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  • noun Plural form of cult.

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Examples

  • _Local cults_, origin of, 49; confusion with nature cult, 49-50; growth of, 49; policy of preservation of local cults by foreign conquerors, 69-70,

    The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891

  • I've worked in ministry with many denominations, and I was Catholic once, and the differences tend not to be on the essentials, except in what we call cults who usually warp the identity of Christ, as predicted by the Word.

    My Friday Post At Speculative Faith Is Up Mirtika 2006

  • Given the evidence (i.e., the body count), coming to the conclusion that government agencies which "manage" wildlife essentially operate as death cults is not difficult.

    Chris Genovali: The Death Cults Among Us Chris Genovali 2010

  • Given the evidence (i.e., the body count), coming to the conclusion that government agencies which "manage" wildlife essentially operate as death cults is not difficult.

    Chris Genovali: The Death Cults Among Us Chris Genovali 2010

  • This was along the lines of envisioning relationships in cults to be the multiple player versions of The Boyfriend/Husband From Hell.

    Cult scene: New Zealand and Africa - Boing Boing 2009

  • Many boys join gangs and cults from a sense of needing to belong to a unit or family group because tehy don't get that at home.

    Interview Thursday: The 3rd Male Guest; "The roles of our fathers in shaping our lives ... are important" DOUG 2009

  • Contrary to the myth that those who join cults are seekers, it is the cults that go out and actively and aggressively find followers.

    Cult scene: New Zealand and Africa - Boing Boing 2009

  • Next, they ran an open thread on why people join cults, which more than a few of the regulars found quite ironic considering they had been running adverts for the not in the least bit cultish Church of Scientology.

    Respect for the Aged Day today 2008

  • A patron over heard this and tried to pull some sort of evangelism on me, trying to tell me that Roman Catholics and Mormons are in cults, and we can't pick and choose which parts of the Bible to believe in, and that the Bible is divinely authored and never contradicts itself.

    What's up with the evangelism this week? joshenglish 2007

  • By drugs, dumb­ing down our school kids, vio­lence through games & hol­ly­wood, chang­ing our Con­sti­tu­tion, rise in cults that degrade humanes along with petafile net­work­ing.

    Uh, Yeah: Bad Idea, Newsweek « Snarkmarket 2005

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