The following is a transcription of a “60 Minutes” interview with Janet
Reno (the U.S. Attorney General). She was asked for a definition of a
cult member. It is very revealing.

“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 a risk situation that qualifies for government interference.”

Janet Reno, Attny. General of the United States during an interview on
CBS “60 Minutes” on June 26, 1999.

I guess I qualify as a cultist on several of the grounds Reno listed
(one big exception is concerning aurvival food — unless you count
what’s growing in the bowl in the back of my refigerator).

What is disturbing is that I am seen as a “threat” to the United States
and my family is considered “at risk.” And what is most disturbing is
that my values and behavior “qualifies for government interference.”
What does that mean? (I have an idea.)