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minus-squareStarik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·4 days agoCult members. Jesus was a very successful cult leader in his time. He used the framework of an existing religion, and cast himself as a central figure in it. We’ve seen modern examples of this tactic.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoIt’s only a cult until you make it big and hit that mainstream success, then you’re a religion.
minus-squareStarik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIt got turned into a religion long after his his death. He died a cult leader, taken out by the state.
Cult members. Jesus was a very successful cult leader in his time. He used the framework of an existing religion, and cast himself as a central figure in it. We’ve seen modern examples of this tactic.
It’s only a cult until you make it big and hit that mainstream success, then you’re a religion.
It got turned into a religion long after his his death. He died a cult leader, taken out by the state.