• confluence@lemmy.world
      151·
      2 years ago

      If some of the pastors there had their way, that’s exactly what power would control this country.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 years ago

        I feel like there are minimum two definitions of cult, that being a high controll group like say jones town and to a lesser but still damaging extent seventh day adventists for example and just a smaller religious grouping.

          • HardlightCereal@lemmy.worldBanned
            23·
            2 years ago

            The BITE classification was invented in order to justify hatred of small religions, by taking a word that already had a meaning (cult) and attaching a second, pejorative meaning to it. It’s like if I write a fantasy novel with a species of evil creatures called jews. Jew is already a word, and it’s a horrific act of religious persecution to take a pre-existing word for marginalised religions and spin it into an unrelated negative.

            • confluence@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 years ago

              Yes, because controlling a group’s behavior, information access, thoughts, and emotions is completely acceptable. Autonomy be damned.

              • HardlightCereal@lemmy.worldBanned
                11·
                2 years ago

                I didn’t justify the abusive behaviours described by the BITE model. In fact I was very clear that I disliked those behaviours, and their association with an important religious term. You should work on your reading comprehension so you can stop seeing enemies everywhere.