04/28/03: The Cult-like Mindset - Page 4

Griff · 06-04-2003, 06:46 AM

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Originally posted by Whit
So, where do things stand on this thread?
1. You have the answers
2. Opposition aka "The Other"
3. Family or group togetherness, making followers feel a part of something.

Is this accurate then? Does everyone agree on these? Can anyone think of any more?

Just to prove I'm a multiple cult daliant-

Are (is for cultists) the United States a cult? Try suggesting to a public school teacher that education may not be a necessary function of the State. Try telling one of the converted that our constant use of force overseas could be detrimental to our security. Those groups have all the answers.

We often hear Greens, Libertarians, or (your party here) described as cult like, effectively labeling them "The Other" because they doubt the righteousness of our society. We have the conveniently rotating other overseas. We label them by race or nation emphasizing how different they are from right thinkers like us.

School kids are still saluting the flag each morning and studying state approved civics much like their counterparts in Hitlers Germany. We fly flags from and apply patriotic stickers to our cars signaling group connection. We believe supporting our troops means keeping them in places where people want to kill them. Yep we are a family and the President is our father.

So at what point does the cult end and normal human social units begin? I've seen families who were different enough that someone somewhere would call them a cult. Any human interaction involves the ideas we're talking about to a lesser or greater degree.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-04-2003, 06:16 PM

C'mon Griff. Not all cultists are idiots.

Griff · 06-05-2003, 06:07 AM

Truth. I'm thinking we're all cultists at some level, so we have the whole curve of idiocy.

darclauz · 06-08-2003, 12:30 AM

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Originally posted by Griff
Truth. I'm thinking we're all cultists at some level, so we have the whole curve of idiocy.

wanna buy a rose? it supports mission work.

Torrere · 06-11-2003, 01:24 AM

What distinguishes a cult from the better-respected aspects of society?

wolf · 06-11-2003, 01:41 AM

cults have fewer members.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2003, 04:03 PM

Better respected = large????

Torrere · 06-11-2003, 04:55 PM

So a cult is a proto-society. Once it has enough members, it's a respected part of society -- a religion, a government, an entire culture, whatever.

06-04-2003, 06:16 PM	#47
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	C'mon Griff. Not all cultists are idiots. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-05-2003, 06:07 AM	#48
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Truth. I'm thinking we're all cultists at some level, so we have the whole curve of idiocy. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-11-2003, 01:41 AM	#51
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	cults have fewer members. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-11-2003, 04:03 PM	#52
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Better respected = large???? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-11-2003, 01:24 AM	#50
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	What distinguishes a cult from the better-respected aspects of society?

06-11-2003, 04:55 PM	#53
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	So a cult is a proto-society. Once it has enough members, it's a respected part of society -- a religion, a government, an entire culture, whatever.

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