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Topic: Mainstream Christianity and its offshoots

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	Esotericism
		Its antonym is exoteric, from the Greek eksôterikos, from eksôtero, the comparative form of eksô: "outside".
		Another possibility is that such knowledge may be kept secret not by the intention of its protectors, but by its very nature—for example, if it is accessible only to those with the proper intellectual or spiritual background.
		In some religious contexts, especially within Western Christianity, "esoteric" knowledge is seen as somewhat dangerous to the mainstream of that religion, involving the possibility of heresy.
	www.free-tarotcardreading.com /articles.php?id=1 (1733 words)

	Mainstream Christianity and its offshoots - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mainstream Christianity and its ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Its main divisions are the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant churches.
		Christians believe in one God with three aspects: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit, who is the power of God working in the world.
		Christians speak of the sufferings they may have to endure because of their faith, and the reward of an everlasting afterlife in God's presence, which is promised to those who have faith in Jesus and who live according to his teaching.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mainstream+Christianity+and+its+offshoots (685 words)

	Jesus - Christianity Knowledge Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Most Christians are Trinitarian and affirm the Nicene Creed; believing that Jesus is both the Son of God and God made incarnate, sent to provide salvation and reconciliation with God by atoning for the sins of humanity.
		Christians believe that Jesus was born of a virgin, crucified and entombed, resurrected on the third day of death, and ascended into Heaven where he resides with God the Father until the Second Coming.
		Most Christians hold that the Gospels also teach that Jesus is divine and equal to God the Father as the second person of the Trinity (John 1:1, 8:58, 10:30); however, other groups, citing John 14:28 and various other verses, adhere to different interpretions of the nature of Jesus.
	christianity.wikia.com /wiki/Jesus (5512 words)

	KUNDALINI AND CHRISTIANITY
		Christianity is the most absolutist and demanding religion that there is. It does not sit well with most modern moral attitudes, or the ‘me-centred’ philosophy of many 'New Age' religions.
		It's not something which should just be a step-by-step process, but rather something you give your heart to and is inspired by your relationship with God.
		It's important to remember that God is the one who is in charge of the process, and you are not doing the work on your own, without assistance.
	www.freewebs.com /missinglink (15158 words)

	Salvation: Hindu influence on Christianity
		Christianity was born in a region and age full of cross-pollination between different religions and philosophies.
		The Christian doctrine of Salvation (in a non-worldly sense, as distinct from the Jewish belief in a political "salvation" amounting to the restoration of David's kingdom by the Messiah) is borrowed in its essential features from Upanishadic-Buddhist notions of Liberation transformed in a devotional-theistic sense.
		Like the Christian, though since centuries earlier, the Hindu or the Buddhist is his brother's keeper, and is taught from childhood not to indulge in self-centred inanities and mindless self-indulgence, of course not to be confused with disciplined self-introspection.
	www.infinityfoundation.com /mandala/h_es/h_es_elst_salvation.htm (4544 words)

	Christianity
		Christianity was founded upon the life, teachings, deeds, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as told in the New Testament of the Bible.
		Within the pluralistic denominations of the Christian faith, members and religious support personnel must respect diversity in the Christian rites of worship and the changes that may evolve.
		In all cases, Christian rites and ceremonies are based on four concepts: (1) symbolism, (2) consecration, (3) recurrence, and (4) commemoration.
	www.tpub.com /rps3/9.htm (856 words)

	Betraying the Son of Man (The Anthropik Network) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Boccaccini suggests that the less rigorous, dispersed group was the mainstream Essene movement (1998), and that its beliefs are reflected in the Enochic literature, while the group at Qumran was a more radical off-shoot of the larger Essene movement.
		In the early stages of Christianity, there were two versions of Christianity: one presented by James, a relative of Jesus, and the rest of the apostles as a mission to the Jews.
		Christianity became "the spiritual arm of the empire," and a tool of domination and terror for the single most successful military regime in history--a regime that ruled through secret police, internal spy networks, paranoia and the absolute monopoly of violence.
	anthropik.com /2005/10/betraying-the-son-of-man (12043 words)

	Christianity :: African Christianity boom spills to U.S. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Its leaders believe Jesus has sent them to spread a difficult truth in the United States: Demonic forces are corrupting society and only spiritual warfare can stop them.
		The Redeemed Christian Church of God was founded in Lagos by men and women who were once the target of missionary work themselves.
		Pentecostals/charismatics are biblical conservatives known for ecstatic, spirit-filled worship, speaking in tongues and a belief in miracles and supernatural battles with evil.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /14099 (1681 words)

	Syria Christianity
		The Council of Chalcedon, representing the mainstream of Christianity, in 451 confirmed the dual nature of Christ in one person; Mary was therefore the mother of a single person, mystically and simultaneously both human and divine.
		Among the Uniate churches, the largest is the Syrian Catholic church, a Uniate offshoot of the Syrian Orthodox church, which uses the same liturgy as the Maronites and has a similar background.
		Many Christians, particularly the Eastern Orthodox, have joined in the Arab nationalist movement and some are changing their Westernized names to Arabic ones.
	www.country-studies.com /syria/christianity.html (692 words)

	Lamb With Wolf-Like Jaws
		It's an incredible sham that Headquarters seems quite pleased to knowingly allow to continue and pay for, while claiming to be a spiritually healthy organization to its cult-watch friends.
		I guess it's all right that they were making and would continue to make my life in the WCG so miserable that I would be frustrated and forced into leaving.
		And its "professional" ministry would never be expected to apologize for wrongs or repent of sin--that's the realm of the laity, who exist to serve the ministry in this organization.
	www.exitsupportnetwork.com /dee/stories/lamb.htm (2492 words)

	The Watchman Expositor: Index of Cults and Religions
		Christians believe this to be Jesus of Nazareth, who died to atone for human sin.
		Christian Identity movement: The belief that the true identity of the ten lost tribes of Israel is the white, Anglo-Saxon race.
		Christianity, Jesus Christ: Major world religion developed in the first century AD based on the belief that Jesus of Nazareth was the promised Messiah or Christ of Israel.
	www.watchman.org /cat95.htm (14256 words)

	Times & Seasons » Are we mainstream?
		The arena seating, the mainstream decor, the profusion of lighting and television broadcasting equipment, as well as the surrounding lobbies and vestibules, are distinctly secular.
		It’s at the very center of the building, and has high windows which look over the top of the rest of the building.
		It seems that while we may conisdered “mainstream” because we are an organized, established religion, I believe that the conference center is completely different than the megachurches primarily because of the nature of the service.
	www.timesandseasons.org /index.php?p=2626 (7510 words)

	Once and Future Christianity
		Lower profile events and what they may portend for Christianity as a global faith are the subjects of Philip Jenkins' brief study, "The Next Christianity." Jenkins grabs hold of the rhetoric of reformation used by American Catholics appalled by clerical sexual misconduct, and considers the potential shape of a Reformation and Counter-Reformation twenty-first century style.
		According to Jenkins, Pentecostalism and its offshoots, which claim an estimated membership of 400 million worldwide, present the greatest threat.
		It is not improbable that Southern Christianities could become a breeding ground for intra-faith strife if Southern Christians come to see their faith as under attack.
	nsw.uca.org.au /downstream/2002b/articles/sightings.html (788 words)

	OrthodoxyToday.org Blog » The West vs. Christianity? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Christian rights and the status of believers went from bad to worse after the parliamentary elections last December.
		Christian churches are desecrated and burnt down by Albanian Muslims with the connivance of the “peacemakers.” Meanwhile, we are in the 21st century, and Kosovo is an ancient center of Christian culture.
		But, despite the fact that they lack political rights, the Christians in those countries can practice their faith openly, can have processions on the street for Holy Days, can work, can raise their families, the streets are peaceful, there is little or no terrorism, and Christian women are not forced to wear the veil.
	www.orthodoxytoday.org /blog/?p=1521 (9213 words)

	Questions and Answers
		Exiters placed their trust in and were betrayed by spiritual leaders; therefore, it is very common for those who have exited any abusive, authoritarian group to have a deep fear and distrust of anyone in a position of spiritual authority, and not to be able to attend a church for quite awhile, perhaps never.
		There is no record of his instructing Christians about the "law of tithing." In each case in the New Testament when "giving" is being discussed it happens to be contributing to the needs of individuals, or, as in Paul's case, contributing to his needs as he went about preaching the gospel.
		Christians who today are unable to attend a church or even a visible fellowship due to living in countries where there is severe religious persecution--even from their own families--or who are inside prisons in foreign countries.
	www.exitsupportnetwork.com /Q&A.htm (9803 words)

	MonkeyFilter \| Ought I not to believe this?
		I love the wierd and often wonderful offshoots of mainstream Christianity (and, for that matter, other faiths).
		It's a pity that so many of them end up with torture and massacres.
		Also, it's funny when Hollywood celebrities start adopting ersatz versions of them.
	monkeyfilter.com /link.php/3559 (405 words)

	CHRISTIANITY
		its several denominations or branches is one of the
		Christianity started from a little group of men and
		From its early history, divisions in the Christian
	www.tpub.com /content/religion/14228/css/14228_30.htm (383 words)

	The Golden Bough » Christianity
		CS Lewis was a strong Christian believer and The Lion is depicted as a virtuous and spiritual entity but the author does not plug Christianity per se, evangelical or otherwise.
		But from its opening scenes of the bombing of their Finchley home in the blitz and the tear-jerking evacuation from their mother in a (spotlessly clean) steam train, there is an emotional undertow to this film that tugs on the heart-strings from the first frames.
		Its director, Andrew Adamson (of Shrek fame), says the movie’s Christian themes are “open to the audience to interpret”.
	dedulysses.wordpress.com /tag/christianity (12426 words)

	Breaking news: End-times church gets shot up - Below Top Secret General Discussion
		I wanted to present the facts of the story and how its "weirdness" and strange events may be interpreted by those same believers as a strengthening factor in their faith in their ideas and beliefs.
		I do think these offshoots of mainstream Christianity harbor, attract and promote Theo-Terrorism and it's the responsibility of mainstream Christianity to deal with them...
		Most of the Christian sects dealing with the end of the world focus greatly upon the idea of what will be after the end of the world.
	www.belowtopsecret.com /thread126497/pg1 (2512 words)

	Deceit in Worldlwide Church of God
		Do men of good Christian character that have went "from cult to mainstream" tamper with the words of copyrighted hymns?)
		When "Good Christian Men" Change the WCG (A fairy-tale the leaders would want us to believe)
		One interesting part shows how WCG used thought reform in order to instigate their new changes.
	www.exitsupportnetwork.com /dee/deceit.htm (289 words)

	www.anglican-mainstream.org.nz - Should Christianity, Politics mix? - Tristan Emmanuel
		We are engaged in a war that is not only defining our times, it is determining our destiny.
		I'm not talking about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, or even the broader war on terror - those are offshoots of the real war.
		The culture war is a struggle between secular socialism and free market traditionalism, and the outcome of this struggle will ultimately determine whether or not the jihadists will pick up the pieces to convert America and Canada into a North American caliphate.
	www.anglican-mainstream.org.nz /amnz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5184&Itemid=56 (93 words)

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