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To: greyfoxx39
[ Care to describe a "poly godlike mental construct"? ]

Hinduism.. and Buddism.. and fleshly christian world views that are basically Cargo Cults..

8 posted on 09/09/2008 8:30:34 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe
fleshly christian world views that are basically Cargo Cults..

One definition of "cargo cult" that I found: "Typically, all cargo cults begin when someone claims that, through a dream or vision, supernatural powers have told him or her that a messiah and the ancestors or spirits of the dead will soon return bringing huge supplies of manufactured goods.

Their arrival will usher in a wonderful new era when the believers will have their identity, dignity, and honor restored. Inequality, suffering, and death will cease. The riches of those they think have so far monopolized wealth and defrauded them of their share will then belong to the cultists.

Sounds distressingly familiar.

11 posted on 09/09/2008 8:44:34 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 ("I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. ( DBM)
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