tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post8170346153096015163..comments2024-03-12T12:23:10.033-04:00Comments on Secular Perspectives: Holy Politics BatmanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-85806362428297066172012-10-21T10:53:11.118-04:002012-10-21T10:53:11.118-04:00Good point Don which gets at the idea of tolerance...Good point Don which gets at the idea of tolerance. Unitarians are pretty tolerant about a member leaving on principle. Mormons and Scientologists perhaps not so much so.Gary Berg-Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104267265989624672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-60499308896182676662012-10-18T15:31:55.334-04:002012-10-18T15:31:55.334-04:00I think the best marker for a cult is extreme cons...I think the best marker for a cult is extreme consequences for leaving it. If people are told that no other group will provide the positives that are required and if anyone that leaves is ostracized and/or punished then we have a cult. Non-cult communities will let their members go without requiring remaining members to cease communicating with those that have left. Don Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874733311091724239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-19972659960133680682012-10-18T14:43:26.492-04:002012-10-18T14:43:26.492-04:00Thanks Danny for the list of what I think goes alo...Thanks Danny for the list of what I think goes along with what I expect out of a cult - scandals (such as child/sexual abuse,deceptive mind control tactics, political scandals, money scams, general bad behavior.) <br />I'd add that there might be a lack of tolerance, and too much obedience to authority rather than open inquiry.Gary Berg-Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104267265989624672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10856048.post-10692221235082386562012-10-18T13:54:47.257-04:002012-10-18T13:54:47.257-04:00Great column, Gary. By the way, Billy Graham was t...Great column, Gary. By the way, Billy Graham was the model that Burt Lancaster studied for his film performance in "Elmer Gantry". Also, Graham opposed Jack Kennedy in 1960 because he was Catholic. Years ago the IHEU held its conference in Buffalo. I was there as VP of the AHA. Billy Graham was also holding a "crusade" there on the other side of town. The great religion columnist for the St Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) showed up at the IHEU affair. I asked her why she was there instead of at the Graham thing. She said she knew what he was going to say, but she wanted to cover what we were doing.Edd.Doerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823666641589127370noreply@blogger.com