--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Peter wrote: > > > > > > I love the term, "pseudo-religious cult". Is the > > > religious pseudo or is the cult pseudo or is the the > > > religious cult pseudo? > > > > The hyphen says the religion is what's fake. I presume > > TM does not qualify as a valid religion because it's not > > based on Jesus Christ. > > I thought TM didn't qualify as a valid religion because thats what the > organization behind it says: "TM is not a religion." > > Are you inferring that in Pennsylvania Islam and Buddhism are not > looked upon as valid relitions, not being based on JC?
I don't know; I'm trying to figure out what the author meant by the term. Parse it: a cult is by definition religious, is it not? But a pseudo-religious cult is a cult that can't even cut it as a religion. Perhaps editor Judy can make sense of this phrase. I'm struggling. - PJG To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
