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cult: 1 : formal religious veneration 2 : a religious system; also : its adherents 3 : faddish devotion "They say this is a cult…and we’ve all heard of these religious cults and their leaders, before, haven’t we? Cults like Heaven’s Gate, determined to take a ride on the Hale Bop comet. Cult leaders like David Koresh, who claimed to be the prophesized Messiah, or Jim Jones and his… cherry flavored cyanide drink. But what about Buddhists? Are they cultists? Followers of Islam? Scientologists? What about Christians? Wasn’t Jesus nothing more than a cult leader of twelve devoted followers?"
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Eve Garner
extremist: 1 : very severe or radical 2 : going to great lengths or beyond normal limits "Thou shalt not kill? Thou shalt not kill the pig that you ate this morning, you may not have killed it, but you ate it’s flesh – aiding in its death. Thou shalt not kill the man who is attacking your family? Raping your wife and daughter? Thou shalt not kill a Hitler or a Stalin? Is that what God intended?" -
Jacob Marcott
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