On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:00:05 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 2/5/2013 11:02 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 1:14:07 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 PM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> > Unpopular religions are denounced as cults. >>> >> >> A religion is just a cult with good PR. >> > > It's interesting. I would be curious to know whether every established > religion intentionally sought legitimacy at some point, > > > What would that mean? Legal? Where there is official government > recognition of religion (and probably tax breaks) the answer would be that > they sought the recognition. And all that you can consider 'established' > have sought adherents. But "legitimacy"?? I'm not sure how that world can > be attached to "religion". >
Not necessarily a government recognition, but community acceptance. Something enjoyed by Episcopalians but not the Satanic church. Some Wiccans seem to be seeking a more conventional status within the community, i.e petitioning the military to provide a choice for Wiccan symbols on gravestones. Craig > > Brent > > or if it's more of an inevitable consequence of surviving long enough to > seem ancient. Are their ancient cults (other than those intentionally > shrouded in secrecy)? > > Craig > > >> John K Clark >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6070 - Release Date: 01/31/13 > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
