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24 Post author: Wei_Dai 11 April 2012 10:46PM

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Comment author: timtyler 13 April 2012 12:46:58AM 0 points [-]

So, "doomsday cult" seems to have a lot to do with repeated prophecies of doom, even in the face of past prophecies being overtaken by events.

In one out of three quoted meanings? It seems to be a relatively unimportant factor to me.