“”By this definition the Roman Catholic Church, at least in some areas of the world, was a cult up through the mid 19th century. Had you been around then you presumably would have joined the Know-Nothing Party, which was opposed to the influence of the Catholic “cult” in America.””
Probably not, given that I was raised Catholic.
My, but the ad hominem starts early here
Once again, you have been refuted!
You seem to share with Neal a talent for stating your opinion as if it constitutes a fact.
The official position of the RCC was strongly opposed to religious freedom right from the time it gained political power through the late 19th century. I believe it did not officially accept the concept of religious freedom till the 1960s.
So was it a cult all that time?
BTW, I'm not trying to be ad hominem. I'm trying to get someone to come up with a rational definition for "cult" that would include Islam but not a great many religions, now or in the past, that are widely accepted in America today.