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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
The Catholic Church is actually the worst Christian Cult of all time. Millions were killed by them over the years. They do teach one thing I agree with them on at least in countries other than America. The womans headcovering.
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I am not sure that one can assign 'levels' of bad to cultic behavior. JW, Mormons, Branch Davidians, etc. are plenty rotten... think Jim Jones for an example of a bad 'Christian' cult, think Warren Jeffs...
I think the view that the RCC is the 'worst' stems simply from the fact that they have 2,000 years of history, not 200 or 20 and that they have millions of members not thousands or hundreds or scores. It's simple multiplication, not being any worse. They also were around in much rougher times and places then some of the cushy religions of today.
To their credit they have carried the torch of Christ through time. Many tend to forget when they hold their precious Fox's Book of Martyrs that those saints were... Catholic.
I think the UPC would be mortified to find out exactly how much they share with Catholicism. I think that the RCC is a great example of 'But for the Grace of God go I." But I would never go so far as to deny that they are my brothers and sisters in Christ.
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