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Are You A Cultist? Here's how the U.S. Attorney General Reno defines one:

 

"A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ: who frequently attends Bible studies; who has a high level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home schools for their children; who has accumulated survival foods and has a strong belief in the Second Amendment; and who distrusts big government. Any of these may qualify a person as a cultist but certainly more than one of these would cause us to look at this person as a threat, and his family as being in a risk situation that qualified for government interference." (60 Minutes, June 26, 1994)

From Ryan Thompson 12/27/04
It turns out the Janet Reno "cultist" story is an urban legend. She never appeared on 60 Minutes on the date the legend states she did, nor does 60 Minutes have any records of her doing so, or any record of her ever having said those words on their show in any of her appearances.
http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-6D7D-1475E756-395F51CC-prod5
http://www.scambusters.org/urban-legends/janet-reno.html
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blreno.htmhttp://www.truthminers.com/truth/janet_reno_hoax.htm
http://www.truthminers.com/truth/janet_reno_hoax.htm
http://www.heggen.net/society/myth/urban_legends/janet_reno.htm
http://www.austinreview.com/articles/56.html
Thanks,
Ryan Thompson