11-25-2017, 12:00 AM
Just to clarify, a cult is not necessarily a bad thing and only in more recent English usage has it become intrinsically a malevolent organization.
Old newspapers used to discuss the doings of "the Catholic cult" and "the Protestant cult". Can you imagine that?
It's related to words like "culture" and "cultivate", as in "to cultivate a garden".
In the ancient world the idea of a Cult of Isis or a Cult of Mithras were very definitely not intended as slurs.
Old newspapers used to discuss the doings of "the Catholic cult" and "the Protestant cult". Can you imagine that?
It's related to words like "culture" and "cultivate", as in "to cultivate a garden".
In the ancient world the idea of a Cult of Isis or a Cult of Mithras were very definitely not intended as slurs.