NFL players are getting dumber during this lockout

[Sam Mills Fan]

Latest tweet from @TSutt22 (Tyrell Sutton): Is Christianity considered a cult?

What's sad is that I'm pretty sure he isn't trying to insult Christianity, he just is legitimately curious as to whether or not Christianity is considered a cult.

[csx]

There have been hundreds if not thousands of books on this. It's not a stupid question.

[chknwing]

going by the deffinition of the word cult, yes christianity can be considered a cult to someone that is muslim etc.

[Carolina Husker]

Pretty obvious yes.

[teeray]

[countryboi]

this question is NOT going to go over well in the bible belt

[firstdayfan]

Why is this a stupid question?

[csx]

The first two definitions from Websters are:

1: formal religious veneration : worship

2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents

Kinda hard for anyone to argue with that.

[teeray]

The word cult pejoratively refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre.[1] The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices. The narrower, derogatory sense of the word is a product of the 20th century, especially since the 1980s, and is considered subjective. It is also a result of the anti-cult movement which uses the word in reference to groups seen as authoritarian, exploitative and that are believed to use dangerous rituals or mind control. The word implies a group which is a minority in a given society.

The popular, derogatory sense of the word has no currency in academic studies of religions, where "cults" are subsumed under the neutral label of the "new religious movement", while academic sociology has partly adopted the popular meaning of the word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult

[Sam Mills Fan]

(Agnostic/non-religious here, yes I'm a Sam Mills fan, but that's because of his incredible work ethic and the way he would never ever compromise never matter what the situation on or off the field): The word "cult" has obvious connotations to very small religious groups usually with a charismatic leader that commands their followers to do something very, VERY outside of the mainstream of society. Think Heavens Gate. If major world religions are considered cults, the word loses all meaning. I really thought people understood that, perhaps not. I was just fishing for an entertaining thread regardless though, I'll just be upfront with that.

[firstdayfan]

The question itself may be a valid one but an entertainer should know better than to tweet it.

Gotcha...have you seen jonathon stewarts tweets? Or dan connors? Twitter isn't personal but it also isn't exactly ESPN news but I get your point.

[Panthro]

Bob Christian was cut?

[SCP]

^^^Chucktownk in the heezy :cornut:

You guys should really PM Chucktownk if you want his opinion.

[iamcline]

Is this really thread worthy? Or are you trying to score points for creating a pointless argument that is non-Cam related?