The only differences between a "cult" and a "religion" are the number of members and the size of the bank accounts.

Clearly, cults are generally understood to be religious groups with radical views and practices that clash with what is accepted today as normal social behavior. Usually they conduct their religious activities in secrecy. Many of these cultic groups actually isolate themselves in communes. Their devotion to a self-proclaimed human leader is likely to be unconditional and exclusive. Often these leaders boast of having been divinely chosen or even of being themselves divine in nature.

A cult in my opinion, is any organization that tells you how to think, what to think and what to do. I believe plenty of them are talked about on AB.

there are many cults represented... JW's and LDS to name two. Angel hit the nail on the head. except to add... they go contrary to them selves and biblical teaching.

The myth of global warming is a cult.

–noun 1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult. 3. the object of such devotion. 4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. 5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols. 6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. 7. the members of such a religion or sect. 8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific. well, according to the first 5 definitions that could pertain to every single religion ;) lol!

all religions are cults . all religion are based on lies and dogma and scare the believers to follow and one it is done hard for them to see any sense

I strongly believe we should let the dictionary take care of defining words. What good are words if each of us attaches our own pet definition to them? Communication is only possible to the degree we collectively understand the meaning of each other's words. Answer.com's dictionary says: Cult: n. 1. 1a. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader. 1b. The followers of such a religion or sect. 2. A system or community of religious worship and ritual. 3. The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual. 4. A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease. 5. 5a. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing. 5b. The object of such devotion. 6. An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest. [Latin cultus, worship, from past participle of colere, to cultivate.]

Actually Cult is a null word with respect to religion. Check the dictionary. Every religion and sect thereof is a cult by definition. So are a good many groups both formal and informal that have nothing to do with religion.

Usually, religions or groups that people may consider "unorthodox".

Most religions.

Christianity is a cult

small groups of people who are noamlly reserved with sometimes horrific religious rituals. they normally are secret socities

Answerbagism

A religion in infancy form.

It's a small horse.

It is a super religious faction, often a deviation from a standard religion, especially Christianity.

A religious group of people that are under the control of their leaders in 1 form or another to the point that it dominates their lives. The cult leaders usually have 4 motivations for doing this: money, power, sex, to cover up a criminal operation

christianity http://www.evilbible.com/Murder.htm

A cult does not let you make your own choices or think for yourself. Sound like any thing familure? They control you education.