Sentences with word «cultish»

What is clear is the strange environment that is revealed — a kind of cultish event with a very otherworldly soundtrack.

While their are different brands of conservatism emanating from the school, from social to economic, one observer of the Calgary School reflected on its almost cultish following of libertarian economists Ludwig Von Mises and Milton Friedman.

They were just as cultish as the Manson Family too.

They know in their hearts what foolishness the bible is and they suspect that there really is no god, but they know that all their friends and relatives will react very negatively if they ever voice their thoughts (Christians are very cultish in their reaction to those who do not believe just as they do).

The script for the film, which boasts two writers with cultish followings, Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Mirrormask) and Roger Avary (The Rules of Attraction, Pulp Fiction), had been in the works for almost a decade, finally coming to fruition with one of the more visually stunning films you're ever likely to see.

No more a cult at this point than Christianity, no matter what they may have been when founded — when founded, Christianity would have met the definition of a cult just fine too (I'll turn brother against brother, leave your wife — really, very cultish stuff from the early church).

As the Watchalong's programme demonstrates, Dimbleby himself has an almost cultish following on the social network.

While they're well - known as cultish fan events, some performers say they also serve an additional role as a place where lots of kinds of bodies can find a place to dance.

It's become such cultish catnip that it has even inspired another remake, also called «Pusher,» also made in Britain, but in Hindi.

It's about pushing a broader philosophical position on how mothers should be, and it's one I find regressive, insensitive and more than a little bit cultish.

Really, reading this it becomes so clear that only weak minded, intellectually lazy, morally confused and easily manipulated people choose to be imprisoned by this ridiculous cultish nonsense.

Shanahan aims to show that Faurot's ability to consent was impaired by Jivamukti's cultish atmosphere.

It's a romance, a tale of redemption and loneliness and cultish fascination, and probably a parable and a nightmare as well.

If their experimental project turns out to be anything like the super-stylish rhythm action titles in the Bit.Trip series, I'm sure many of Gaijin's cultish fanbase will appreciate it.

While that may sound like cultish adoration, this little glorified spreadsheet really did change my life for the better in a way that Mint, Level, Simple Bank, and other services failed to do.

To the contrary, it seems that the more a church tries to completely control what people hear, read, and think, the more cultish they become.

Winter's studio process generates abstract apparatus that reference urban dissonance and reflect on cultish practices.

Even then I saw the mainstream publishing «system» as dehumanizing to authors, and indecipherable to anyone who wasn't completely sold - out to its very cultish forms and rituals.

Now built by BMW, the hip and stylish Mini was relaunched worldwide in 2001 with modern underpinnings, and has since amassed a significant, though somewhat cultish following.

That sounds a little cultish, but it could be fun.

Wright continues his career - long winning streak, but the quirk of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and the Cornetto trilogy brought only cultish success.

Set in Orlando, Dunst's character, Krystan Gill, is a widowed water park employee working minimum wage who proceeds to scheme and con her way up to the top of Founders American Merchandise — the very same cultish pyramid scheme which reduced her to ruin in the first place.

In practical terms, «Thrones» exemplifies the perfect model for victory in the pay - to - view, subscription - model age - a program that combines prestige (garnering plenty of award nominations to go with its critical superlatives), mass appeal (carving out ratings records by HBO's standards) and the kind of cultish devotion often reserved for much narrower properties.

When Williams first introduced Holacracy to Medium, multiple employees thought it sounded cultish.

Today many christian sects have become cultish by taking liberties how to interpret outdated and misunderstood scriptures.

Whereas most traditional wines are made with additives to guarantee consistency in the flavor, clarity, and fermentation, the list at Terroir features only natural, organic, sulfur - free, and / or biodynamically produced wines, all sourced from small - scale, cultish producers all over the world.

Then as my theology began to change I saw first hand the type of cultish mind control tactics employed in most fundamental church settings.

Nevertheless, the differences are stark enough that Trinitarian Pentecostals in Ethiopia consider Oneness Pentecostalism to be cultish while Oneness Pentecostals re-baptize all converts and tend to connect salvation to their baptism.

I tell you what, when the faithful stop manipulating people into belief with promises of heaven, threats of hell, and other cultish techniques, we atheists will keep our opinions of your crazy to ourselves.

When you read the Book of Mormon you get a true idea of how cultish this religion is.

It happens on cultish compounds.

Why would a serious critic even bother to know such cultish trivia?

Having been a member for 30 years I have yet to see any what I would call cultish behavior.

I have seen teaching, charity, organization, but nothing cultish.

It is labelled Hollywood, west coast cultish, new agey, showy, eastern, greedy for popularity and money, and so on.

Is there no one who realizes that Mitt Romney's cultish Mormon religion is the single most important issue in this election?

I never saw anything creepy or cultish during my time there.

Disgusting cultish behaviour.

That» cultish certainty» that marks Jehovah's Witnesses is as evident in the religious thinking of Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry as it is in my mother who still «witnesses» for her God.

You are comparing a sick cultish belief, which has PROVEN to be false, with a ancient religion that is built upon sound, moral, and loving tenets, and faith.

It tends to get a little hippy - dippy, and starts to border on cultish territory; the whole section is about «The Farm», the author's natural childbirth facility and the patients and midwives there.

Enter the latest cultish diet trend — replacing breakfast with bulletproof coffee.

But I have to admit that the kettlebell community has become a little too cultish in the past few years.