I'm a Christian, and I disagree with you. Keyes supporters seem eerily unable to acknowledge anything negative about the man. Evidence of that is all over this thread. Dan did not use the word and has assured you of his intent (why you're not willing to accept it escapes me) - but if that is your definition of a cult, then, I can see why it might be upsetting to confront that issue. You may be uncomfortable hearing it, and you may be uncomfortable with the truth Dan has put forth, but that does not make it false. He just sees something you apparently cannot. There is no balance with many of you.
I don't dislike everything about Alan Keyes - just some things. Enough not to make me a fan. I've actually said (on this thread) that there are some things about him that are good. You'd think from the reaction on this thread that I had done something inexcusable. Is that a cult? I wouldn't have called it that, exactly. And neither did Dan.
Dan clearly did what so many have done in the past...slandered Keyes friends and supporters as cultists, when nothing could be further from the truth.
Criticizing Keyes is one thing...he's a public figure, and fair game...(although your's and other's criticisms are generally concerning his personality, not the substance of his political agenda)...but this 'cult' cr*p slanders some of the finest people I've ever met...and the vast majority of them are very committed Christians...not followers of a cult.
That is offensive, and he needs to knock it off.
LOL!
;-)
KFP (though fearing a hyperdetailed, almost pecksniffian response ["Well no, Dan didn't say the word 'cult'..."], rather than candid acknowledgment of facts obvious to others)