[DistantStar]

You are setting up a strawman. You are assuming that cults are what those sects are.

Then you proceed to show how the LC denomination is not like them, and therefore not a cult.

Perhaps it's the other away around, don't you think? Perhaps the "evil" rituals of the Catholics and Orthodox and Lutheran churches are normal while the LC is the cult.

Perhaps, perhaps not. I'm not saying they are or are not. I'm just questioning your reasoning here.

Besides, compare yourself with normal evangelicals. We are all here (as far as I know) not Catholics or Orthodox Christians. None of us ascribe to their rituals. The debate is not between Catholocism and the LC (although I see few differences). The debate is between normal evangelical churches and the LC.

This is a red herring designed to divert us into defending things we don't believe in.