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ruveyn
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05 Nov 2009, 8:49 am

psychointegrator wrote:
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Faith= belief in something you can't prove

Religion= being told what to believe by others

Cult=being told who you will or won't have sex with. If you're an attractive young woman, chances are you're going to be one of the cult leader's many sex toys.



Your definition of cult describes Christianity and Islam.


Yup. It misses on Objectivism and Scientology.

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05 Nov 2009, 9:23 pm

psychointegrator wrote:
ChrisHitchens wrote:
Faith= belief in something you can't prove

Religion= being told what to believe by others

Cult=being told who you will or won't have sex with. If you're an attractive young woman, chances are you're going to be one of the cult leader's many sex toys.



Your definition of cult describes Christianity and Islam.

No it doesn't.

Neither of them include rules like "Thou shalt sleep with Joe, the choir director".


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10 Nov 2009, 4:47 pm

Religion and faith are the same. A cult is just a religion you don't like.



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11 Nov 2009, 11:29 pm

Is it also that a "true" religion seeks to bring together members, and a cult seeks to take advantage of members?



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11 Nov 2009, 11:45 pm

SilverPikmin wrote:
Religion and faith are the same. A cult is just a religion you don't like.


There is an official definition for a cult. Cults generally center around one charismatic leader that requires full loyalty and proclaims to have had a direct revelation or otherwise be above the station of ordinary men.

Faith can exist with religion. Faith is about belief. Religion is about a process for professing or applying that belief.


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12 Nov 2009, 12:08 am

By that definition Pastafarianism the only Real religion ?

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Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism are Cults?

Let's not forget Mormons