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NFL players are getting dumber during this lockout


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The first two definitions from Websters are:

1: formal religious veneration : worship

2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents

Kinda hard for anyone to argue with that.

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The word cult pejoratively refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre.[1] The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices. The narrower, derogatory sense of the word is a product of the 20th century, especially since the 1980s, and is considered subjective. It is also a result of the anti-cult movement which uses the word in reference to groups seen as authoritarian, exploitative and that are believed to use dangerous rituals or mind control. The word implies a group which is a minority in a given society.

The popular, derogatory sense of the word has no currency in academic studies of religions, where "cults" are subsumed under the neutral label of the "new religious movement", while academic sociology has partly adopted the popular meaning of the word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult

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(Agnostic/non-religious here, yes I'm a Sam Mills fan, but that's because of his incredible work ethic and the way he would never ever compromise never matter what the situation on or off the field): The word "cult" has obvious connotations to very small religious groups usually with a charismatic leader that commands their followers to do something very, VERY outside of the mainstream of society. Think Heavens Gate. If major world religions are considered cults, the word loses all meaning. I really thought people understood that, perhaps not. I was just fishing for an entertaining thread regardless though, I'll just be upfront with that.

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