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The best answer to this question ever was posted by Alpha a while ago.
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Originally Posted by Alpha8207
Oh crap, I've been in a cult ever since I said 'I do!'
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Originally Posted by Alpha8207
NO DOUBT!!!
I looked at this post like this....
ALL religions are cults. Look up the word in a dictionary.
YOU COULD NEVER BE DUPED INTO A CULT...COULD YOU?
(taken from Steven Hassan's book "Combating Cult Mind Control")
Do you belong to an organisation that.
Hmm. I'm not sure what's so wrong with a group that makes you feel secure.
In general, "cult" is such a loaded term these days that I think using it actually discourages people from considering whether their church has the characteristics you list. I tend to prefer "unhealthy" church, in part because it leaves room for a church to be healthy for some people and unhealthy for others, sort of like sugar is worse for diabetics than it is for others.
I'm confused by this thread. I don't know whether the posts are meant to be straightforward, ironic, or manipulative. What exactly are people trying to get at here?
Hmm. I'm not sure what's so wrong with a group that makes you feel secure.
In general, "cult" is such a loaded term these days that I think using it actually discourages people from considering whether their church has the characteristics you list. I tend to prefer "unhealthy" church, in part because it leaves room for a church to be healthy for some people and unhealthy for others, sort of like sugar is worse for diabetics than it is for others.
group-any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster;
cult- Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
I must say I've stumbled over some interesting posts from certain individuals that really fit the bill for the latter of the two.....
The reason I've posted this is to point out that all religions start off as "Cults". There are good cults and bad cults. I see a "Cult" as a small religion. I get offended when people dismiss the LDS religion as a "Cult" meaning something bad.
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Do I belong to a Cult?
Was in and out of them for years..
