Final Flashcards
In general most cults could be considered a group of individuals in which base their beliefs from a ___________ or ___________.
Revelation or misinterpretation
A cult is defined as a small group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as ________ or ________.
Extreme or dangerous
7 things Christ says about false prophets
- presence
- chief trait
- revealing mark
- true nature
- hopeless fruit
- terrible nature
- fruit
Dictionary.com NAM defined- a movement espousing a broad range of philosophies and practices traditionally viewed as _______, ________, and ________.
Occult
Metaphysical
Paranormal
NAM is a ____-______ spiritual movement.
Free-flowing
6 main characteristics of NAM:
1-All is unity 2-All is divine 3-Humanity is divine 4-A change in consciousness 5-All religions are one 6-Cosmic evolutionary optimism
As many as ____ percent of the people in the US admit to following the NAM to a greater or lesser extent. In polls the NAM comes out as the ___ largest religion.
20%
3rd
3 NAM practices:
- Channeling: contact dead. Connect with dead persons spirit and channel the spirit through the medium in order to speak to people. Many are fake, but many more are participating in voluntary demon possession.
- Crystals:crystals, such as salt, possess healing power.
- Meditation: it is believed that by repeating a mantra one can move beyond ones own consciousness to a higher spiritual level.
6 beliefs of NAM:
1-______: all that exists is derived from a single source of divine energy.
2-God: god is an ______ energy immanent in all things
3-_______: God is all that _____.
4-_______: after we die we are reborn and have another human life. This closely resembles the concept of ______________ of the soul in _________.
5-__________ transformation: to achieve this end, a number of practices may be adopted: _______, _______, and _______ drugs.
6. ______: evil is just ________thougth.
- Monism
- Impersonal
- Pantheism; exists
- Reincarnation; transmigration; Hinduism
- Personal; hypnosis; meditation; hallucinogenic
- Devil; misdirected
Occult comes from Latin word occultus meaning ____.
Hidden
Occult practices:
- _____ sacrifice.
- _____ or fortune telling.
- Sorcery, which was attempt to learn or ____ future events by the power of evil spirits.
- Interpreting _____.
- ______
- ______
- A _____ or psychic
- _____ the dead.
- Child
- Divination
- Control
- Omens
- Witchcraft
- Medium
- Spiritists
- Consulting
Horoscope
Scope of the hour
Bible condemns witchcraft in strongest terms:
You shall not permit a sorceress to live - Ex. 22:18
Wicca- ___ ____
Wise one
Wicca describe as marriage between witchcraft and _______.
Hinduism
Beliefs of Wicca:
Everyone has the divine within.
One should develop natural gifts for divination or occult magic.
Divine forces are invoked in rituals
The Goddess as either symbol or a real entity is the focus of worship
Nature and the earth are sacred manifestations of the Goddess
Church of satan is a religion that mixes a _______ philosophy with the ____ of black magic.
Hedonistic; rituals
Brief description of Satanic statements:
La Vey summarized his philosophy in he Satanic bible in what he described as 9 satanic statements.
Represents indulgence instead of abstinence
Vital existence instead of spiritual pipe dreams
Undefined wisdom instead of hypocritical self deceit.
Kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates
Vengeance instead of turning other cheek
Responsibility to responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires
Man as just another animal
All of so called sins as they lead to physical mental or emotional gratification
Best friend the church has ever had and has kept it in business all these years .
The word occult may be defined as any practice to do with the supernatural that is ________ in the Bible or is self evidently _____.
Forbidden;
Evil
The word occult is most often used to describe any attempt to gain supernatural _____ or _______ apart from the God of the Bible.
Power;
Knowledge
