tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174043.post115135729593112346..comments2023-11-02T01:31:03.870-07:00Comments on burden in my hand: I belong to a cult.sixlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18371963427006497637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29174043.post-1151475264948176232006-06-27T23:14:00.000-07:002006-06-27T23:14:00.000-07:00Ha ha! Yeah, it's a good thing there aren't any d...Ha ha! Yeah, it's a good thing there aren't any deep suspicions about the Freemasons are anything like that.<BR/><BR/>I agree on your conclusion about the word use, it really depends on how you define it. There are actually a lot of words that are used in ways where they don't actually mean what they infer. <BR/><BR/>The problem, however, is that when someone uses the word "cult", they almost never actually mean the denotative definition of the word. They're going for the negative connotative values of the word, and that can really bug me (especially if that's the only type of words someone uses).<BR/><BR/>I'm willing to talk about the cult status of my religion, but to be honest I don't think it has ever come up with me. I suppose I'm just lucky. Even so, from my experience with other people like that, they're usually just uneducated people that don't want to know the truth. They're much happier creating truths they want to believe rather than being inconvenienced with the realities of the world. <BR/><BR/>In essence, I don't find talking to those types of people worth it. If we can have a rational debate/discussion on something where we can resort to things other than pretentious dogma, I'm all for it. It can be very enlightening and enjoyable to learn how another person thinks, but when all that person does is parrot what they hear from others with no real thought of their own, it's just boorish. Luckily most people aren't like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com