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18. They are simply a danger to their own members

Reply to leftynyc (Reply #17)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 02:52 PM

Feb 2015

ISIS is a completely different animal, which I've already pointed out in my OP.

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Call radical Islam what it is...a Religious Death Cult [View all] B2G Feb 2015 OP

How exactly will seeing it as a cult help us combat it? nt el_bryanto Feb 2015 #1

By studying why other people have joined cults B2G Feb 2015 #4

So you want to discuss what ISIS offers people that they can't get elsewhere el_bryanto Feb 2015 #6

^ dissentient Feb 2015 #2

IBTL nt MrScorpio Feb 2015 #3

Why would this thread be locked? B2G Feb 2015 #5

It shouldn't be glasshouses Feb 2015 #10

I don't know why it would be locked - the OP make it clear that he is talking about ISIS el_bryanto Feb 2015 #7

Obama called radical Islam and ISIS evil and it needs to be destroyed glasshouses Feb 2015 #11

. Iggo Feb 2015 #15

O hai shenmue Feb 2015 #8

I guess you could say every religion is a cult glasshouses Feb 2015 #9

Radical capitalism = death cult: death of the planet, death of populations, death of cultures, ND-Dem Feb 2015 #12

And radical Christianity, for that matter. Orsino Feb 2015 #21

Why? B2G Feb 2015 #22

Pretending that "radical Islam" is monolithic is wrong. Orsino Feb 2015 #23

Like ISIS? B2G Feb 2015 #24

ISIS =/ radical Islam. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #25

How is radical Islam different? nt B2G Feb 2015 #27

Radical Islam is not monolithic. Orsino Feb 2015 #29

Isis is a death cult. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #13

So is Scientology B2G Feb 2015 #14

Please link me leftynyc Feb 2015 #17

They are simply a danger to their own members B2G Feb 2015 #18

But a death cult? leftynyc Feb 2015 #30

I was referring to their finances, but B2G Feb 2015 #32

Yes...calling it a religious death cult will certainly make our bombs more effective Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #16

Silly? B2G Feb 2015 #19

Right wingers are too focused on the words used to describe these terrorists. Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #26

And the left isn't? B2G Feb 2015 #28

Huh? WTF are you talking about? Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #31

I don't think ISIS members believe they will lose, hence not a death cult per se. stevenleser Feb 2015 #20

you are right samsingh Feb 2015 #33