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Yeah the MSM is the Priests and they approach it much like a religion.

The type of religion most people would call a cult.

All religions start out as cults. :) It is only when they become "Accepted" by most that they stop being labeled as such.

assuming they don't commit mass suicide first.

True that. Though that suicide can come in many forms. Jihad, Crusades, etc. :)