takao said:
seems kinda strange to me ... especially the church part
i understand the church part since there are so many non-denominational churches out there with no general description and they could be cults, though most are not
if i hear presbyterian, baptist, catholic, methodist, etc, then i know what i can expect but if it's uncle jim's church of the seventh key of heaven of st. louis, then how do i know it's not some criminal who invented a cult to make money off of naive people?...a generation ago here in northern california, the people's temple under jim jones made the headlines
too many churches founded in the last 150 years have gone through growing pains that many early churches have gone through, like cultlike behavior and an addiction to making money from unsuspecting people...within his lifetime, martin luther saw his reform movement fall into the same sins as the church he broke from
it's not unlike some of the democratic leaders in russia who are corrupt who were corrupt communist bosses before the changeover...ie) the same people running the same rackets
so i totally understand the fear of some churches out there
but churches aside, there is a lot more any parent of a teen has to worry about
