The definition doesn't mention the Bible, biblical, or non-biblical. It would apply to any particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
Great devotion is also definitive in my definition, in particular the devotion showed in turning over your time money and assets (and sometimes wife).
Extremist is also definitive and something you can point to objectively. Although what is thought to be extreme can vary between cultures - there are certainly some objective standards of human conduct that some cults can definitively said to be an “extreme” deviation from. But “false”? False in religion is subjective.
Clearer but still unsatisfactory in that it seems either applicable to any religion - or based upon subjective criteria.
Mostly as I see it being used it means they are significantly different in belief from the speaker - thus my seeking clarity on if a different poster considered Catholics to be in a cult.
I commented above on the applicability of taking some other man's wife as being decidedly a cult.
Jeffords and his ilk - where with a phone call (or whatever) he could “reassign” a family to a different man.
That is cult behavior.
Mormonism was founded as a SEX CULT. Mormons who hold to Smith's ‘eternal covenant’ are still a SEX CULT.
It's okay....millions of people don't see the Democrats in Congress for what they are.
“Mormonism was founded as a SEX CULT. Mormons who hold to Smith’s ‘eternal covenant’ are still a SEX CULT. “
Wow! This thread deteriorated fast. Turned into a love fest for the anti Mormons. After a few such posts, most reasonable people turn the other cheek and move on.