No. A cult is what the other guy belongs to.
^ Does this mean I don't get any sex orgies? 
Of course. That else would you do during afternoon?
So, exactly like any other religion.
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Jetfire
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According to this site( http://www.rickross.com/ ) these are 10 most popular cults...
Then there is Apple. Read HERE.
Then there is Apple. Read HERE.
You can, but you have to join my cult. How much money do you have?^ Does this mean I don't get any sex orgies?
I can't do anything else. I must live up to my responsibilities as cult leader. It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.
Star Trek IS a cult.
We're already members of the best cult ever!
Share the message!!
I don't think I want to be in a drunken sex orgy with a bunch of Star Trek Fans.
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Star Trek IS a cult.
We're already members of the best cult ever!
Share the message!!
I don't think I want to be in a drunken sex orgy with a bunch of Star Trek Fans.
I'm up for it.
Of course. That else would you do during afternoon?
So, exactly like any other religion.
Maybe with that description. Ok, how's this. Religion has spiritual leanings, cults do not.
Didn't we ALL join a cult when we signed on here???
So, exactly like any other religion.
For me, the difference between a cult and a religion can boil down to this - a cult demands that the individual completely submit himself/herself to the demands of the cult leader to the exclusion of everything and everyone else, and a religion does not.
For example, I'm a practicing Roman Catholic, but I've never been told by a priest that in order to be a good Catholic that I have to completely emmerse myself in the desires of the Pope. I've never been pressured to give the Church complete, 100% control of my finances (they encourage donations and monetary support of the Church, sure, but that's somewhat different than being threatened with excommunication for failure to put money into the collection trays). I've never been told that I shouldn't have personal relationships, even intimate relationships, with non-Catholics. I've never been told that I have to support unquestioningly any decision or teaching that the Pope or any priest advances (in fact, every priest I've known personally has done nothing but encourage me to think for myself and remain true to my own ideals). And, I've never been told that I have to have sex with priests in order to be a good Catholic.
Now, of course, there is room for corruption in religion. But, when it exists, it's a miniscule minority of the whole. In fact, as devastating and abhorrent as the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church was, less than 1% of U.S. priests were involved.
^^ That's because the "charismatic leader" of Christianity in general is not a priest or a pope; it's Jesus Christ. Although there are certainly sub-sects within Christianity that fit the popular definition of cult, like those nuts who protest at funerals and so forth. Technically, there is no difference between a religion and a cult; in general usage, a cult just refers to a small religion that is considered odd according to current fashion.
I'm the biggest cult you'll find around here. 
Why would I need to join one?
Why would I need to join one?
In my experience much of the time when people use the word cult they simply mean "I don't like/hate that other religion/church". My sister's ex-husbands family has referred to the Catholic church as a cult for instance. Their evangelical Lutherans IIRC. Yeah, there are legitimate cults out there but a lot of the time it's a word thrown out to insult members of religions not your own that for whatever reasons you hate.