

(1) Extrabiblical Revelation.

(2) A False Basis of Salvation.

(3) Uncertain Hope.

(4) Presumptuous Messianic Leadership--head cheese.   Another Jesus.

(5) Doctrinal Ambiguity.

(6) The Claim of "Special Discoveries."

(7) Defective Christology.

(8) Segmented Biblical Attention.   Pickers and choosers of certain Bible passages.

(9) Enslaving Organizational Structure.

(10) Financial Exploitation.

(11) Denunciation of Others.

(12) Syncretism describes the attempt to gather together what some would call "the best qualities" of various religious points of view into a new and acceptable faith.

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