A cult would be a more accurate description than a religion. Cults cut off people and attack them when they leave. Cultists can never admit the truth because that means that they are wrong...about everything. Thus they always double down.
As the saying goes, it is easier to fool a man, than to convince a man that he has been fooled.
A religion, yes, with more prescriptions and prohibitions than the catechism but with no deity before whom one is ultimately accountable beyond the cause du jour.
That judge is unlikely to render a favorable verdict on their recent antics.
Have you seen the film The Dig? I recommend it; it reminds me that the past lives forever, the present dies every second, and the future will make itself no matter our efforts to shape it beforehand.
More than tribal, it is a religion. (See my comment)
A cult would be a more accurate description than a religion. Cults cut off people and attack them when they leave. Cultists can never admit the truth because that means that they are wrong...about everything. Thus they always double down.
As the saying goes, it is easier to fool a man, than to convince a man that he has been fooled.
I agree that "cult" is a better descriptor, though it has nothing to do with any theology.
I submit there are two points (one is actually a question) they don't consider:
1)The one in the mirror is the one most readily deceived.
2)When was the last time you had to sell yourself on a good decision?
Any and all totalitarian groups -- such as cults or infected political parties -- will have a group narrative.
A religion, yes, with more prescriptions and prohibitions than the catechism but with no deity before whom one is ultimately accountable beyond the cause du jour.
The deity they worship is History. It is their ultimate judge.
That judge is unlikely to render a favorable verdict on their recent antics.
Have you seen the film The Dig? I recommend it; it reminds me that the past lives forever, the present dies every second, and the future will make itself no matter our efforts to shape it beforehand.
Like you said Matt "JUST WHO THEY ARE" !! Right on man.
Yep, and the likes of Matt are apostates.
And we know apostates are much more hated than the infidels