1st March 2005, 12:57 AM
That's.... correct. Amazing... The odds of that are less than... wait did you bang the keyboard and click submit? Oh well, however that got there under your name, it's dead on.
And yes, of course they don't call themselves a cult, but that's what they are. They seperate you from all you know or care about, save those who also follow them. They put you to work for pretty much the rest of your life. They will not reveal higher tenents of the faith until you are "prepaired". These are all major cult signs.
Actually, the fact of the matter is, the Jedi show all the same classic signs of being a cult. Honestly I imagine if the Jedi were real it would be a horribly corrupt thing. As it is, they too are a group that get children, seperate them from their families and force them to live in their own compounds, won't reveal any secret knowledge until they are "ready" for it, and demand total conformance lest they be thrown out, and since they were taken in as kids, that's a major threat as they will be instantly homeless. Really, despite how the movies portray them, the Jedi really are pretty evil when you think about it. It's no wonder people go to the "dark side" when that's what the light side offers.
And yes, of course they don't call themselves a cult, but that's what they are. They seperate you from all you know or care about, save those who also follow them. They put you to work for pretty much the rest of your life. They will not reveal higher tenents of the faith until you are "prepaired". These are all major cult signs.
Actually, the fact of the matter is, the Jedi show all the same classic signs of being a cult. Honestly I imagine if the Jedi were real it would be a horribly corrupt thing. As it is, they too are a group that get children, seperate them from their families and force them to live in their own compounds, won't reveal any secret knowledge until they are "ready" for it, and demand total conformance lest they be thrown out, and since they were taken in as kids, that's a major threat as they will be instantly homeless. Really, despite how the movies portray them, the Jedi really are pretty evil when you think about it. It's no wonder people go to the "dark side" when that's what the light side offers.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)