Cults By Rev. Paul Seiler

Contents

Introduction 1. INTRODUCTION

1. WHAT IS A CULT?
2. CULT SYSTEMS ARE NOT NEW:
3. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CULTS?
4. THE CULTS TO SEDUCE CHRISTIANS AWAY FROM CHRIST.

02 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CULTS WITHIN GROUP A

1. THEY ADD TO THE WORD OF GOD.
2. THESE CULTS USE BIBLICAL WORDS INCORRECTLY.
3. THE DOCTRINES OF THESE CULTS CHANGE OVER TIME.
4. DEFECTIVE CHRISTOLOGY.
5. FALSE CHRIST'S AND FALSE PROPHETS.
6. ENSLAVING ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES.
7. CLOSE-MINDEDNESS.

03 DEALING WITH THE CULTIST

1. HOW TO DEAL WITH A MEMBER OF A GROUP A CULT
2. SEEK TO PRESENT CHRIST TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CULTS

04 CHRISTADELPHIANISM

1. HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT
2. CHRISTADELPHIANS AND THE BIBLE
3. CHRISTADELPHIAN'S VIEW OF THEIR OWN ORGANISATION

055. THE WORLD WIDE CHURCH OF GOD

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1. THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WIDE CHURCH OF GOD.
2. THE W.W.C.G's VIEW OF ITS OWN ORGANISATION
3. THE W.W.C.G HAS A DEFECTIVE VIEW OF GOD
4. ARMSTRONG'S CULT DENIES THE RESURRECTION
5. THE WORLD WIDE CHURCH'S DEFECTIVE VIEW OF SALVATION
6. CONCLUSION

06 JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE HISTORY OF THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
3. J. W. VIEW OF THEIR OWN ORGANISATION
4. THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ATTITUDE TOWARD THE BIBLE
5. J. W. HAVE AN UNBIBLICAL VIEW OF GOD
6. J.W. DENY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
7. J' W's HAVE AN UNBIBLICAL VIEW OF SALVATION
8. JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND PROPHECY
9. CONCLUSION

07 MORMONISM

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MORMONISM
3. THE MORMON'S VIEW OF THEIR OWN ORGANISATION
4. THE MORMONS HAVE A DEFECTIVE VIEW OF SCRIPTURE
5. THE BOOK OF MORMON
6. THE MORMONS HAVE A HERETICAL DOCTRINE OF GOD
7. MORMONS HAVE AN UNBIBLICAL VIEW OF THE ATONEMENT
8. MORMONS DENY THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION BY GRACE
9. MORMON'S DOCTRINE OF MAN
10. CONCLUSION

08 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CULT
3. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOURCES OF AUTHORITY
4. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HAS A FAULTY VIEW OF GOD
5. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HAS A DEFECTIVE CHRISTOLOGY
6. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DENIES THE REALITY OF MATTER
7. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HAS AN HERETICAL DOCTRINE OF SIN
8. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE'S DOCTRINE OF CHRIST
9. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE'S DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT
10. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE DENIES THE RESURRECTION
11. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HAS AN UNBIBLICAL VIEW OF SALVATION
12. CONCLUSION

09 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE ORIGIN OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
3. THE GROWTH OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM
4. SOURCES OF AUTHORITY
5. DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT
6. DOCTRINE OF SALVATION
7. SOUL SLEEP
8. DENIAL OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT
9. DOCTRINE OF THE SABBATH
10. THEIR DOCTRINE OF THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGEMENT
11. CONCLUSION

10 THE UNIFICATION CHURCH

1. THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIFICATION CHURCH
2. THE UNIFICATION CHURCH'S VIEW OF ITS OWN ORGANISATION
3. THE UNIFICATION CHURCH'S VIEW OF THE BIBLE
4. THE UNIFICATION CHURCH'S HERETICAL BELIEFS ABOUT GOD
5. THE UNIFICATION CHURCH'S CHRISTOLOGY
6. THE UNIFICATION CHURCH'S VIEW 0F THE ATONEMENT

11 SCIENTOLOGY

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE ORIGIN OF SCIENTOLOGY
3. SCIENTOLOGY AND THE BIBLE
4. SCIENTOLOGY'S VIEW OF GOD
5. SCIENTOLOGY'S VIEW OF CHRIST
6. SCIENTOLOGY'S VIEW OF MANKIND
7. SCIENTOLOGY'S VIEW OF SALVATION
8. HOW SHOULD WE VIEW SCIENTOLOGY?
9. WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN SCIENTOLOGY?
10. CONCLUSION

12 EASTERN RELIGIOUS CULTS

1. THE HISTORY OF THEOSOPHICAL CULT
2. THEOSOPHISTS' UNDERSTANDING OF GOD
3. THEOSOPHISTS DENY THE ATONEMENT
4. THEOSOPHISTS' BELIEF IN REINCARNATION
5. THEOSOPHISTS' BELIEF IN THE MAHATMAS
6. THEOSOPHISTS' BELIEVE THAT ALL RELIGIONS ARE ONE
7. THEOSOPHY IN LIGHT OF THE SCRIPTURES

13 HARE KRISHNA

1. THE HISTORY OF THE HARE KRISHNA CULT
2. HARE KRISHNAS SOURCE OF AUTHORITY
3. THE KRISHNA'S CONCEPT OF GOD
4. HARE KRISHNA'S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION
5. HARE KRISHNAS BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION
6. LIFE IN THE HARE KRISHNA CULT
7. A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO THE HARE KRISHNA CULT

14 BAHA'ISM

1. THE HISTORY OF BAHA'ISM
2. THE BAHA'IS SOURCE OF AUTHORITY
3. THE PRINCIPAL TEACHINGS OF BAHA'ISM
4. THE BAHAIS' VIEW OF JESUS CHRIST
5. THE BAHAIS AND CHRIST'S RESURRECTION
6. BAHAIS DENY THE EXISTENCE OF SIN
7. BAHA'I TEMPLES
8. A CHRISTIAN ASSESSMENT OF BAHA'ISM
9. WHY IS THIS CULT ATTRACTIVE TO SO MANY?

15 TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION

1. THE ORIGIN OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION
2. IS TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION A RELIGION?
3. THE NATURE OF T.M
4. THE MAHARISHI'S VIEW OF THE BIBLE
5. THE MAHARISHI'S VIEW OF CHRIST
6. T. M INVOLVES BELIEF IN REINCARNATION
7. THE PRACTICE OF T. M. IS IDOLATRY

16 ZEN BUDDHISM

1. THE HISTORY OF ZEN BUDDHISM
2. THE NATURE OF ZEN
3. ZEN BUDDHIST'S UNDERSTANDING OF GOD
4. ZEN BUDDHIST UNDERSTANDING OF MAN
5. ZEN BUDDHIST'S UNDERSTANDING OF SIN
6. ZEN BUDDHIST'S IDEA OF SALVATION
7. CONCLUSION

17 THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT

1. INTRODUCTION
2. CHRISTIANS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS MOVEMENT
3. PROMINENT PEOPLE IN THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT
4. WHO IS THE GOD OF THE NEW AGE?
5. WHO IS THE CHRIST OF THE NEW AGE?
6. THE NEW AGE VIEW OF THE WORLD.
7. THE NEW AGE THE OCCULT PRACTICE OF CHANNELLING
8. THE AIMS OF THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT
9. REINCARNATION AND THE NEW AGE
10. THE LEADERS OF THE NEW AGE RELIGION
11. NEW AGE CULTS AND ORGANISATIONS
12. THE POLITICAL AGENDA OF THE NEW AGE
13. HOLISTIC HEALTH
14. THE NEW AGE IS A RELIGION OF THE DEVIL
15. EVANGELISING TO NEW AGERS

18 THE OCCULT

1. INTRODUCTION
2. WHAT IS THE OCCULT
3. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN THE OCCULT AND WHY?
4. THE BIBLE'S TEACHING THE OCCULT

19 DIVINATION AND FORTUNE TELLING

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEFINITION OF DIVINATION
3. THE VARIOUS FORMS OF DIVINATION
4. DIVINATION IS EVIL

20 ASTROLOGY

1. THE POPULARITY OF ASTROLOGY
2. ASTROLOGY DEFINED
3. THE HISTORY OF ASTROLOGY
4. ASTROLOGY IS UNSCIENTIFIC
5. THE PROBLEM OF THE POSITION OF THE ZODIAC
6. THE AGE OF AQUARIUS
7. ASTROLOGER EXAMINED BY GOD'S WORD

21 WITCHCRAFT

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN WITCHCRAFT
3. THE DEMONIC NATURE OF MODERN WITCHCRAFT
4. THE HISTORY OF MODERN WITCHCRAFT
5. CONSORTING WITH EVIL SPIRITS

22 SATANISM AND THE SATANIC CHURCH

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE BELIEFS OF THE SATANIC CHURCH
3. THE BLACK MASS.
4. CONCLUSION

23 BIBLIOGRAPHY