Is Gematria A Cult?

No.
http://csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm
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Ok, I had planned a whole post on this and scrapped the idea. Too much conjecture and going through a checklist probably only would lead to "not a cult, but has characteristics of a cult.


Someone used the cult word yesterday. Over time little bits and pieces have nudged to the service, but overall it is like a cult wannabe. Aspirations to be a cult, but they can't even get that right.


About the control over daily life part - they haven't gone that far. And being internet based instead of sandalwood candle fumed darkened basement based, I don't see how they would achieve that.


"Dammit, Tom. You WILL do three hours of gematria every morning before you go to work, or we're going to chop off your wife's pinky!"


Ultimately it fails the cult test because of the conflict of leadership vs. how to attract new members. Each person that discovers the fake synchronicity of personal events or the unavoidable matches in sports (SPORTS=37 Rev. Reduced. I remember a football game where it was 3rd and 7. It's rigged!!!!!) becomes their own mini leader. After seeing that first 3rd and 7 they start to investigate things that interest them. After more fake synchronicity hits...time to look into this more. And eventually confirmation bias cheating steps in, maybe not realizing they do it.


In forensic accounting you might come across "lapping". I caught someone at work doing this. Steal money. Fudge the books. Steal money to fix the accounts you stole money from. Fudge those records. Steal - Fudge - Steal - Fudge - Steal - must...go...to..store...and steal...some fudge...sorry. Got distracted.


The guy stole all the way enough to buy a pack of cigarettes the first time. Test the waters, you know. See if you get away with it. Eventually it can balloon into a Ponzi scheme cover up. In gematria: Damn, that didn't work! But it was about my crocheting hobby! What if I check if it's about my Aunt Bea who got me into crocheting. And there it is! Then you continue to start fudging more and more looking for numbers you expect for all the wrong reasons. Now you're using dropping zeroes, prime numbers, how many seconds are left on the game clock instead of just the original source material.


There's no real leadership to step in and say, "Nope, sorry. Your Aunt Bea doesn't count. She's in the slammer for stealing fudge. You missed that this is really about my mom losing her virginity during the solar eclipse. Your gematria is just wrong."


The more active video producers and bloggers might want to be a cult leader, but there's no rules. The system is so open ended you can find matches between ANYTHING. The attraction is finding matches anyone with a tiny bit of training can find results that are bias confirmed. Telling them they're wrong is only going to alienate them.


That's how the cult accusation came to be yesterday, at least indirectly. Another anti-Christian video censored. Someone bragging how they were responsible. They might note even do gematria, but they were offended by the topic. The EXISTENCE of the video implies "Christian based gematria is stupid." Just so everyone gets a taste there's another video from yesterday that implies atheists are stupid.


Now here's some curiosities. I've never heard about what Rita 511 thinks about the "All Christians are retarded" theme. She just keeps plugging away at her bible gematria studies. Important enough to have links on the FTFT blog and Gematria forum. Is her gematria wrong because she doesn't seem to care about sports, killing politicians or beating up sportswriters? I'm sure she could find supporting numbers that show that indeed all Christians are not retards. And somebody manufactured a solar eclipse 112/211 Hubbard didn't like. "Don't make this work look stupid", was the response. Wait a second. Doesn't Derek think that ultimately everything is about solar eclipses? Everyone uses his calculator. Surely he's a leader, not only not wrong but absent from chiming in on the conversation.


He was also conspicuously absent from the Hubbard, "Oh I was just joking about the running for President" failed Go Fund Me campaign. The campaign, whether a political statement or not, is a pretty clear sign that Hubbard thinks he's the leader. Tack on, "I'm the only person that matters in the truth community" style commentary and he has got that leader thing squarely on his resume. And not even a lousy minimum $5 contribution from the probable #2 man?


There's too much infighting to draw any battle lines on who's the boss. It doesn't matter who is, they're all wrong. This cult accuser is just another in a growing line of open critics. At this point it's too late for a stronger, more charismatic(less abrasive) leader to step in and start chopping off the pinkies of loyal minions to may down the law.


Edit: Forget to mention the lack of critical thinking. A comment was made that the censored video was because you can't mention "microwave" and "Christian" together in the title. Oh yeah. Sure. That makes all kinds of sense.