"Oren" wrote

Please define "cult" for me.

Oren, the definition of cult can vary greatly. I find the characteristics
of a cult to be more definitive of the whole thing.

http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm

http://www.prem-rawat-talk.org/forum...cteristics.htm

http://www.letusreason.org/culteac.htm

One may say that a lot of mainstream religions exhibit some of the
characteristics of the cults, however true cults require absolute devotion,
and most religions teach that man has a choice.

HTH

Steve