From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 14:08:42 MDT
In a message dated 6/5/01 11:10:31 AM, scerir@libero.it writes:
>So, Extropianism is a mini-cult because extropians are
>fewer than 500. What about 5,000 extropians? A cult?
>A church? And what about 50,000 extropians? Religion?
>Culture? Civilization?
The primary difference between cult and religion is indeed
number of adherents. Religions tend to be milder, but they
don't have to be.
Of course it's the perception of Extropianism as a cult that's
more of a problem. Maybe we can turn this to our advantage?
The media seems to have an unholy fascination with cults
but I think many of the posters here would come off quite
well in an interview.
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