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    what is religious sect?

    i am filling a form where i get an option that is beside religion as sect


    so i wana know what is meant by this option sect?


     

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    0  Views: 611 Answers: 2 Posted: 11 years ago
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      A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs. Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and principles. The term is occasionally used in a malicious way to suggest the broken-off group follows a more negative path than the original. The historical usage of the term sect in Christendom has had pejorative connotations, referring to a group or movement with heretical beliefs or practices that deviate from those of groups considered orthodox.

      11 years ago. Rating: 7
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        millie111

        Cool answer!!;-))
        commented 11 years ago

        A waste of time !

        11 years ago. Rating: 0
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