This in turn might lead the Sudanese government to renew its support for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a bizarre cross between a religious cult and a rebel movement based across the border in northern Uganda, which abducts children and makes them attack Ugandan government forces and civilians.

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To many of us, the Druids sound as if they have walked straight out of a science fiction novel, or perhaps even suggest something sinister akin to a strange cult or weird religious sect.

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Before drawing conclusions about the significance of our figurine the religious context of the society must also be explored: can we identify special cult places, ritual paraphernalia, depictions of religious activity?

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But a sports team is not a cult, and Penn State is not some extreme religious order tucked away in a far-off country, protected by a powerful Pope.

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In his speech Saturday with cult hero Chuck Norris at his side, Huckabee only made one overt religious reference.

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