Regardless of whether you want to argue that being in a cult might be ok or not anything to worry about, the fact is this sort of thing doesn’t look good to other people. You’re going to win many converts—at least the kind you want—by continuing to put on quasi-religious, messianic airs, and welcoming the sort of fawning praise that seems to come up a lot in the comments here. There’s obviously some sharp thinking going on in these parts, but you guys need to pay a bit more attention to your PR.
RE: the reek of cultishness and dogma, I agree.
Regardless of whether you want to argue that being in a cult might be ok or not anything to worry about, the fact is this sort of thing doesn’t look good to other people. You’re going to win many converts—at least the kind you want—by continuing to put on quasi-religious, messianic airs, and welcoming the sort of fawning praise that seems to come up a lot in the comments here. There’s obviously some sharp thinking going on in these parts, but you guys need to pay a bit more attention to your PR.