>>>>You are right. Catholicism is just another cult too.
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>>>Well, that isn't exactly what I meant. I think you don't have a high opinion on religions in general - but most religions like to think of themselves as "religions", or, in the case of some Christian groups, as "churches" - but not as cults.
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>>>On the other hand, "libertad de culto" is indeed commonly used for "religious freedom", and most likely, that is what they are aiming at. Anyway, the fact that religious (or "cult") freedom is guaranteed in the constitution is probably more important than the specific terms used.
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>>They are all "cults" (from the Latin cultus=adoration). And in Spanish as you correctly pointed out it is not a pejorative word, nor did I use it as such.
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>>See:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult
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>Why, that would make "cult" (in its original sense) quite an acceptable word. I didn't know that.
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>I have been hearing cult in a pejorative sense...

Personally, I use it in a non-complimentary sense, and I apply it to all religions. The one thing that Karl Marx was right about - "religion is the opiate of the masses", which is not to say that I don't find them interesting.