Do you belong to a cult?

[Philosoraptor]

Pronunciation: \ˈkəlt\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate — more at wheel
Date: 1617
1: formal religious veneration : worship
2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual ; also : its body of adherents
3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious ; also : its body of adherents
4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator <health cults>
5 a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book) ; especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

[NightWatcher]

1. yep, every Saturday in the Fall

me and 96K others

[mitchum]

21. When I'm trying to get around town...

it seems like there are at least 196K of you guys :)

[SpiralHawk]

2. "yup - we homelanders are totally into cults & occult shit - Smirk" - xCommander AWOL Bush (R)

[closeupready]

3. No, I am a believer.

I have faith. :sarcasm:

[Philosoraptor]

5. If she's the same Faith I know, I too am a believer

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Human La Raza.

:headbang:

[BOSSHOG]

Yes

Most wednesday afternoons me and my fellow cultist old farts meet at the local watering hole and worship the tatas of the very sexy bartender while we solve most of the world's problems. We also believe it is necessary to drink beer while we are worshiping and solving.

[mainer]

6. the cult of Star Trek?

I think that counts.

[Philosoraptor]

7. Make it so

[L0oniX]

38. Are you of the body?

[spinbaby]

8. You mean besides DU?

:eyes:

[Philosoraptor]

9. Yes, and besides Heaven's Gate

[scheming daemons]

10. Go Stillers!

We even worship on Sundays! (and the occassional Monday night)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. some say I do

others say I'm a heretic, and others have no clue what I am. I define "cult" as a group with a head who takes your money and asks for blind obedience. By that definition, I do not.

[Philosoraptor]

12. Take comfort in knowing that they'll all burn in hell forever for saying that

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

24. nah

for the only Hell is forgetting, and the only Heaven is remembering. And both are in the individual's mind.

[mitchum]

13. Yes, I believe Miles Davis never made a wrong move

[Ikonoklast]

14. Well, I asked our Imperious Leader, and he said, laughingly, "No."

He says that all you un-believers are always saying stuff like that.

Then I got to worship his feet, and buy him dinner.

Oh, happy day!

[Javaman]

15. Yes, the cult of me.

:evilgrin:

[JuniperLea]

16. Well, sorta...

I take my dogs to dog beach every Sunday morning. I'm quite religious about it.

"The Four Major Cults" is pretty interesting reading: http://www.amazon.com/Four-Major-Cults-Christian-Seventh-Day/dp/0802804454

[frylock]

17. yes..

http://chuckpalahniuk.net/

[JuniperLea]

18. And then there is this cult I've followed since I was 16...

[old mark]

19. Eagles fan... There's a cult if ever there was one,

Probably qualify as a religion, too.

mark

[blogslut]

20. The day after the Heaven's Gate suicides, my Church proclaimed:

Don't kill yourself...YET!



:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

22. The Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster

[JuniperLea]

25. Swamp Rat! How'ya been?

Haven't seen you in a while!

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

27. Way'at Juniper!

:hi:Just checking in from an Internet cafe on the southern hemisphere.:D:hug:

[JuniperLea]

30. Southern hemisphere?

Or is that what we're calling the deep south these days? :)

Good to see you! You know how I worry... :hug:

[Swamp Rat]

31. Yep... Tropic of Capricorn.

I'm living in a completely different world right now. :D

[spanone]

32. lookin' healthy SW !!!!

:rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

35. LOL!... I'm not quite so red.

But my hammock is red. :D

[JuniperLea]

33. Very cool!

Best of luck to you! Stay safe, and check in!

I keep thinking of making a major change, but I'm too afraid I'd miss my kids too much... shoot:)

[conscious evolution]

23. I'm in a cult.

At least thats what the chinese communist party calls falun dafa.

[Greybnk48]

26. Yup. Harry Potter, Star Trek, and the Green Bay Packers.

Not necessarily in that order.

[cali]

28. yes. Karme Choling is my Sangha.

Granted, I don't go there more than 5 or 6 times a year at this point, but I've done three month long dathuns (silent retreats) there, and at one point I spent a lot of time there.

http://www.karmecholing.org/index.php

[spanone]

29. used to but i left the catholic church

[juno jones]

34. Personally, I'm head of a cult

centered around the veneration and worship of cats. Two cats in particular.

I make suitable voitive offerings of food and catnip and sing their praises while massaging them.

I'm having a hell of a time making converts, tho. Seems they're just a little nervous of the regular sacramental servicing of the litter box.

Religion ain't for wusses.

[stray cat]

36. DU or Free Republic?

[sheila mae]

37. What are you hinting at?

;-)

[elshiva]

39. Yes. Just check my profile.

[Toasterlad]

40. Most People Do

But it's generally only the ones built around religion and/or guns that are dangerous.