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According to Hrnicek, the HCIA is an independent Bible study group that is "united under the voice of the Church," i.e., the HCIA represents the BCC on campus. And this group is hardly a pluralistic sect, offering a literalist, univocal interpretation of the Bible. Each member is assigned a "disciple" who instructs them in the orthodox reading of the text. There is no room for free expression or autonomy...
...insular, fundamentalist Christian sect that obligates its members to recruit vigorously and preaches that there is no salvation outside of the BCC. Supporters of the group claim the Harvard administration is discriminating against them for their religious beliefs...
...cult, the Order of the Solar Temple. Police did not release other details, including the charges brought against them. One of those being held in the confines of a French slammer is Christian-Marie Le Gall, a doctor who shared a medical office with Luc Jouret, the sect's dead guru who was a practitioner of homeopathy. Swiss officials said that French police were acting in accordance with an international warrant issued after 48 burned bodies of cult members were found in Switzerland. Five others were found dead in Canada.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...care in a Tehran hospital. Araki was designated the marja ala -- or supreme leader -- of Shi'ite Muslims only last year, when two other supreme leaders died quickly after assuming the post. Despite few lines between church and state in Iran, Araki avoided involvement in government. His Shi'ite sect claims 10 percent of all followers of Islam in the world; the Sunni Muslims comprise the majority. Even as global mourning began, Iranian government officials launched a media campaign to get Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's spiritual leader, appointed as the next grand ayatollah.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...fell in love with Joan Collins. They know the scientific properties of dilithium crystals, they have memorized the floor plan of the Starship Enterprise, and they can say, "Surrender or die!" in the Klingon language. They have immersed themselves, with a fervor matched by few devotees of any religious sect, in a fully imagined future world, where harmony and humanism have triumphed and the shackles of time and space can be cast aside almost at will. Trekkies are true-believing optimists, and a few of them may be nuts...