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J. Sharland Day
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What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Five

The simplest answer I found and the questions I still have — As I continued my research in order to glean a more definitive answer for the differences between a cult and a religion, I began to look at the topic in a different frame of mind. …

Religion

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What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Five
What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Five
Religion

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What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Four

Through research, I came to realize that there are some really fucked-up people in this world — The siege had begun at Mount Carmel — the Branch Davidian’s headquarters — with four ATF agents and six Davidians killed, after which a ceasefire was negotiated. An arbitrator, in contact with David Koresh, asked for Koresh’s cooperation in releasing the children inside the building. Koresh told the arbitrator that…

Cult

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What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Four
What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Four
Cult

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ILLUMINATION

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My Second Tornado Scare

My family and I moved to Iowa for a job and survived a twister on the day we arrived — We had been transferred to the Midwest because my husband accepted a new position with the company he’d been with for five years. “It’s a golden opportunity!” he kept saying, as if he needed to convince me, knowing I wasn’t thrilled to be moving to a place in the middle…

Tornado

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My Second Tornado Scare
My Second Tornado Scare
Tornado

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The Power of Poetry

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Forever Blowing Bubbles

A hope for our world — What is it we seek, When the world looks so bleak, With all the hatred, chaos and strife? I seek to be like a bubble we blow, That can put on a great show, As it meanders and changes…like life. It has an ability to be, More than you can…

Poetry

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Forever Blowing Bubbles
Forever Blowing Bubbles
Poetry

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Beloved

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I Love to Touch You

The power of a touch — Touch. Such a simple yet powerful action. Not a poke or prod. Those have negative connotations and effects. They are to get attention and are harder. Who wants to be poked? A touch is softer. It can say, “Hello, dear friend. It’s so good to see you!” Or it can…

Touch

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I Love to Touch You
I Love to Touch You
Touch

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Tantalizing Tales

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Sexuality and Reincarnation

Pondering past lives and love affairs through many centuries — My friend, Cassondra, was tall and slender yet not a beauty, with her thin lips and high cheekbones that didn’t quite go with her aquiline nose. Although she had lovely brown eyes and a genuinely happy smile, her greatest feature was her long, thick, black hair. It cascaded down her…

Fantasy

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Sexuality and Reincarnation
Sexuality and Reincarnation
Fantasy

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Be Open

·Aug 15

What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Three

What I learned from researching Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple and David Koresh and the Branch Davidians — There aren’t many people who have not heard of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple and his horrifying execution of over 900 followers that came in the guise of a mass suicide. How could that have happened? How could anyone have that kind of power over such a large mass…

Cult

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What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Three
What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Three
Cult

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·Aug 8

What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Two

What I learned from researching the Rajneeshees — If you missed reading part one, go back and read it here. Or carry on… The exact definition of ‘cult’ seemed a bit nebulous, when I researched the term because opinions varied. One definition claimed that a cult was: having a charismatic leader, self-appointed, who required devoted followers to obey…

Cult

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What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Two
What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part Two
Cult

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·Aug 1

What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part One

Through research, I came to realize that there are some really screwed-up people in this world — We moved to a small town in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon six years ago after buying a business with our partners. Each partner thought the place was lovely but me. I thought the town seemed backward and uncared for. We learned that the community used to be a thriving…

Cult

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What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part One
What is the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion? — Part One
Cult

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·Jul 11

The Mennonite Girl In Mexico — Part Three

In the final episode, we reunite with Mac after he has a very strange interaction — Just before sunrise the next morning, I turned on the two-way radio in case Mac had gotten an early start. I then went back to bed and slept until a little after 8 am when the radio’s crackle woke me up. Dear, God! What relief I felt. Isabelle had awakened…

Mennonites

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The Mennonite Girl In Mexico — Part Three
The Mennonite Girl In Mexico — Part Three
Mennonites

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J. Sharland Day

J. Sharland Day

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Writer of suspense, thriller, travel, romance, erotica, paranormal & poetry. @JSharlandDay https://www.jsharlandday.com/

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