Cults

[Steve Hayes]

=93Cult=94 is one of the most frequently misused words in English. I get tired of
hearing people say that this or that religious group is a =93cult=94. Used in that
way, the word =93cult=94 is almost meaningless. All it means is that the speaker
disagrees with the beliefs or dislikes the activities of the group so
described.

There is an accurate and meaningful way of using the word, provided we
remember that it refers to what people do rather than to what they are. People
may practise a cult, but a group of people cannot be a cult.

That's enough to start with. If you're interested, you can read more here:

http://khanya.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/cult/


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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[needles]

The Hitler Youth was a CULT.
Das Fuehrer was venerated as a Mythical Sage by its followers.
That was secular, but, and there always is a but, is Religion, and kind or
type of Religion without its Cults?
Scienceogoly, the so called Moonies, and the renegade Mormons, are any of
them really that different?

[Steve Hayes]

Post by needles
The Hitler Youth was a CULT.
Das Fuehrer was venerated as a Mythical Sage by its followers.

So that was the cult it practised, not what it WAS.

Post by needles
That was secular, but, and there always is a but, is Religion, and kind or
type of Religion without its Cults?

Could you rephrase that?

I'm not sure what you are trying to say.

Post by needles
Scienceogoly, the so called Moonies, and the renegade Mormons, are any of
them really that different?

Different from what?

And what is Sciencogoly? I've never heard of it.

[needles]

"Steve Hayes" <***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:LYSPj.6069$***@trndny06...
And what is Sciencogoly? I've never heard of it.

[Scientology, one suspects. --clh]


Please forgive me, for I misspelled the word *SCIENTOLOGY*

If you want to know either the Heart & Mind of this Cult.
Two words *Tom Cruise*
He has gone form being its Poster Child to leading Advocate.
This so called 'bad boy" of Hollywood and the darling of American "pop
culture" is, dare I say it, the epitome of the true *SOUL* of "Scientology"

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[Let me note that discussions of other religions should take place in
the groups associated with them. So further discussions of scientology
are off topic unless there's a clear connection to Christianity. --clh]