Paul,

You really are a gormless oaf. Most people, including me, have forgotten Bernardi, but you still can't come up with something else to have a go at me with. You lack imagination as well as intelligence. And nobody cares about your personal experiences or those of your great niece 96 times removed. Poor judgement and silliness apparently runs in the family.

Dear Paul,

Thank You for sharing the information about your niece.
I am relieved to learn that it is not a sect that she's
involved with but a well established religious
denomination. Not knowing her and the circumstances of
why she was drawn to the church (perhaps seeking for
answers and support because of personal problems) I can
only try to guess and advise - but that would be wrong.

I think in your case all you can really do is be there for
her and let her know you're there if she needs you. I would
not judge her - we all have our demons and we can't really
judge fully until we've walked in someone else's shoes.

I don't mean to preach. I do wish you well. Surely someone
from the Church could help? Does anyone within the Church
know the concern all this is causing for your and her family?
Perhaps a direct approach with the Church may help?

Not usre what to advise or suggest.

ttbn,

Only responding to your attacks on me, "nobody cares about your personal experiences or those of your great niece 96 times removed", except YOU who keeps replying to my posts. The banana exercise only goes to show what a silly old fool you really are, but you don't see that.

ttbn,

The sect of the holy banana is more commonly known as the greens.

As for the niece, I think her fruitiness has more to do with her bloodline than the church.

Dear Paul1405,

Well no, your niece is indeed involved in a sect.

"A sect is a subgroup of a religious, political, or philosophical belief system, usually an offshoot of a larger group. Although the term was originally a classification for religious separated groups, it can now refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and principles. Sects are usually created due to perception of heresy by the subgroup and/or the larger group."
Wikipedia

Pentecostals and the like do not regard the predominate Christian faith as Christians at all. The Catholics are very much heretics in their eyes.

The fact that we have a happy clapper as a PM, an expansive school chaplaincy network is looking to be expanded, allowed support for Israel to enter unseemly bounds, dragging the heels on same sex marriage for so long and a whole host of other instances should reveal just how pervasive an destructive their influence is becoming.

That your niece feels the need to disassociate from family and friends in order to more properly serve her faith and church is a very good indication of a sect at work.

Hi Steele,

Thanks for joining in, Christianity was a sect within a religion Judaism to begin with. I didn't start the discussion to simply highlight a nieces involvement in a sect/church, my wife is far more concerned about that, than I am, I'm sure there's two sides to every story. What does concern me is the iniquitous behind the scenes behaviour of these American type revililoust groups whilst outwardly projecting an image of pearly white wholesomeness. These groups very much target the under 40's promising so much, but under that thin veneer what motivates these people.

Coincidently '60 Minutes' have something on 'Hillsong' this Sunday, when I put this topic up I wasn't aware of that, but I'll be watching with interest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYnGcNACca0&ab_channel=60MinutesAustralia