Comments on: Cult? Yes, and also differentiate http://absentofi.org/2007/04/cult-yes-and-also-differentiate/ An exploration into the mystery of existence Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:09:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: moe http://absentofi.org/2007/04/cult-yes-and-also-differentiate/#comment-322 moe Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:38:18 +0000 http://www.absentofi.org/2007/04/cult-yes-and-also-differentiate/#comment-322 Hi Tom, and thanks! One thing here: the dictionary definition of cult includes those three points I mentioned, and they actually fit any group of people who agree... Also, if you read the post you would see that (a) the exploration on how I am and am not a member of cults is a way to diffuse any charge I myself my have around it, which (b) leaves me more clear to play with, and use, the conventional definitions of it. And yes, of course, it is inane. I don't write anything else... Wish I could, but everything here is pretty naive... which is why I often make it clear that these are just my own explorations... nothing to be taken as any absolute truth, or even very insightful. Hi Tom, and thanks!

One thing here: the dictionary definition of cult includes those three points I mentioned, and they actually fit any group of people who agree…

Also, if you read the post you would see that (a) the exploration on how I am and am not a member of cults is a way to diffuse any charge I myself my have around it, which (b) leaves me more clear to play with, and use, the conventional definitions of it.

And yes, of course, it is inane. I don’t write anything else… Wish I could, but everything here is pretty naive… which is why I often make it clear that these are just my own explorations… nothing to be taken as any absolute truth, or even very insightful.

]]> By: Tom http://absentofi.org/2007/04/cult-yes-and-also-differentiate/#comment-321 Tom Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:29:37 +0000 http://www.absentofi.org/2007/04/cult-yes-and-also-differentiate/#comment-321 Moe, Somebody needs to buy you a dictionary and explain to you how words work. They aren't all loosely based to aid you when you wish to dodge issues. You could just as easily (and inanely) have written that you are a murderer since you stepped on a slug and use that logic and corruption of the word 'murdered' to justify your call for the release of serial killers from prison. Moe,

Somebody needs to buy you a dictionary and explain to you how words work. They aren’t all loosely based to aid you when you wish to dodge issues.

You could just as easily (and inanely) have written that you are a murderer since you stepped on a slug and use that logic and corruption of the word ‘murdered’ to justify your call for the release of serial killers from prison.

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