Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCult: According to the dictionary
cult
[kuhlt]
noun
1.
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
2.
an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially 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.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
8 replies, 1058 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (2)
ReplyReply to this post
8 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Cult: According to the dictionary (Original Post)
Philosoraptor
Mar 2013
OP
Quantess
(27,630 posts)1. What's the difference between a religion and a cult?
Philosoraptor
(15,019 posts)2. None
It's just that the word cult has been bastardized, like the word liberal. The word cult is used as an insult, but it describes all religions.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)4. A religion is a cult that's become respectable.
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)7. Sheer numbers, mostly. However,
another definition of a cult is "a religious organization other than the one I belong to." That's the most common way it is used.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)3. Cult=Ron and Rand Paul fans.
DeeDeeNY
(3,356 posts)5. the cult of Ronald Reagan
Many Republicans worship him. I've never been able to figure this one out
Recursion
(56,582 posts)8. It's not always even perjorative
e.g. the Catholic and Orthodox churches have subgroups in them that call themselves "cults", like the Cult of Madonna or the Cult of the Paschal Feast