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In Search Of Truth provides an overview of the distinctions between Christianity and cults, non Christian religions, and religious philosophies. The authors then provide specific information on a variety of groups represented by these catagories. Among the groups are Judaism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Islam, the Unification Church, Spiritism, Atheism, and the New Age Movement. Final chapters provide information which will help individuals respond appropriately to individuals within these groups. ... Read more

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Modern science has uncovered evidence that is virtually impossible to interpret in terms other than that our universe is under the continuous control of an intelligent agency. The author believes that by the year 2000 A.D., this evidence will be unimpeachable and the age of materialism and Godlessness, with its concomitant hopelessness, aimlessness, and despair, will be gone forever. A new age is dawning. Mankind has commenced his retreat from the false goals of materialism. A new hope and a new vision is emerging, centered upon the integration of the truths of science, philosophy, and spiritual existence with the certain knowledge that there exists One who is Creator and Maintainer of all that is. ... Read more

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Ruth A. Tucker's book is a comprehensive survey of all the major alternative religions in the United States, including the new groups since the 1960s. ... Read more

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Very informative book on religous "Cults".
Another Gospel by Ruth A Tucker (Title based on Galatians 1:6 in the 1611 King James Bible).This is a very accurate, up to date book about the various religious "cults" that are prevalent among us today. It was copy righted in 1989, so obviously even more 'cults' have arisen since then. It is, in my opinion, a "fact based book" rather than a book with a slant for or against any religious sect. You, the reader, are presented the FACTS, and then it's up to you to form your own opinion.I have read and reread this book (I'm a layman, not a pastor/evangelist of any kind) and it has helped me to UNDERSTAND my friends that are in some of these organizations. I HIGHLY recommend this book.Don in Ohio.

An Excellent Resource For Believers
As a former member of the LDS church I find this an excellent resource to point out the false doctrines of the Mormons and other false churches.The treatments are excellent and factual...that some members of their organizations dispute the historical facts and doctrinal statements of their founders only shows that they have not made honest efforts to understand what their leaders have propagated.As a "Mormon" I was not aware of many of the more esoteric teachings of the church.I suspect that those below who would argue that this book is not factual have not in fact performed an honest assessment of their church histories and simply are not properly informed.As believers in Christ we must pray for them as my Christian friends and family did for me many years ago.I am forever grateful for people like Ms. Tucker and Walter Martin for showing me the true path to salvation and believe this book is an excellent resource to arm Christians against doctrinal fallacies.

In regards to Mr. Bartlett below, with all due respect, the Mormon church teaches that they are the only true faith much more than Protestant Denominations do.In fact, I find the suggestion that Joseph Smith and the Mormons are somehow more tolerant than other "sects" disingenuous when in fact the truth is they preach all non-Mormons will end up in hell.As an apostate, I am supposedly condemned even further to outer darkness.In this sense, Protestants are much more tolerant and inclusive in that we recognize that there are areas of difference on the nonessentials.No honest Protestant would ever say that Catholics are doomed to hell.Yet the Mormons do condemn them and all other Protestants to eternal damnation.Claiming this book is intolerant because it presents facts is a simplistic argument.I challenge you to refute even one fact presented in this novel in connection with the LDS church. As a former Mormon I refuse to treat any organization as Christian that preaches a false Christ.Mormons can wish to be called Christian all they wish but such a characterization is emphatically untrue.

More ammunition for the hate mongers
It's so very sad that so many self-righteous, fundamentalist Protestants, many who are well-meaning decent people, and their leaders who are not,have chosen to engage in smear campaigns against other Christians.Somehow these bigots have decided they are the ONLY true followers of Christ, and they, and only they, have the true gospel and Christ on their side.What a pity. These hate-mongers never seem to understand that their behavior not only makes them look so terribly ugly, but, in fact, actually causes people to investigate the very religions they rant and rave against.

The most pitiful misunderstanding on their part is that they would tell us that Jesus said the world will hate them as the world hated Jesus.Nothing could be farther from the truth.The world is beginning to hate Protestant fundamentalists because of their behavior, not their religion.If they lived their religion, and the message of love and peace that Jesus preached, no one would hate them.

Unlike these "christians" who unrighteously judge others, many of the groups Tucker calls "cults" do NOT consider others non-Christian. Jesus didn't come to start a church as we think of a church today.In his day "church" meant "following".The fundamentalist Protestants have no more right to claim their "perfect understanding", as they would have us believe, than many of the religions they verbally persecute.

It is so strange how no one learns from history. At one time the Christians were the persecuted. Then the Catholic Church became mainstream and they persecuted those that did not think like they did.Then the splinter groups from the Catholic Church who had been persecuted became mainstream, so they started persecuting, burning at the stake, etc., those that were different than they.Now, the splinter groups have come to some kind of agreement among themselves, while still disagreeing on many issues, and they want to dismiss the rest of the world as unsaved pagans and heretics, which, of course, was at one time exactly what they had done to them.

Now, is it any wonder that Joseph Smith, and many others, saw all this hypocrisy in these Protestant sects, and could not abide their bickering? He (they) therefore decided to try and understand why these groups were so hateful and argumentative-- in the name of Jesus Christ, of course-- and could not all be correct, and yet different. As a result they tried to build their beliefs on what they understood, exactly as the fundamentalist Protestants had done so many years earlier. So, what happens to them? The bickering sects of fundamentalist Protestants now turn on those who have ideas of their own with the same intolerance shown them so many years earlier?

Well, so much for Christian love.I wonder how Christ would have handled this?Just like the antis of the Protestant sects?I don't think so.

Seventh Day Adventism- NOT A CULT
At first glance, this book looks good. But looks can be deceiving. Since I can't claim to be an expert on religions, I don't know exactly how many times the author made serious errors. I do know for a fact that they made severe errors when addressing Seventh Day Adventists I myself am a Seventh Day Adventist and I consulted the book "Seventh Day Adventists Believe..." for accurate reference. "Seventh Day Adventists Believe..." contains 27 fundamental beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists and is copyrighted by the Ministerial Association General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The author/s of "Another Gospel" made grievous errors while discussing Seventh Day Adventists.
Seventh Day Adventists do NOT believe:
1. That you must be baptized to be saved
2. In salvation through baptism through immersion only
3. If you don't keep the Sabbath, then you're not saved
4. If you don't keep the Sabbath, you will be rejected by God
5. In salvation through works
In respect to numbers one and two, "Seventh Day Adventists Believe" states:
"...it is the blood of Christ, not the water of baptism, that removes sin from the believer... baptism does not automatically assure salvation." (Chapter 14, Baptism, pages 182-183)
For numbers three, four and five, the book "Seventh Day Adventists Believe" again disproves these statements. In Chapter 10, The Experience of Salvation, pages 121-122, it states:
"Many wrongly believe that their standing before God depends on their good or bad deeds."
The chapter discusses salvation, and nowhere does it state that one may earn salvation or acceptance from God through good deeds/works. Though the Sabbath is not discussed in this chapter, it can be concluded that because salvation is achieved not through works, Sabbath-keeping cannot earn salvation or acceptance from God.
If the credibility of my statements is in any way in question, I encourage you to consult the book "Seventh-day Adventists Believe...".
"Seventh-day Adventists Believe..." was copyrighted in 1988 by the Ministerial Association General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. It was Printed in the U.S.A. by the Review and Herald Publishing Association (Hagerstown, Maryland 21740). The ISBN number is:
0-8280-0466-8
The back cover of "Seventh-day Adventists Believe..." states:
"'What Seventh-day Adventists Believe...' stands as an authentic resource on Adventist doctrine because it is written by Adventists themselves. More than 230 men and women have evaluated and contributed their insights to the manuscript."
Seventh Day Adventists are not part of a cult. Since the author of "A New Gospel" made such severe errors with ONE branch of the Christian faith, what is to be concluded but that the author/s do not sufficiently check their information?
Such poor credibility is extremely offensive. In addition, the unfortunate popularity of the book "A New Gospel" spreads untruths about (at least) one branch of the Christian faith. The readers of this book may count "A New Gospel" as a credible source, and may even, sadly, go so far as to trust and believe what the book states. This, in turn, could spread incorrect beliefs, and damage the credibility of branches of the Christian faith.
The power of the written word can inflict incalculable damage when used incorrectly. Perhaps the author of "A New Gospel" needs to realize that.

Excellent Reference Guide
This book was assigned reading in my Seminary, and is an excellent reference guide for anyone desiring to understand people with other religious points of view and how to share the Gospel with them.It is a good investment you will refer to for years to come.

CONTENTS:

1. Cults, Sects, Denominations, World Religions: Definition of Terms; 2. Historical Heresy: Unorthodox Movements of Past Centuries; 3. Mormonism: The Legacy of Joseph Smith; 4. Seventh-Day Adventism: Eschatological Confusion; 5. Jehovah's Witnesses: A Religion of Protest; 6. Christian Science: A Denial of the Material World; 7. New Thought and Unity: Health and Happiness; 8. The Worldwide Church of God: Reinterpreting Israel and the Law; 9. The Way International: Denying the Deity of Christ; 10. The Children of God: Evangelism and Sex Perversion; 11. The Unification Church: Proclaiming a New Messiah; 12. Hare Krishnas: Transplanted Hinduism; 13. Baha'i: A Peace and Unity Movement out of Islam;

14. Scientology: Mind-Altering Pseudo-Psychology; 15. The New Age Movement: The Occult Made Respectable; APPENDIX A: Lesser-Known Cultic Movements; APPENDIX B: Cultic Statements of Belief; APPENDIX C: Major Tenets of Orthodox Christianity. ... Read more

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The problems of faith, religion, and God bothered me.

I have seen wars start, marriages end, teenagers commit suicide, parents die, and one of my friends overdose.I have watched as murderers have walked free, children are beaten, and as clergy are unmasked as pedophiles. Considering the world we live in, could there really be a God? I began to study all of the world's major religions from Evolution to Buddhism to Satanism to Catholicism, with the hope of finding meaning within reason, of finding the truth. Through interviews, rationality, commonsense, and study I began to see the world unfold to me as it really is.

This book is the compilation of the notes that led me to a new beginning through the End of Religion.

The College Campus Edition has new insights, updated material, notes, editing corrections, and complete study questions for each chapter.

Each Chapter comes with its own set of discussion questions to provoke dialoque and improve discernment and understanding. ... Read more

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Title: Business and Religion in the Age of New France, 1600-1760: Twenty-Two Studies. (book reviews)
Author: James Pritchard
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 1995
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: v30Issue: n2Page: p338(2)

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