I think Daisy was saying that it's not just the physical aspect of cults that's bad, but there is also mental injury. People who are selling any kind of Scientology are inflicting the same injury. (My apologies to Daisy if this isn't said well.)

Thank you, Whitesand. Your natural diplomacy and obvious love of peace truly shine.

The full quote is, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God." This does indeed seem to be uniting two entities as one. If that is true, then one of these is certainly what many of us see as the "unseen God" or "Prime Creator". Taking nothing away from that beautiful man from Galilee, I have come to the opinion that organized religion has been created and placed here by benevolent forces for the specific purpose of division and keeping us at odds (war) with each other. God is just too big for one religion. If I can accept this, it is not a stretch to accept that these same benevolent forces have "rewritten" or "re-translated" parts of the Bible to serve their own agenda. Is that the case here? Or even the case at all? I don't know.

I (seek) neither agreement nor disagreement, but I would say that what's true for you is true for you. Oh, and scary movies scare me.