From: Al Billings (memoria@memoria.com)
Date: Wed Jun 20 2001 - 13:51:02 MDT
Justin wrote:
> i dont' think that having a set or range of views that put you within or
> without a group really qualifies said group as a cult.
Perhaps not but having people say that you have to endorse a particular
leader's views on a subject to be a member of a particular group does seem
rather cult-like.
[.snip.]
> i think not. transhumanism is a particular range of beliefs, which i
think
> are well represented by Mike's list of authors. And if a person disagrees
> with all of them, it would be safe to say they should call themselves
> something else, to avoid confusion.
It would be safe to say, perhaps, but neither you nor anyone else is in the
position to define someone else out of Transhumanism. You don't have that
authority.
Al
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