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Religion vs Cult - What are the differences?
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THOSE people belong to a cult.
WE belong to a religion. I think that's the difference, in a nutshell.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould 
Cults have a controling inner circle of adherents, either a group or single person, that have a different set of doctrines than those in the outer circle.
 (February 4, 2015 at 9:48 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Cults have a controling inner circle of adherents, either a group or single person, that have a different set of doctrines than those in the outer circle. Heh, would that make the Catholic Church a cult?
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson 
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
 (February 4, 2015 at 10:59 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote: In terms of cultish behavior, Scientology is skewed WAY more toward the obviously destructive side since they have the structures in place to isolate people from wider society much more so than the mainstream LDS church has now, but the LDS church does exhibit a lot of very disturbing behavior that is indicative of the behavior of cults. Appreciate bringing that up, I didn't emphasize the financial success of Mormonism dwarfs the heap of filthy lucre Scientology has managed to loot as the crux of Scientology being envious of LDS. It's all about the money. Money ! It's a hit !! Don't give me that godie godie bullshit !!! 
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
A cult is every religion but your own.
(February 4, 2015 at 11:45 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Appreciate bringing that up, I didn't emphasize the financial success of Mormonism dwarfs the heap of filthy lucre Scientology has managed to loot as the crux of Scientology being envious of LDS. It's eery how similar Scientology and Mormonism are when you compare them side-by-side. And I find it very fascinating that Mormons don't recognize that their entrance into heaven is basically held hostage to their tithing every month and what a scam that is. C.U.L.T.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
 RE: Religion vs Cult - What are the differences?
February 5, 2015 at 12:44 am
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2015 at 12:45 am by Mudhammam.)
A cult can still be fun and hip. When it starts going all commercial and is something you would take your mother or children with you to do, it's religion.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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