Originally posted by Suzianne
"Novel" is too confining, in that it means "new".

"Out of the mainstream" might be saying it better. The question is, "how far out of the mainstream?" Cult usually don't attain their "cult" status until they start exhibiting "fringe" behavior.

So a cult goes against the customs of the place and a religion reinforces them.

Originally posted by Rajk999
Hold on and lets see how KJ responds in the GDs thread 'Religious Quandary".

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Originally posted by Dasa
*Did you know that the Swastika used by the Nazi's is actually a Vedic symbol of unity, but it has taken on a sinister meaning due to its association with the Nazis in the second world war.

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Unless you have spent your life in a cave everyone knows this.

It is only raised by idiots who think it esoteric.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
When is a cult not a cult?
Do you belong to a cult?
Is it a derogatory word or neutral?

Wiki says
In the sociological classifications of religious movements in
English, a cult is a religious or social group with socially
deviant or novel beliefs and practices.

but goes on to say
[i] However, whether any particular group's beliefs and ...[text shortened]... Protestantism a Christian cult.
And Mormonism and JWs and Southern Baptists and ...

Cults??

From my own point of view, a cult is any individual or organization that is the primary focus of an individual instead of God himself.

Mentioning God means nothing really.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
It rises up above the forest and gazes all around
and spots a much more juicy prospect fumbling upon the ground
Tis Suzianne drunk with love and falling all about
where is that dearest Robbie I must find him lest my heart gives out

Don't involve me in your sick fantasies.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Don't involve me in your sick fantasies.

but i thought chicks dig poetry.😵

Originally posted by Metacomedian
So a cult goes against the customs of the place and a religion reinforces them.

Never thought of it exactly that way, but you could be right.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Never thought of it exactly that way, but you could be right.

The Misfits are a cult!

Originally posted by Suzianne
Never thought of it exactly that way, but you could be right.

Let's start a cult around that (a cult that challenges all the customs of the place).