Submitted by Nether_Button t3_10ao1yw in news
HeirophantGreen t1_j45fyz1 wrote
This case has completely put the Unification Church in the hotseat. I don't condone murder but the current shakedown is for the best.
Did anyone else feel this article was written by AI?
JohnPlayerSpecia1 t1_j46tn2w wrote
does it? the Korean church is still running strong in its native country and there is no backing off in Japan as far as I can tell.
they have tons of political connections with all the G7 leaders. it is not going away
Ditchdigger456 t1_j46xkgp wrote
I wouldn't even call it a church tbh, it's just a cult.
CJYD21 t1_j47a8hp wrote
Most korean churches are.
ferociouscaterpillar t1_j47c580 wrote
Most churches are.
ClammyHandedFreak t1_j47fw20 wrote
Name a church that isn’t a cult itself or derived from a cult under some other guise of legitimacy in history?
bored_typist t1_j47gxsk wrote
Isn't the term"cult" typically a way for one religionist to describe a religion that is not their own?
Iunnrais t1_j48mpjm wrote
No.
A cult is a group of people centered around a central leader who controls literally every aspect of the followers’ lives in minute detail. If someone belongs to a religion and feels free to, for example, go find a different pastor/teacher/priest to follow, this alone would make it not a cult. If said person can leave the religion without dire personal consequences, it is not a cult. If said person is free to spend money on things unrelated to the religion, it is not a cult.
If it helps, you could say religion is to government as cults are to fascism.
I get that you are an atheist and think religion is stupid. But please understand there are important distinctions to make. And if you think religion is bad, you need to know cults are worse.
KeldorEternia t1_j4dbvgo wrote
You just made up that definition of cult.
KeldorEternia t1_j4erbnl wrote
reading comprehension: 0. The article you linked refutes your definition almost immediately. Read it harder
Kenshin220 t1_j47i3q3 wrote
It gets used that way but cults are not inherently religions there are plenty of non religious cults like nxivm or est until the 80s or the Manson family. Cults tend to have some relgiosity but the more important thing is to have some sort of figure that gathers people in a way that tends to be both extremely exploitative to then and often destructive to the people involved. Cults often coop a mainstream religion to be the justification for their behaviors even if most followers of the religion would not necessarily condone the actions of the cult.
veggeble t1_j47xvlx wrote
> Manson family
There was a Christian element to the Manson Family
Kenshin220 t1_j484l1a wrote
Oh true I was thinking more of the race war component of it all but he was talking a Christian style apocalypse wasn't he.
Wheresthecents t1_j4ejott wrote
Only difference between a cult and a religion is that a cult is a social movement in the now, and a religion is a social movement in the generational sense. They're equally bonkers, its just that religions are entirely self destructive enough to wipe themselves out out before it gets handed down to children.
bored_typist t1_j47go4i wrote
Maybe sect might be a more precise term. They think they are the one and only truth/salvation and have a negative tension with society.
Ditchdigger456 t1_j47ibfe wrote
I mean, it's a full on cult of personality.
shewy92 t1_j479hfu wrote
>Did anyone else feel this article was written by AI?
Not really
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moishepesach t1_j495evd wrote
I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that.
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