Re:We're Still Not Done with Jesus
by TheBlight on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @05:28PM
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Why is this acceptable but if referring to Islam as a "mystery cult" a comment would be flagged immediately? I fully expect my critique here to receive a flag.
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Re:We're Still Not Done with Jesus
by AlecSchueler on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @05:40PM
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> referring to Islam as a "mystery cult" a comment would be flagged immediately?
Would it be? It's my experience of HN that these things are all grouped as Abrahamic mythology. Cult is quite a charged word but I would be surprised to see it flagged in this environment.
Re:We're Still Not Done with Jesus
by NoMoreNicksLeft on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @05:30PM
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How is it unacceptable? Do you not know what a mystery cult is?
What is a mystery cult? Is it like functional programming?
Re:We're Still Not Done with Jesus
by plorkyeran on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @06:20PM
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One of the three major categories of Hellenistic religions. The defining aspect was that their religious beliefs and rites were kept secret and only revealed to initiates. For obvious reasons we don't know a lot about them.
My vague understanding is that the idea that Christianity was significantly derived from local mystery cults was once taken seriously, but it's completely fallen out of favor and everything new we've discovered about the mystery cults has made the connections ever more tenuous.
Your comment wasn't flagged, and the parent was. How does this impact your views?