Definition wise, a cult is merely a religion. Christianity is technically a cult.
Colloquially it’s a con to take control of people who join. If they try to keep you from talking to others outside the group, keep you somewhere without allowing you to leave, and/or gaslight you into thinking you’re better off with letting their leaders make decisions for you: it’s a cult.
I’m an atheist and tend to agree but I do give credit to history. Religion did help making people behave better during a time law and order did not really have that far of a reach.
This statement makes no sense at all. Name a time and place in history in which law and order did not exist but religion did and explain how religion made people behave “better,” and how you know the religion did a better job of it than if the religion had not been present.
Definition wise, a cult is merely a religion. Christianity is technically a cult.
Colloquially it’s a con to take control of people who join. If they try to keep you from talking to others outside the group, keep you somewhere without allowing you to leave, and/or gaslight you into thinking you’re better off with letting their leaders make decisions for you: it’s a cult.
Hmm, sounds a lot like scientology
Yes, scientology is a cult.
I’m an atheist and tend to agree but I do give credit to history. Religion did help making people behave better during a time law and order did not really have that far of a reach.
This statement makes no sense at all. Name a time and place in history in which law and order did not exist but religion did and explain how religion made people behave “better,” and how you know the religion did a better job of it than if the religion had not been present.