"Christians are my brothers and sisters.. so long as they are Christians rather than "christians in name only".
Question for Havoc: Are the Orthodox (Greek, Russian, Coptic, etc) Christians or cultists?
I think you can answer that for yourself.
What is their stance on salvation? Is it works based or faith only as noted by the Apostles in Romans 4, Hebrews 9, 11, etc.. If it is not faith in Christ, it is another form of salvation and thusly a fraud.
That would be the starting point for telling the tail. First and foremost do they have the Gospel message right. If they're mixing faith and works for salvation, they're nothing more than the Judaizers in new clothes. Given that the Apostles spoke directly to this in no uncertain terms, it's staggering the number of people who don't know even that much.
To your list VA, I would also ask about those that believe in living apart from others, living in more closed groups, such as the Amish, those who live in the Amana Colonies, and also I think the Mennonites? Are they also cultists...
I still dont agree that anyone can maintain that a particular Christian religion is a 'cult', as a fact...its merely an opinion, and not a fact...which is fine, we all have our opinions...