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    What determines the difference between a religion and a cult?

    +5  Views: 1540 Answers: 9 Posted: 13 years ago

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    Its determined by the number of people involved and how its percieved by the public and of course the news media
    Jesus said, ''Many will come in my name. Beware of false prophets. By their fruits ye shall know them''
    A cult does not depend upon the number of people. Even a family can be a cult.
    Some cults are in the guise of religion. For more information go to this site:https://www.rickross.com
    one follows the biblical scriptures the other is a man made , brainwashing.,money hoarding scam.
    A religion is typically put together by the beliefs of a group of people. A cult is typically put together by the beliefs of a single person. There are gray areas here where one can be the other also.
    # of sheeple...47=cult 47,000,000=religion
    Got me, I have been observing religion for a long time and I am just not sure if I always see a difference.

    Handling snakes vs drinking Koolaid? Maybe that is the test or scaring people by keeping them if fear of going to hell. Maybe it is telling them that what is being preached in their pulpit is the only truth and anything else is "of the devil".
    Who knows. I know what worked for me and that was finding the God of my understanding.
    A religion has policies set by the elders of the church. A cult's rules are dictated by one nut.
    Chiangmai

    That's a mouthful but I find it hard to disagree with your argument. Good job!
    PeterB

    How deceived you are my friend, and how I will pray that God will Open Your Eyes! A cult is anything that takes the philosophy of a man, and believes in only that regardless of what God has to say about it! Fool that you are, I would think that if you think Islam must prevail, you would also know that Islam believes that it comes from the Seed of Ishmael who was the illegitimate Son of Abraham. Also you would know that Muslims believe that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah and The Holy Bible is also one of the books they believe is true. God has shown himself throughout History through the Jewish People, and even though All Mankind has been given an opportunity to accept Jesus as the Son of God, and live by His Commands; many will deny this to their demise. Know my friend we are in the Last Days, and thousands are coming from Islam to Jesus as I type, for He has shown us in real life who God IS! Jesus is 100% God but came to Earth as 100% Man. He then withstood all possible temptation that Satan could bring as a man and was Perfect! Without Sin, thereby giving God the ability to Righteously and Perfectly accuse, try and then sentence Satan and all of His Dominion to be Locked Away for a Thousand Years to be let loose for a short time, and then be locked away Forever! At this time God will have Perfectly and Justly Destroyed Evil For Eternity, thereby allowing us, His Children, to own the Universe in Perfection with Him Forever! Did God Appear and work with the Decendants of Ishmael in the Bible>? No His entire Earthly Work was done with the Jews and because they failed miserably, we the Gentiles were given the Opportunity through Christ Alone to Know God! God has made a way for all people, no matter what their cult or "Religion" is, to accept His Plan for Mankind and Believe and Live for His Redemption Plan, turning away from what they once held true! May God Open Your Eyes so that You Will SEE! Blessings to You My Friend!
    You may be a gentile, PeterB, but your sentences are bunched up together so much that they are not very gentle to the eyes. Nonetheless, you seem like a God-fearing servant of God to me. I am sure too that you believe in the Bible exclusively. Hence, can you explain to me why King Solomon was hailed as one of the top characters in the Old Testament, yet had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines? Blessings back to You My Friend!


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