Ephrat Similarities Between Religious And Non Religious Groups

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Along with their similar cult like followings from both religious and non-religious groups, a similarity of different ideas from different leaders made all the groups stand out. Even though all the groups believed different things, the things that made all the groups similar was the fact that it didn’t matter what base they all had, the ideas stemmed from a similar thought of peace and harmony on earth. There were groups like the Ephrata, “…[who were faulted] for its mystical theology, its isolation from the world, and its equivocation on marriage and property,” (Walter, 42.) This group is a very old, but it’s group is based on ideas that later groups will come to use as well. Many groups especially followed in the Ephrata’s footsteps with