Are all religions cults?

[Angrboda]

It's been said that we have such strong hatred of some of the traits of our parents because we recognize those same behaviors in ourselves and it's something we don't like about who we are ourselves. Perhaps the reason that the religious are so vehemently opposed to labels like cult and delusion is that they hit too close to home. If there were no way in which these labels were even close to accurate, the religious would have no difficulty shrugging them off and simply saying that it ain't so. But they don't. They get all butthurt if you even suggest such things. Familiarity breeds contempt in this case, I think.