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RE: "Official Religion"
August 19, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Blessed are the cheese makers, I hear a monty python sketch coming on, Life of brian anyone?



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RE: "Official Religion"
August 19, 2010 at 2:50 pm
(August 19, 2010 at 12:47 am)HeyItsZeus Wrote: What makes someones beliefs an official religion and not a cult? Why are some beliefs respected and others are not? And finally... how do I get my religion to become an official religion? (The Church of Feta Cheese)

Someone's beliefs are always a religion and never a cult.

Religions are only cults when they belong to someone else.

The difference between a religion and a cult is the latter is never used in the first person ("my" or "our").
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RE: "Official Religion"
August 19, 2010 at 5:12 pm
(August 19, 2010 at 2:17 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Blessed are the cheese makers, I hear a monty python sketch coming on, Life of brian anyone?

He's not the Messiah; he's a very naughty boy! Ah... Monty Python. If there's something they can't teach us, I've yet to hear it.

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