Talk:Christian cult
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This article was nominated for deletion on 2005-03-13. The result of the discussion was keep. |
[edit] Re Haikupoet's version of 13 March
(This comment in slightly different form was also made in the VfD discussion)
Keep, needs work was my vote on this version. But I think the article in its present form does have serious problems. The present article is actually a (IMHO valid!) POV critique of the way the phrase is used by CARM and friends, and worse yet is a disguised critique. The present article says, in effect, Christian cult ought to mean thus-and-such; if it did it would include thus-and-such groups; and some unspecified Christian authorities "extend" this definition in a way that is as being overly slanted and inflammatory outside some unspecified conservative circles. So, is it factual that there is a well-established phrase "Christian cults" whose meaning can be deduced from the meanings of the word "Christian" and "cult," and that CARM and friends have extended that meaning? Who gets to define the phrase? Not Wikipedia; we should limit ourselves to reporting how other define it. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:01, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Who is CARM? -- Uncle Ed (talk) 16:18, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
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- [CARM|http://www.carm.org] . -Grick(talk to me!) 00:13, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
