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Originally Posted by Adonaicole
I believe that lifesupporters is a cult and anyone who posts on it is a part of said cult. :roll:
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I actually thought this was a rather out there statement until I actually looked up the meaning of "cult" in Websters Dictionary:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...cult&x=24&y=17
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Main Entry: cult
Pronunciation: 'k<
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate -- more at WHEEL
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator <health cults>
5 a :
great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion
- cul÷tic /'k&l-tik/ adjective
- cult÷ish /-tish/ adjective
- cult÷ish÷ly /-lE/ adverb
- cult÷ish÷ness /-n&s/ noun
- cult÷ism /'k&l-"ti-z&m/ noun
- cult÷ist /'k&l-tist/ noun
- cult÷like /-"lIk/ adjective