Cults

By Dennis King

Right now, as you read the title of this essay, you may feel, “Well, I would never fall for that stuff.” Beware, cults can trick almost anyone into believing their deadly garbage. Unless an individual pays close attention to what a valid version of the Bible says and means, it is easy for a person to be led down the devil's primrose lane by the lies of his charismatic helpers. Someone can dupe people of every age and intelligence level not only into believing false religious doctrine, but can also be swept up and energized that they go out and try to recruit more converts for Satan.
What are cults? A cult consists of a group of people with a more or less unified ideological theme or cultural identity. Within that broad definition, the fanatical fans of the Greenbay Packers could be called a cult, as could any group of passionate, if not overzealous, devotees of any sports franchise, be it professional, college, high school or even Little League teams. The same can be said of those casting their adoration on movie stars and television celebrities.
Egypt, of Old Testament times, had more than 40 false gods, each with their own cult following, and some overlapping. Today, we have ongoing cults as well!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dennis King
• Release date: Oct 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005034245

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CULTS

By Dennis D. King

ISBN 9781005034245

Copyright 2022 Dennis King

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This is a Biblical based instruction. All subjects and persons mentioned, alive or dead, have been gathered from public sources. All opinions embedded in the text are strictly those of the author.

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I wish to thank many unnamed others for their assistance in bringing you this Christian message.

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Cults

Right now, as you read the title of this essay, you may feel, Well, I would never fall for that stuff. Beware, cults can trick almost anyone into believing their deadly garbage. Unless an individual pays close attention to what a valid version of the Bible says and means, it is easy for a person to be led down the devil's primrose lane by the lies of his charismatic helpers. Someone can dupe people of every age and intelligence level not only into believing false religious doctrine, but can also be swept up and energized that they go out and try to recruit more converts for Satan.

What are cults? A cult consists of a group of people with a more or less unified ideological theme or cultural identity. Within that broad definition, the fanatical fans of the Greenbay Packers could be called a cult, as could any group of passionate, if not overzealous, devotees of any sports franchise, be it professional, college, high school or even Little League teams. The same can be said of those casting their adoration on movie stars and television celebrities.

Egypt, of Old Testament times, had more than 40 false gods, each with their own cult following, and some overlapping. These false idols included Osiris, lord of the afterlife; Thoth, god of wisdom, and Horus, god of the sun. Ra and Horus were so similar that they were sometimes considered two aspects of the same gods. Both represented the sun, the skies, and royalty, and were even said to share the service of Hathor, a goddess known as a consort or companion.

Apparently, the Hebrews were little, if anyway, directly affected by these false gods during their four centuries of captivity in Egypt. The ten plagues of god against Egypt were humiliations of ten specific Egyptian gods. These were;

Seth- god of storms had the plague of locusts

Hapi- god of the Nile and water was turned to blood

Geb- god of the earth