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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: cosmicforce who wrote (1210)9/30/2000 10:14:04 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
1.
a.A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its
followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an
authoritarian, charismatic leader.
b.The followers of such a religion or sect.
2.A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
3.The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
4.A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or
exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
5.
a.Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or
thing.
b.The object of such devotion.
6.An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.

n. attributive.

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2 and 3 apply???? I don't THINK so. At least not for me. 6 I'll grant you looks like us on the surface. But we are only exclusive because no one else has bothered to come by- we are exclusive accidentally- and I would assume a real cult worth their salt would be exclusive on purpose. So I have to disagree with you on this whole cult thing.
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