Posts by LoveUniHateExams

1 A system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object.
‘the cult of St Olaf’ More example sentences
- ‘The pre-Christian religion of the Fijians was both animistic and polytheistic, and included a cult of chiefly ancestors.’
- ‘The cult of the ancestors is practiced among many of the ethnic groups.’
- ‘As he notes, cults of holy images have been the subject of a long debate in Christianity.’
- ‘The support for Mary, a universal saint, may sometimes have been at the expense of local cults, making Marian devotions a central element in the progress of ultramontanism.’
- ‘At least one underground temple catacomb has been associated with the cult of a Mother Goddess.’
- ‘The cult image of Artemis was brought out from the inner sanctum and, gilded and white, shone brilliantly in the morning sun.’
- ‘Monks promoted the cult of their own saints and could write disparagingly of others.’
- ‘The cult of saints and their relics explains the popularity of pilgrimage.’
1. 1.1 A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or as imposing excessive control over members.‘a network of Satan-worshipping cults’ More example sentences
  - ‘The loss of life was terrible, but it was no more than one in a series of occasional tragedies caused by the misguided beliefs of cults and their members.’
  - ‘Will witches, cults, and strange religions soon get taxpayers' dollars?’
  - ‘Society suffers from dangerous sects and cults, militia movements, media control, and misrepresentations of psychiatric treatment and mental disorders.’
  - ‘This definition actually denotes what we call denominations and sects and would make all religious movements a cult.’
  - ‘His characters have run for president, hacked the New York Stock Exchange and joined the occasional religious cult.’
  - ‘There were moments when I thought he would try to get me to join a bizarre gullibility cult.’
  - ‘I heard that it had something to do with some kind of satanic cult.’
  - ‘Maybe our whole culture is a destructive suicide cult.’
  - ‘The street urchins lived in fear of some strange murderous cult.’
  - ‘And their world view became embodied in a pagan cult.’
  - ‘He even started a Sufi cult under his name that became also a place for mystics from different faiths too.’
  - ‘A culture of peace, life and beauty became a suicide cult.’
  - ‘The mystery cults usually enforced certain dietary rules and also required participation in various rites.’
  - ‘In all of the cults, the killing of pigs was a major part of the cult activities.’
  - ‘He also quotes a writer in 1939, who read a scene of nude figures carved upon a bowl as representing worshippers in a mystery cult.’
  - ‘The belief system of many modern cults and spiritual groups is a hodgepodge conglomeration of ideas from religion, philosophy, psychology, the occult, and science.’
  - ‘The promotion of the generative powers of earth, water, and human, animal, and fish populations is a common concern of major religions and small-scale cults the world over.’
  - ‘Certain cults and religious specialists gain popularity beyond the local level because people feel that they can offer effective help for certain problems.’
  - ‘These people include evangelical lay preachers, religious leaders associated with New Age religions, and leaders of religious movements designated as cults.’
  - ‘He was not a common madman who thought he was God and established a cult dedicated to the veneration of himself.’
  Synonyms: sect, religious group, denomination, religious order, church, faith, faith community, belief, persuasion, affiliation, movement View synonyms
2. 1.2 A misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular thing.‘the cult of the pursuit of money as an end in itself’ More example sentences
  - ‘The fellow with the Village People mustache, who wears a white dress shirt and tie, is being marketed as a cult of personality.’
  - ‘Does it bother you that there's a cult of personality built up around him?’
  - ‘Or perhaps they center too much on the cult of personality from the opposing side.’
  - ‘However, as this was primarily based on a cult of personality, it was inevitably short lived.’
  - ‘The industry is feeding the cult of personality to these architect winemakers.’
  - ‘He brooked no rivals, anointed no successors and developed a cult of personality that was indivisible from his people's hopes.’
  - ‘Every President colludes with the American people to create his own cult of personality.’
  - ‘Media-orchestrated cults of personality and shameless historical revisionism, they already know about.’
  - ‘With the cult of the personality now stronger than at any time in sport, sports companies have tried to associate themselves with successes that are viewed worldwide.’
  - ‘It is a very short step from institutionalised demonstrations of national loyalty to a mindless cult of ‘my country right or wrong’.’
  - ‘Still others have cautioned against the spate of monuments that they see as celebrating the cult of the personality.’
  - ‘He liked the comparison, and believes firmly in the cult of the personality as a valuable element in business development.’
  - ‘However, the cult of the business personality was, in part, designed to serve as a distraction.’
  - ‘The latter resonates with equal amounts of wry self-reflexivity and acknowledgement of issues concerning representation and cults of personality.’
  - ‘During and after the war, a highly developed personality cult evolved.’
  - ‘In stark contrast to so many other dictators, he never encouraged a cult of personality.’
  - ‘Racial and sexual politics as well as the cult of celebrity get the treatment.’
  - ‘The modern cult of the television celebrity… tends to handicap a living candidate.’
  - ‘The nineteenth century cult of domesticity located its origin in this revolutionary development.’
  - ‘Accordingly some aspects of domestic rectitude predated the cult of domesticity.’
  Synonyms: obsession with, fixation on, mania for, passion for View synonyms
2 A person or thing that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/cult

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What went WRONG with the Great Pyramid teachings of Isaac Newton, Piazzi Smyth, Pastor C.T. Russel

by Terry in

pyramidology .

of isaac newton, piazzi smyth, pastor c.t.

russell:)what went wrong?let’s keep our investigation simple!where and how was the obsession with the great pyramid begun?

LoveUniHateExams

Also, wanna know how the Egyptians built the Pyramids?

They apparently used the labor of paid men, and beasts of burden, such as oxen, to pull stone to the building site of the Pyramids using … sleighs to pull the load over the sand.

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Anybody Here That Still Wouldn’t Take or Give Blood?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i would think that the first thing to go for ex jws is the blood ban.

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would you take a transfusion or give blood now!.

LoveUniHateExams

I would accept a blood transfusion if I really needed it.

I haven't given blood yet, and have no urgent plans to do so at the moment.

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What went WRONG with the Great Pyramid teachings of Isaac Newton, Piazzi Smyth, Pastor C.T. Russel

by Terry in

pyramidology .

of isaac newton, piazzi smyth, pastor c.t.

russell:)what went wrong?let’s keep our investigation simple!where and how was the obsession with the great pyramid begun?

As far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong), there is zero archaeological or paleontological evidence of the
Jews as Slaves scenario in Egypt - I don't know if Jews were enslaved in Egypt or not but I read that the Egyptian Pyramids were built by Egyptians as paid labor. There are apparently records written in hieratic text that are direct evidence for this.

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The Mysterious Missing Islam.....

by snare&racket in

i've discussed this before but not in this context alone.. i remember being about 14 years old, 1994 and starting a study in the uk with a charming muslim from the congo.

he was a very pleasant middle aged guy with a big family, two wives, always the most hospitable.

at the time the watchtower had a book on many religions, a thick red book called 'mankind's search for god' so i would read and discuss the section on islam with him.. interestingly, but not surprising, many details they had were wrong about islam and he would explain how and correct me.

LoveUniHateExams

The JWS adherence or acceptance of Islam is that its just another false religion under Satan's rule and guidance - Is there any Watchtower material from the year 2000 onwards which supports this statement?

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Nurses are unwilling to take the COVID-19 Vaccine

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

i work at two separate hospitals and most of the rns i work with have stated they won't take the vaccine.

i've read a report that 1/3 of rns will refuse the vaccine.

for those in other countries do you see this being an issue or is it more an american phenomenon?.

LoveUniHateExams

I vote for all politicians being injected with it first - and in Britain, that would be Boris Johnson, Matt Handcock, Michael Gove, Nichola Sturgeon and Keir Starmer.

Bring it on! ;)

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Merry Christmas

by jhine in

i don't think that it is too early to wish everyone a merry christmas and invite you all to join with me in sending festive greetings to everyone .

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jan .

LoveUniHateExams

Merry Christmas, Jan.

Long time no see. ;)

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The Mysterious Missing Islam.....

by snare&racket in

i've discussed this before but not in this context alone.. i remember being about 14 years old, 1994 and starting a study in the uk with a charming muslim from the congo.

he was a very pleasant middle aged guy with a big family, two wives, always the most hospitable.

at the time the watchtower had a book on many religions, a thick red book called 'mankind's search for god' so i would read and discuss the section on islam with him.. interestingly, but not surprising, many details they had were wrong about islam and he would explain how and correct me.

LoveUniHateExams

why was is Islam, the fastest growing religion, missing from JW doctrine? - because some Muslims react extremely violently when their religion is disrespected. A glossy little brochure from the WTS arguing against Muhammad's teachings would certainly fall into this category.

Although having said this, I'm not entirely convinced of it. I had a conversation with a young JW when I was waking up. And this brother was defending Islam - he said, and I quote, 'they believe the same as us'. I tried to reason with him, saying although they reject some doctrines JWs do (e.g. Trinity, idol worship), they have beliefs of their own (e.g. Muhammad was the last prophet of God).

He couldn't see the point I was trying to make - it was like banging my head against a brick wall, lol.

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Why Is The Press Suddenly Exposing The Biden Family?

by minimus in

jw
friends

the new york post published how hunter biden was involved with many criminal activities.

they showed how big daddy biden was well aware of what was going on.

the post got called out for this “ non story “.

LoveUniHateExams

Why Is The Press Suddenly Exposing The Biden Family? - because the US general election is over.

This shit is pretty predictable, TBH ...