Did I Just Leave a Cult?

[Horace]

One of the more profound etymological factoids is that the first four letters of culture are cult.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

One of the more profound etymological factoids is that the first four letters of culture are cult.

So by joining nobody in doing anything, you win?

[Horace]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Horace said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

One of the more profound etymological factoids is that the first four letters of culture are cult.

So by joining nobody in doing anything, you win?

No, actually it's more an affirmation that people who join 'cults' are psychologically normative, if maybe on one end of some distribution or another. Neediness, credulity, etc. But we're wired to receive our truths and accept them, based on what those around us find socially acceptable. We're also wired to receive and accept hatreds or disgusts.

[Doctor Phibes]

What’s the difference between a cult and a religion?

Just numbers?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Horace said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

One of the more profound etymological factoids is that the first four letters of culture are cult.

So by joining nobody in doing anything, you win?

No, actually it's more an affirmation that people who join 'cults' are psychologically normative, if maybe on one end of some distribution or another. Neediness, credulity, etc. But we're wired to receive our truths and accept them, based on what those around us find socially acceptable. We're also wired to receive and accept hatreds or disgusts.

I think you tend to focus on culture's cons.

[Copper]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

What’s the difference between a cult and a religion?
Just numbers?

It depends whether you are a the member or the critic.

[Rainman]

Interesting article, easy read, thanks for posting.
Not sure how much I agree with, but it's always either easy or hard to agree with a wide-brush approach. I mean, something has to be right, right?

[George K]

Must.
Not.
Make.
Copycat.
Thread.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

Must.
Not.
Make.
Copycat.
Thread.

Cause it would be
Unbelievably
Noxious and
Tainted?

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad

Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@LuFins-Dad

Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.

We're not talkin' about your ex-wife, man.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

We're not talkin' about your ex-wife, man.

We can. She won't mind - she'd dead.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

We're not talkin' about your ex-wife, man.

We can. She won't mind - she'd dead.

Emotionally? Literally?

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

We're not talkin' about your ex-wife, man.

We can. She won't mind - she'd dead.

Emotionally? Literally?

Literally.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

We're not talkin' about your ex-wife, man.

We can. She won't mind - she'd dead.

Emotionally? Literally?

Literally.

But was the emotional bit apparent prior to the literal bit?

[Renauda]

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@LuFins-Dad

Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.

Indeed, that would be bad form on your part, George.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@LuFins-Dad

Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.

Meh, I’d likely never even find the thread.

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

What’s the difference between a cult and a religion?

Just numbers?

Good questions. I suspect that in some cases cults can and do become religious denominations. Christian Science comes immediately to mind.

[Jolly]

@Renauda said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:

What’s the difference between a cult and a religion?

Just numbers?

Good questions. I suspect that in some cases cults can and do become religious denominations. Christian Science comes immediately to mind.

Mormons.

[Renauda]

@Jolly

Definitely.