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Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control , natural family planning , and sterilization reversal . [ 4 ]
A number of former adherents of IBLP programs have described the organization and/or associated circles as a cult. [ 4 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Don Veinot, president of Midwest Christian Outreach , says that the charismatic leader, authoritarian control, isolation of members, severe punishments, and demand for absolute and blind loyalty add up to IBLP ...
Garrison co-founded the blog No Longer Quivering, an online resource for women leaving Quiverfull or similar movements, in 2009.In her first blog, on March 12, 2009, she writes "to those godly, dedicated Christians" who know her from her articles and testimonies that appeared in various Christian homeschool publications, to explain why she has left the movement.
Cult is a term often applied to new religious movements and other social groups which have unusual, and often extreme, religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals. Extreme devotion to a particular person, object, or goal is another characteristic often ascribed to cults.
Wyatt recalled a time when vendors were moving records by Ya Ho Wah 13, Father Yod and the Spirit of ’76 and other Family-related recordings for $20 or less because the Source had fallen out of ...
LORI VALLOW TRIAL: Lori Vallow is at the centre of a bizarre case involving cults and multiple deaths. Rachel Sharp explains the most crucial moments so far in her high-profile trial
The term "cult" first appeared in English in 1617, derived from the French culte, meaning "worship" which in turn originated from the Latin word cultus meaning "care, cultivation, worship". The meaning "devotion to a person or thing" is from 1829. Starting about 1920, "cult" acquired an additional six or more positive and negative definitions.
Unification Church (统一教; tǒngyī jiào), known as "The Moonies" in the US, founded by Korean-American Sun Myung Moon in Busan in 1954, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1997. [10] Sanban Puren Pai (三班仆人派; sān bān púrén pài), a Christian sect founded by Xu Wenku in the 1990s, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1999.