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pentatonic184 33 posts 09-23-05 21:34 Reply	if you think of something that is different from the definition, then you're thinking of something else
Fr0stbyte124 109 posts 09-23-05 21:57 Reply	What about slang and sarcasm? (in practice, not the words slang and sarcasm.)
pentatonic184 33 posts 09-24-05 00:05 Reply	Do you know any slang that would change the meaning of cult?
Jeremiah Walgren 1187 posts 09-24-05 06:49 Reply	People do have personal dictionaries, as it were. What I think a word means just might be different from what you think it means. I guess that's something that comes with everyone having a mind and thinking and stuff. ... Right?
Dexter345 677 posts 09-24-05 14:44 Reply	Honestly, if that's the true definition of cult, then that definition should bring with it no social stigma (unless you just really hate religion), but usually saying "cult" invokes a particular reaction in people: thoughts of outlandish claims and mass suicide. But then again, considering the idea that some giant invisible magic man who lives in the sky created everything out of nothing, I guess the word "cult" just makes me think of mass suicide.
pentatonic184 33 posts 09-25-05 01:33 Reply	If you think a word means something different than what the rest of the world thinks it is, then you're wrong. Not my opinion (i like a little individualism) but it's true.. for example: my 8th grade science teacher told us all that latitude was height off the ground, and also thought that altitude was your direction (not from the equator, but just a general cardinal direction). So no matter what she thinks it means, she's still stupid, and now we have a classful of people that are going to be ignorant of the meaning of latitude because of their stupid science teacher.
Fr0stbyte124 109 posts 09-25-05 02:36 Reply	You could say cults are 1337. One might assume you think they are amazing, when in actuality you are saying only stupid people join cults.
Jeremiah Walgren 1187 posts 09-25-05 04:54 Reply	<< If you think a word means something different than what the rest of the world thinks it is, then you're wrong. >> Black and white thinking is dangerous. Extremely dangerous. Not allowing for people to have varied definitions of the same thing is what's wrong.
Dexter345 677 posts 09-25-05 13:21 Reply	What I'm saying is that the dictionary's definition of a cult that you posted is not accurate for what most people (I assume) think when they hear cult. So it's not me against the world; it's the world against your dictionary. My assumption is that the people who wrote the definition in the dictionary were trying to be as inoffensive as possible.
pentatonic184 33 posts 09-25-05 16:43 Reply	So you're saying that you want everyone's vocabulary to contain the same words with opposite meanings, so that everytime someone tells you to have a nice day they really mean burn in hell?
pentatonic184 33 posts 09-25-05 16:46 Reply	Besides, the whole point of me giving that definition was to say "IF" that's the definition, then wouldn't christianity be considered a cult, not WHAT does everyone else think it means. "IF and only IF"
Jeremiah Walgren 1187 posts 09-25-05 17:08 Reply	<< ... so that everytime someone tells you to have a nice day they really mean burn in hell? >> I know some people where that would apply anyway...
Dexter345 677 posts 09-25-05 19:16 Reply	Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying, because I remember saying anything remotely close to that idea many times. But yes, if that is the definition of a cult, then sure, Christianity (and all other religions) are cults. But I doubt that is the definition because there is a distinction between a religion and a cult, in most peoples' minds.
Fr0stbyte124 109 posts 09-25-05 21:19 Reply	A cult is simply a religious group that is small enough and weird enough to be ridiculed by all the other religions. Except for Mormonism. Mormonism is not a cult, even though it is ridiculed by all the other religions.
pentatonic184 33 posts 09-26-05 00:42 Reply	Why isn't mormonism a cult? And someone try to find another definition in another dictionary too.
Jeremiah Walgren 1187 posts 09-26-05 02:55 Reply	You want to know why Mormonism isn't a cult? I have a couple of friends who would love to tell you why...
Dr. NO 522 posts 05-01-06 05:23 Reply	http://www.youtube.com/v/rGv9NUYX3Jg Yeah, it doesn't quite work that way...
Xathien 1255 posts 05-02-06 19:24 Reply	Heh. I'd heard of that clip a lot, but never seen it myself. 's true, though. >_>
Dr. NO 522 posts 05-14-06 23:11 Reply	"Cult is literally the 'care' owed to the god and the shrine." [i] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_(religion) [\i] "CNN (“Sect Leader Is Hunted,” 9 May 2006) — During a report about law enforcement’s crackdown and hunt for Warren Jeffs, leader of a polygamist group, CNN superimposed the face of Jeffs over an image of the Salt Lake Temple. Again, this implies a connection between the two. This is not just careless editing, but highly offensive to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Warren Jeffs is not and never has been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." - http://www.lds.org/newsroom/mistakes/0,15331,3885-1,00.html Anyone else hear about this? Reminds me of http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/image/evilcondi Just the picture editing.
Dr. NO 522 posts 05-14-06 23:13 Reply	MV, the i tags were supposed to work, right? I wasn't (just) abusing them?
Michael Vincent 531 posts 05-14-06 23:18 Reply	It's [/i]. You have [\i].
Dr. NO 522 posts 05-14-06 23:41 Reply	...so? ( :? I feel like an idiot...)
Dr. NO 522 posts 05-22-06 16:53 Reply	This is my last login for two years! Goodbye, cruel world!!! :D Have fun. -Dr. NO
dennyhamlinfan 7 posts 03-01-10 21:48 Reply	I am Mormons but i find their religon very intresting

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