What Are Some Characteristics of a Cult?

"faggot" agreed has gone through some radical changes in meanings.

Same as "fag"

act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
labor: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
fagot: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
tire: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
cigarette: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

Wendy

The thing about language is that it is a living entity. Meanings change. Just take "faggot" Which means a flaming bundle of sticks, but not the meaning we use today. The word cult has gone through a similar evolution to now denote a negative fanatical group.

And that is the one constant with cults religious, ritualized or otherwise the members are lead to a dangerous, fanatical belief in someone or something. Heaven's Gate and The People's Temple immediately come to mind. But you also h

Hey

Let's leave Elvis my Hero out of this OK LOL

at least he used to be before he got old and ugly LOL

I agree there are so many definitions of a "Cult"

Perhaps one could even say the "Royal Canadian Legion" could be classed as one Or could have been until they introduced the new Regs that allow anyone to join.

You are right though some of them are just plain bad and more ritualistic than others

Wendy

Wow, Wendy,

Is that another perfectly good English word that has been destroyed by an allocation to a specific type of organisation?

There are many forms of cult - most of them perfectly innocuous.

Any organised religion immediately comes to mind. With its' ritualistic worship, every church in the world fulfills the basic definition of a cult but I don't think that they have many of the qualities in your list.

What about the cults raised by various films and stories? Again, they real

Thanks fishie

You are right sounds like a lot of programs out there

Wendy

Awesome blog Wendy.

Almost sounds like a few moneymaking sites/groups - ROFLOL!!!!

kudos (not cujo's) to you darlin'

Jeunelle

I went to search for the elusive
"Running from cujo and jehovah's witnesses",

and can't find it anywhere Hmmmm.........

I love your humour and they way you write so thought I would top it

I mean what the hay What the heck are friends for (besides I loved reading and watching Cujo and probably feel the same way about "you Know"

Thanks for posting
Wendy

I agree Ginny it certainly can apply to alot of things in life

Thanks for adding your response

Wendy

Good article. Glad you posted this. It can apply to many things in life.