RE: Are all religions cults?
September 13, 2018 at 7:34 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2018 at 7:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Consider the Cult of My Morning Shit That Makes The Sun Rise. There are, maybe..a dozen or so members of this cult (including my dog) and I have a personal relationship with each member. When we die, it's unlikely that the cult will persist. Most cults don't survive the passing of their founding members and/or authority figure.
Christianity, otoh, has a sophisticated global outreach program capable of drawing in members wholly unaffiliated to each other otherwise or beforehand and across generational time.
Process and perseverance.
(it's noted that plenty of religious ideology is completely indistinguishable from a cult, that most current religions began as a cult, even - ultimately, methods of recruitment and the success of recruitment might be the only broad difference between the two)
Christianity, otoh, has a sophisticated global outreach program capable of drawing in members wholly unaffiliated to each other otherwise or beforehand and across generational time.
Process and perseverance.
(it's noted that plenty of religious ideology is completely indistinguishable from a cult, that most current religions began as a cult, even - ultimately, methods of recruitment and the success of recruitment might be the only broad difference between the two)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
