That's exactly what it is. Like religious fundamentalists who stick their fingers in their ears and sing loudly to counter any logic you might have when discussing the subject. They believe in a old bearded man who lives in the sky, and if you don't believe in it they won't have anything more to do with you. The dipper cult is a facade, nothing more or less. The football itself come a poor second to the sense of belonging, being a part of the gang, like comrades in arms against the rest of the world.
Their real issue with everybody is because they know they are not relevant anymore, the days of King Kenny, Keegan's permed hair and Grobellar's goal line antics disappeared many decades ago - a one-off title win by default in twenty years doesn't equate to a Shankly revival, dippers. It really doesn't.