2007-09-12 06:44:35 · 4 answers · asked by Mr. Beef Stroganoff 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not sure about the line - but I think the cults have their heads buried IN the sand and that is a difference!
2007-09-12 07:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 80 to 100 years after its founding a cult can evolve into an acceptable religion. Ex: Mormons, JWs, Adventist, Pentecostals.
The danger comes in the first 20 years where the cult may self destruct and fall by the wayside. Ex: Branch Davidians, Jones Town, Heavens Gate.
Hopefully Scientology will fall into the second category, but they have already made 50 years so they might last. Can you imagine a Scientology president
2007-09-12 13:55:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cult is a group that gives absolute, unconditional allegiance to a human leader, not to God. In a true religion there are of course human leaders and ministers, but they are subservient to God, and the members of the religion look past their human leaders to God - not to Jim Jones - as the untimate authority and the object of their allegiance.
2007-09-12 13:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cult forces one to stay.
2007-09-12 13:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋