Cults

Most people know what a cult is, but it is actually very difficult to put into words. The dictionary defines a cult as “a religous group with relatively few adherents whose beliefs or practices are regarded by others as strange or sinister.” I’ve always thought of a cult as a small religion based on a larger religion that believes they are the only ones who will go to heaven, whereas everyone else is doomed to hell because if their incorrect beliefs. Often they are based around the beliefs of a single man who uses their position in the cult as a means of power to get things they want. It could be anything from money, sex, or just the feeling of power in general. However, the sad part is, most of these attributes could be applied to nearly any religion on earth, depending on what spin you put on it. The only real qualifer seems to be the size. For example, if a 20-person cult continued to grow and a century later had 2 billion followers, I guess it couldn’t be considered a cult anymore. but the truth is, most of us know what cults are, and most of them are bad, very bad. And these cults could not exist without the sheep I mentioned earlier.