Did I Just Leave a Cult?
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wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 16:57 last edited by
What’s the difference between a cult and a religion?
Just numbers?
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@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.
wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 17:03 last edited by@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.
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What’s the difference between a cult and a religion?
Just numbers?
wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 17:10 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 18:58 last edited by
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? -
wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 23:04 last edited by
Must.
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@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:
Must.
Not.
Make.
Copycat.
Thread.Cause it would be
Unbelievably
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@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:
Must.
Not.
Make.
Copycat.
Thread.Cause it would be
Unbelievably
Noxious and
Tainted?wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 23:25 last edited byCause
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Cause
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Too offensive.wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 23:36 last edited by@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:
Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.We're not talkin' about your ex-wife, man.
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@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:
Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.We're not talkin' about your ex-wife, man.
wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 23:56 last edited by@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.
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@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.
wrote on 18 Feb 2023, 23:59 last edited by@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?
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@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?
wrote on 19 Feb 2023, 00:01 last edited by@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.
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@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.
wrote on 19 Feb 2023, 00:20 last edited by@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?
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Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.wrote on 19 Feb 2023, 00:25 last edited by Renauda@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:
Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.Indeed, that would be bad form on your part, George.
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Cause
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It's
Too offensive.wrote on 19 Feb 2023, 00:26 last edited by@George-K said in Did I Just Leave a Cult?:
Cause
Likely
It's
Too offensive.Meh, I’d likely never even find the thread.
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What’s the difference between a cult and a religion?
Just numbers?
wrote on 19 Feb 2023, 00:35 last edited by@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.
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@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.
wrote on 19 Feb 2023, 00:37 last edited by@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.
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@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.