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I'm tempted to make poor taste jokes but really I've got nothing other than what is the difference between a cult and a religion?
Obviously there's some judgement in there, but I'm a little rough on the distinction
Cults just say the quiet parts out loud.
According to the cults website the other guy mentioned “cults have a strong tendency to harm and control their members” so… Mainstream religions tend to have numbers on their side I guess, but a mass delusion is still a delusion.
But surely every religion is essentially control. As for the barn aspect, that's very interpretable.
This is just confirming my bunch that the difference is really spelling (as a non-bitter ex-Christian. Gosh, I am sounding bitter, however!)
Age....
A cult that has been around long enough tends to be called a religion.