If you could start a cult, what would be it's main characteristics?

Silly mistake - the first its.
Got it right in the second use.
One thousand "it's = it is" in chalk on blackboard for me today.

I've noticed the ragging you've taken lately over grammarian, tilde and sandwich practices.
This religious persecution must stop.

  Thank you.  Did you know that you can edit your question?

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Your cult may have all Democrats on board, 48.2% of the voters.
You might also have all anarchists and many of those who abstained from voting.
That might make yours the most popular cult in America.
How would you like the role of the first Pope-anti-Trump?
With Rosie G. as your cardinal?

Would that be a variant sect of Rastafarianism?
This post was edited by inky at April 18, 2019 1:33 PM MDT

Long live Halle Selassi.  RIP though.  OK I spelled it wrong, so wha? 

Haile Selassie - Wikipedia

This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at April 18, 2019 1:37 PM MDT

Kind of - like the Rastafarianism belief I believe that cannabis is a gift from God/Jah and it should be free so free bud in cult. It will kind of be a variant of the Boy or Girl Scots members will get badges for lighting a  doobie by rubbing sticks together or using their knot tying skills to make a Thai Stick. Cheers!

Hallie Sellassie (sp?) was a total psycho.  I'm just sayin!

CHEERS~~~!!!!

Or maybe not Rastafarian.

Cannabis was discovered in one of the outer S-W provinces of China about 3,000 BCE - with archeological evidence that once it's medicinal properties had been discovered, it quickly spread across the routes of the old Silk Road.

Maybe your cult could be a variant of Taoism. It could have a goddess of herbs and healing like the ancient Mitannian and Indus River goddess, Soma. She would teach herb lore and the ethics and skills of unconditional love and wisdom. She could be a variant incarnation of Kuan Yin or green Tara.

Maybe but if I'm going to have Goddess I have to scratch the 1967 Buick Wild Cat idea and go with a 1967 Ford Mustang convertible so I could them off to the non believers. Cheers!

You have been on this same old tired harangue for two decades now.

Don't you think if you don't have an answer you should maybe try another TACT?

Just trying to help establish a little bit of 'sanity for humanity'.

Wen you butt your head against a wall, don't you think maybe there is another approach?  AFTER ALL THIS TIME?

The story below is true.  If this were to happen to YOU?  You would still not see the light.  NOPE.





This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at April 17, 2019 11:37 AM MDT

"AFTER ALL THIS TIME" is a touching quote..

'For it is the way..'

That guy is kind of long winded. Is there any where I  could find a transcript to peruse?  This post was edited by Kittigate at April 17, 2019 11:46 AM MDT

You have spent 20 years saying the same things over and over and yet you cannot spend an hour changing your life and opening your eyes?  
Again.  There are none so blind as those who put their hands over their eyes.  

So called miracle events' do not require intervention of a supernatural force. 
That is just another saying that 'God MUST exist BECAUSE...'

I think the reality that gods were invented outweighs any so-called evidence for the existence of any God or god ever believed in.

I got it while I was mopping the floor this morning.  You need to consider the coincidences and not just brush them off.  That is your flaw.  If you consider WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS EVER HAPPENING??? instead you just go to NO PROOF of anything at all because there is no smoking gun in concrete.  

THAT IS STUNTED.  STUNT.

Existence of consciousness/intuitive consciousness is the closest likeness to 'god' that I can imagine. 
You can take a look at my reply to Bookworm to get more of an idea what I am thinking. 

I might join you.
I think the esoteric version of Hinduism might come close.
According to the Ten Principal Upanishads, consciousness existed prior to material existence. It desired to know itself but being all-one had no means of self-differentiation. So it split itself into multiples, hence creating the beginning of existence and eventually life and the multitudes of minds of individuals, in order to be able to experience itself.
Interesting idea, hey?
But as atheists, we could also invent new concepts of a god, or even a pantheon of gods, the nature of which is not at odds with the discoveries of science.
Easiest of all, we could establish a code of ethics.
For ritual - there is something similar already popular in England. Non-believers get together on Sundays to hear inspiring talks on life matters, sing songs and develop supportive community.

Yes that is a good interesting concept and sharing ideas would be ideal, giving one another some critical thought... 

One of the things i think is that consciousness is a force that enables existence and is the basis of life itself (and when our body dies we continue to exist in a form of consciousness).   It is the force that causes molecules to be created from the various particles to form all the millions of various substances that exist before life began but including the molecule that enabled life to begin when conditions were suitable. I think of it as intuitive consciousness actually like nature has a mind and very little if anything  is actual randomness as in the event of unlikely coincidences that happen also. I think intuitive consciousness as the force that causes the right physical changes in species to adapt to different environments enabling process of evolution. Enables plants, insects and reptiles to build various molecules to develop toxins to disable their victims etc...
Consciousness/intuitive consciousness is the kind of 'god' I can believe in. 

My thoughts were inspired by Buddha some time ago:

Consciousness exists in the stone 
Sleeps in the plant
Awakens in the animal


There are lots of questions -like is consciousness a force that can help persons with their needs sometimes? I am inclined to think so with some experiences that occurred like about 3 years ago I suddenly began having a chest pain and an MRI scan showed nothing to indicate any cause but did discover I had first stage lung cancer. Tumor successfully removed,  no recurrence.  Without the chest pain happening i'd be having a serious problem now.
I've had other more minor 'miraculous' sort of experiences but i think that is force of consciousness as the enabler, rather than a supernatural God force. This post was edited by Kittigate at April 19, 2019 2:11 AM MDT