Vocab Malone

He's like in, their cult's like in four or five of those already.

They're not properly understood as Hebrew Israelites.

But they still exist.

They still have a shop in London, for example.

And they go by different names, though.

Now they go by, what is it, Wubat or Subat or something.

They've kind of gotten away from the Duwabian title.

I think because of the notoriety attached to it.

I don't blame them.

Now, a lot of cult gets thrown around pretty easily now.

A lot of people say certain religions are cults.

What's your take on that?

Cult doesn't speak to the truth claims of any given belief system.

It's just labeling it a certain way.

Early Christians could be properly categorized as a cult.

Historically speaking, strictly from a sociological perspective, a small sect with unorthodox beliefs, if you went that way.

The academic state of affairs is to not use the word cult, Sean, because they view it as a value judgment.

So they prefer this new term called NRMs, new religious movements.

So cultic in the academic literature is kind of like, well, let's just say they're NRMs.

Even like Hale-Bopp comment folks, that's an NRM.