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<blockquote data-quote="La Águila Negra" data-source="post: 1328743" data-attributes="member: 17258">[USER=18126]@MovingForward2050[/USER] You have never heart of them? Where in the Philippines are you if I may ask? Their churches are everywhere. Their members are easily recognisable too by their t-shirts, stickers, flags etc.. Their churches look like this:[ATTACH=full]23217[/ATTACH]Their flag:[ATTACH=full]23218[/ATTACH]At first I had a lot of respect for them, solely for their strict way or practicing Christianity. Practice as you preach. A harsh stance on LGBT, separation of men/women in church, modesty in dress, members pay the tithBut then I realised that they are cult-like, authoritarian and almost repressive in their ways. Members have to hand in tax forms and pay slips. Members that leave the church will be socially ostracised. Members have to attend church twice a week if not there will be penalties, they have to follow voting recommendations in elections etc. And lately as I started noticing that all their symbolism matches the masonic symbolismTheir logo:[ATTACH=full]23219[/ATTACH]Anyway you seemed knowledgeable on the religious landscape here so I thought you could share some insights</blockquote>

[QUOTE="La Águila Negra, post: 1328743, member: 17258"] [USER=18126]@MovingForward2050[/USER] You have never heart of them? Where in the Philippines are you if I may ask? Their churches are everywhere. Their members are easily recognisable too by their t-shirts, stickers, flags etc.. Their churches look like this: [ATTACH type="full"]23217[/ATTACH] Their flag: [ATTACH type="full"]23218[/ATTACH] At first I had a lot of respect for them, solely for their strict way or practicing Christianity. Practice as you preach. A harsh stance on LGBT, separation of men/women in church, modesty in dress, members pay the tith But then I realised that they are cult-like, authoritarian and almost repressive in their ways. Members have to hand in tax forms and pay slips. Members that leave the church will be socially ostracised. Members have to attend church twice a week if not there will be penalties, they have to follow voting recommendations in elections etc. And lately as I started noticing that all their symbolism matches the masonic symbolism Their logo: [ATTACH type="full"]23219[/ATTACH] Anyway you seemed knowledgeable on the religious landscape here so I thought you could share some insights [/QUOTE]

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