From Alan Cairns book _The Dictionary of Theological Terms_ under the definition of "Cult": "Theologically, it is used of those systems that profess to be Christian but are antagonistic to the basic doctrines of Scripture, as for example, Mormonisn, Russellism etc."
The basic doctrines that Cairns refers to stated on p. 128 under the heading of the "Deity of Christ": "The distinguishing mark of most false cults is their denial of Christ's essential and eternal deity."
Amazingly, the first three Scriptures he uses as proof of this, is 1 Timothy 3:16 which he quotes as "God was manifest in the flesh."
Now of course, you will not find this Scripture reading like this in the Revised Version, American Standard Version, New International Version, New American Bible, Revised Standard Version, in fact, you will not find it in most Bibles in circulation today. It is however, in the King James Version as it is a later reading of the Greek text.
Further, providing more proof of this doctrine, he uses Revelation 1:11, where Jesus is depicted as the Alpha and Omega. Again, you will not find this Scripture reading like this in the Revised
Version, American Standard Version, New International Version, New American Bible, Revised Standard Version, in fact, you will not find it in most Bibles in circulation today.
It is however, in the King James Version, as it is also a later reading of the text [this one is not even a Majority Text reading].
So, I guess the definition of "cult" in this book should actually read as someone who is "antagonistic to the basic doctrines of Scripture" as set forth in the King James Version.
He also spouts that cults are "exclusivists" even though it is usually Protestants that label everyone that do not agree with them as "cults", in effect making themselves exclusivist.
He ends his diatribe by stating that a cult is "in effect, idolatry posing as Christianity" when in fact, it is these types of Protestants that succumb to Versionolatry, a belief that one version
of the Bible, the KJV, is God's Inspired Word.
Again and again we are finding that these types of Protestants are in effect enemies of the Word of God by limiting its interpretation in certain areas, and we see this especially amongst the "anti-cult apologists" who are blinded by their own bigotry.
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