The first two of those killed themselves yes, but that is not a given factor of 'cults'. Indeed followers of the cult TV show Red Dwarf haven't as far as I am aware. Clearly the deaths of followers is not a general factor of cults or reflective of them.
In that example It is only called a cult following but in reality is not because it does not meet the criteria of real cult.
it depends on who you ask. cult /kʌlt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuhlt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult. 3. the object of such devotion. 4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. 5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols. 6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. 7. the members of such a religion or sect. 8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific. –adjective 9. of or pertaining to a cult. 10. of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.
Ah, now it's "real cult", which John made up to mean anyone that kills themselves. Why didn't you just say that to begin with? Once again the typical understanding of cult is simply a matter of numbers.
To seek evidence that cult members are brainwashed I would start the basics and seek evidence that they had brains.
codependence...fear...laziness...power...ego...control...money... makes people do all kinds of crazy sheit. :shrug:
it doesn't say that you should join a cult in the bible. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! actually, the bible doesn't shed a real nice light on the pharisees. seems things haven't changed much since then huh?
uuuh -must some how (ggnnnh) resist - uuuhh - lucifer's suggestion - uuuuh - to change my mind (phew think I made it!) PS - I think we can add one more to the list - adamant atheists
As religion of every kind is nothing but bs, is it worth bothering to make the distinction between small and large groups which have both been brainwashed ?
Myles can't step away from his own bad religious experience. It's obvious in a lrge number of his posts. Myles, sometimes god seeks out people. It's not always the other way around. As for this topic, I think organized religion lays the foundation for cultism because many times it's a variation that of. I would go as far to say that protestantism was veiwed as a "cult" at it's birth.
Isn't that how christianity started? Death of the founder who was killed for being a heretic. Followers met in secret to avoid persecution. Sounds like the Mormons.
Seems the difference is all about numbers. What numbers? Where is the cutoff line of members of a cult that would constitute it as a religion? Of course, the only real difference is those who don't want to admit their religion is little more than a cult.
