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[–] 25 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I worked as a pastor and professor for a global, evangelical television ministry/college. They knowingly conceal scholarship on the Bible and punish their pastors for asking any questions that undermine their most closely held traditions (including anti-evolution, mental illness is supernatural, etc.). They tell their US viewers that they can't call themselves Christians if they don't vote Republican, while still enjoying tax-exempt status. They use pseudohistorians to inspire Christian Nationalism over their network, and are one of the largest propaganda networks for the Religious Right. A U.S. Capitol police commander told me his men were fighting people who were wearing the network's brand.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Sounds like you escaped a violent theocratic cult.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, cults are small religions, this is a big religion

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I feel like there are minimum two definitions of cult, that being a high controll group like say jones town and to a lesser but still damaging extent seventh day adventists for example and just a smaller religious grouping.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Mental illness is supernatural? What does that mean?

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