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To: JBTFD who wrote (2132)10/1/2006 4:53:18 PM
From: Jim S  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 10087
 
I'm glad you looked it up. Now, I'll post it here so you can actually read it:

1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult.
3. the object of such devotion.
4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
7. the members of such a religion or sect.
8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.
–adjective
9. of or pertaining to a cult.
10. of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.


Which of these definitions do you think apply to Bush's "cult?" Perhaps you could specify what you think Bush's religion is.



To: JBTFD who wrote (2132)10/2/2006 5:22:55 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 10087
 
#4 is a rather poor definition.

Depending on how exactly you apply "veneration" many things could be called cults that would not normally be considered cults.