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> I think the term cult in general terminology today means:
> 1. Any religion that teaches that man can become God.
> 2. Any religion that teaches that Jesus was not God.
> These two beliefs are opposed to christianity which is what uses the
> term cult.
> karen alias larryg

Thus, a cult is any religious belief that in some way goes against the
status quo.  The status quo defines which is the cult and which is the
"true way".  There is no more to the word than that.
-- 
"Pardon me for breathing which I never do anyway so I don't know why I bothered
 to mention it--Oh, God, I'm so depressed."		Rich Rosen  pyuxd!rlr