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Poll: Is there a clear demarcation between cults and religions?
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Yes, and the difference is <see below>
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5 25.00%
No, because <see below>
55.00%
11 55.00%
There's no clear demarcation line between when something is a demarcation line and when it isn't.
20.00%
4 20.00%
Total 20 vote(s) 100%
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Christianity is the same as Scientology
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RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology
(April 24, 2015 at 10:20 am)JuliaL Wrote: I went with (3) as the closest to "can't tell in current context."
With answers in the back of my head from a solid 'yes' to a solid 'no' depending on interpretation of the question which I found insufficiently precise.
does 'same' mean:
identical?
equivalent?
equal?
tactically similar?
sort-of alike?
uses some of the same letters in the name?

The question and the poll are willfully badly formed because there is no way one can even begin to capture the issue by selecting a few options, and I hate surveys which break down complex issues down until the answers are meaningless without context. I'd rather hear your answer to a version of the question which seems most meaningful to you.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 24, 2015 at 4:47 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by robvalue - April 24, 2015 at 5:20 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Cato - April 24, 2015 at 5:30 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by vorlon13 - April 24, 2015 at 8:47 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Pyrrho - April 24, 2015 at 10:07 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Aractus - April 24, 2015 at 10:11 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by JuliaL - April 24, 2015 at 10:20 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 24, 2015 at 10:35 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Aractus - April 24, 2015 at 10:42 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Polaris - April 25, 2015 at 6:14 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Isis - April 7, 2017 at 8:44 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 7, 2017 at 10:00 am
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Aroura - April 7, 2017 at 12:30 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Jesster - April 7, 2017 at 12:49 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 7, 2017 at 2:46 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Isis - April 7, 2017 at 3:08 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 7, 2017 at 3:08 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 7, 2017 at 3:32 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Isis - April 7, 2017 at 2:52 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 7, 2017 at 3:04 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Isis - April 7, 2017 at 3:07 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 7, 2017 at 3:10 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Isis - April 7, 2017 at 3:13 pm
RE: Christianity is the same as Scientology - by Alex K - April 9, 2017 at 8:46 am

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