Sect
A group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtue of certain refinements or distinctions of belief or practice.
A religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination.
A faction united by common interests or beliefs.
Its a proper use of the term. Messianic Jews, the group you referred to, are a sect. A distinct unit within a group. Its refinement and destinction of belief is that the Messiah came.
And you know what? I don't care if people take offense to that correct word usage. I'm a proud member of a sect myself. All Protestant denominations are sects from the one of the first, and certainly the largest, branch of Christianity.
Oh, did I just piss off some Messianic Jews in this piece? My bad.
Happy Holidays.
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R.I.P. H.S.T.
I wanna have El Scrabino's man babies.
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