How do you explain, all the variations of ancient religions and new religions that are popping up today? How would you discern the difference between a cult and a legitimate religion? What are the dangers (pitfalls) of Secularism, in our culture today?
New religious movements emerge from humans' creativity and capacity for religious expression, providing spiritual meaning and social connection for their members, just as mainstream religious groups do. new religious movements (NRMs) in order to avoid the pejorative connotations of the popularly used term cult. Although the word cult originally referred to an organized system of worship (and is still used in that sense by scholars in several disciplines), cult began to take on negative connotations in popular discourse in the 1960s and 1970s, when a variety of unconventional religions appeared in North America. Freedom from Religion Foundation, American Atheists, and other groups representing the nonreligious in America which seek to defend the legal basis of secularism.This difference in culture is very significant. I think it fair to say that the influence of conservative religion
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