I love this quote from Deborah Layton of
The People's Temple:
"...Nobody joins a cult. You join a self-help group, a religious movement, a political organization."
Aren't those the three biggest names in news these days?
Yet no one discusses the cultish aspects to any of them.
Sure - everybody's crazy and looking for a crazy group to accept them - but don't you dare call them cultists, or their crazy "friends" a cult.
As the French say, "This is not done".
It may be true, but cults and cultists aren't interested in
the truth - they're interested in
their truth - no matter who gets hurt.
And
their truth is they're as normal as I am - even though I don't feel a need to join groups, nor do I need their affection and guidance to be happy with myself.
Considering the way people behave, I don't have a clue why other adults would.
Except that they're immature, insecure, stupid, and crazy.
Basically, you know, the NewAge definition of "human".
The most dangerous animal on the planet.
I love this quote from Deborah Layton of The People's Temple:
Aren't those the three biggest names in news these days? 
Yet no one discusses the cultish aspects to any of them. 
Sure - everybody's crazy and looking for a crazy group to accept them - but don't you dare call them cultists, or their crazy "friends" a cult. 
As the French say, "This is not done". 
It may be true, but cults and cultists aren't interested in the truth - they're interested in their truth - no matter who gets hurt. 
And their truth is they're as normal as I am - even though I don't feel a need to join groups, nor do I need their affection and guidance to be happy with myself. 
Considering the way people behave, I don't have a clue why other adults would. 
Except that they're immature, insecure, stupid, and crazy.
Basically, you know, the NewAge definition of "human".
The most dangerous animal on the planet.
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