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longship

(40,416 posts)
7. Clearly, you are correct...
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 08:46 PM
Feb 2013

However, my intent was to invoke "cult" in the more pejorative sense of the word. Because Scientology is cur-ay-zee as they come. (I mean other than possibly the House of Yahweh and their nuclear baby.)

But you are making a rhetorical argument here and I am making a cultural one. That's why I don't wish to go back and forth with you on it.

Everybody knows what I mean when I call Scientology a dangerous cult and that was the intent of my little post.


BTW, friend. Have you looked at the Rick Ross Site. That seems to be the clearinghouse for all things cultic. There's encyclopedic information and support for what society considers a cult... or not.

Regardless, Ross is the guy who researches this stuff and gets it out there.

Thanks for the response, my friend. But let's not get in a rhetorical disagreement here.

CULT Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #1
No, its not. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #3
Buddhism Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #11
There are differences in degree. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #13
I don't think that word means what you think it means. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #18
Then feel free to enlighten me Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #19
The word "cult" has no inherent negetive meaning, unless one hates religion. ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #20
These are the ones I have come across Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #21
Which dictionary are you using? nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #22
I don't see where it makes a difference Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #23
Scientology is a dangerous cult. longship Feb 2013 #2
No, its not. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #4
Well, we could go back and forth on this. longship Feb 2013 #5
No, we could not go back and forth on this. The only difference between a cult and a religion is... cleanhippie Feb 2013 #6
Clearly, you are correct... longship Feb 2013 #7
I'm just yanking your chain. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #8
But can't we continue to argue about the relative magnitudes? longship Feb 2013 #10
Toxicity comparisons are more important than craziness comparisons IMHO. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #14
You have any facts to back up your opinion?? Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #12
We ought to compare these celebrity apostles to the twelve: dimbear Feb 2013 #9
What's wrong with US? tama Feb 2013 #15
They out-lawyered the IRS and the IRS finally gave up. cbayer Feb 2013 #17
The CoS continues to exist, and thrive, because it takes advantage of a number of items. trotsky Feb 2013 #16
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