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Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-28601337-20160602221928/@comment-18014300-20170727215930
I disagree that either are actually cults, but I suppose that's rather subjective. I also think you seem to be harking back to the freedom vs. order dichotomy which is a false binary at the source of so much misinterpretation of both factions.
In any case, I think you're diverging from the topic of the thread which isn't about whether either side is good or bad, but whether the Templars have ever been good, or whether the Templars are always bad in comparison to the Assassins, whether or not the Assassins are bad as well.