Church of Christ Called Cult on CNN

[Smalcald]

I was watching CNN yesterday and this Nancy Grace person was covering the murder of the minister in TN. Anyway she had all of these so called "experts" talking about the Church of Christ being cult like. She really maligned them, I was shocked. Then she had Depok Chopra say that this shows how all religion is bad, and that we should move to being global citizens without religion all loving one another; this really freaked me out. Nancy Grace then went on to harangue this one fellow about the fact that Church of Christ thought that Muslims and Jews would not go to heaven. He said that all must come to Christ, kind of a no brainer for any Christian group, she acted like that was just so wild and extreme.

I am not Church of Christ and I don't agree with all of their views, but hey they are not a cult, they are good bible based Christians, I was really surprised although I shouldn't be by just the level of hostility toward all religion shown by CNN and Nancy Grace in particular, who after it was over claimed she herself was a Methodist. It was one of the worst examples of religous bigotry and intolerance I have seen in a while on national television.

[Gerioke]

There are many people who seem to believe they are born into relationship with God, and I don't mean born again. I have some friends who "belong" to a local baptist church. He didn't think that born again believers had a place in church. I explained to him that I was born again and he just shrugged and told me it was his birthright.

My brother used to claim to be a christian because he took his kids to church for moral edification. He didn't believe that Jesus was Lord, but that church was morally correct. I have since then straightened him out and hopefully he now has a real relationship with Jesus.

[50_Cent's_dog]

I don't know what the "Church of Christ" believes but something wasn't right with the preachers wife. She certainly wasn't Born Again. Are the other members born of the Spirit? If not it is a cult.

[Scarletprayers]

I don't know what the "Church of Christ" believes but something wasn't right with the preachers wife. She certainly wasn't Born Again. Are the other members born of the Spirit? If not it is a cult.

I was born and raised Church of Christ, now I didn't see the show, so I don't know how the preachers wife acted, but its NOT a cult, however I do think some of these "evangelical" groups where you have to see/feel/hear/touch/speak/sing and whatever by the Spirit ARE cults. Its touchy, feelie religion, not based on knowledge and faith, just on how it makes me feel.

[Arthur Durnan]

Nancy Grace can be quite overbearing at times. If she's Methodist, she's in with Hillary. Good luck! And Deepak Chopra, being a Hindu, doesn't possess a modicum of truth re real life in Jesus Christ or eternal reality. He's but another "new-ager" - better, "OLD-ager" - in the train of Shirl Maclaine, Oprah W., etc. The Church of Christ woman who allegedly murdered her husband, in our most emphatic opinion, deserves death if convicted. But why stay with UltraLib CNN rather than conservative FOX?

http://arthurdurnan.freeyellow.com

[Smalcald]

Ha, good point.

I don't watch t.v. and was on the road in a hotel when I saw it, just the blatant anti-religious bias of the whole program. You know it was as if this women killed her husband because they were fundamentalist Christians, that was the angle they were taking. "See how dangerous this religion can be, better to be groovy like Depok, and reject Christ". Nancy Grace was just obsessed with the fact that they did not have women pastors, and took this as a sign that they were somehow evil.

The stage is being set.

I think we will see more and more bias against churches which stick to the Gospel and stick to the Word of God. I have heard people comparing for example Islamic fundamentalism with Christian fundamentalism because of things like following the Word of God when it comes to Gay marriage or women as pastors. In the long run we will all be called terrorists, I think we will see the anti-Christ and his people use that view, it is already starting on CNN and with people like Chopra.

[EricH]

My understanding is that the Church of Christ does believe in Baptismal regeneration. Is that true?

[50_Cent's_dog]

Nancy Grace can be quite overbearing at times. If she's Methodist, she's in with Hillary. Good luck! And Deepak Chopra, being a Hindu, doesn't possess a modicum of truth re real life in Jesus Christ or eternal reality. He's but another "new-ager" - better, "OLD-ager" - in the train of Shirl Maclaine, Oprah W., etc. The Church of Christ woman who allegedly murdered her husband, in our most emphatic opinion, deserves death if convicted. But why stay with UltraLib CNN rather than conservative FOX?

http://arthurdurnan.freeyellow.com

I can't help but to watch CNN. It isn't that their news is any better but I have a crush on Kyra Phillips. She is the host of CNN Live. She is so dreamy!

[His Ambassador]

http://arthurdurnan.freeyellow.com

I can't help but to watch CNN. It isn't that their news is any better but I have a crush on Kyra Phillips. She is the host of CNN Live. She is so dreamy!

Well, that explains why one person watches CNN. But why do others watch CNN? They can't be trusted as far as you could throw your mini van. And we should be neither surprised or shocked at anything CNN says.

Edited March 30, 2006 by His Ambassador

[Iryssa]

I listen to news shows throughout the day on the radio, so at night I would rather take a break from it if I am watching TV. You know, light hearted stuff like 24.