What exactly is a cult?

Number six above in iffy’s advice says it all. Holy Rollers are a cult, Pentacostals. I should know, attended the church for six years. Took me that long to figure out who & what they were. Supposed to be Jesus name people. Some were but quite a few weren’t!

Definition:

A group or doctrine with religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existent on the margins of society.

Devotion to a saint.

A group that exploits members psychologically and/or financially, typically by making members comply with leadership’s demands through certain types of psychological manipulation, popularly called mind control, and through the inculcation of deep-seated anxious dependency on the group and its leaders.

Originally it was a term to describe a system of religious beliefs. Then it became a term to describe a religious belief not recognized as an established religion, and/or the people subscribing to that religion. Today it has taken on a negative connotation. One where not only are the beliefs not acknowledged by conventional religions but where the members are segregated from friends and family and their spiritual and worldly views come from one source, usually a leader or their representative.

a community with spl beliefs and rituals..

A group outside of mainstream Christianity, that share teachings and beliefs that are different from what most agree on.

itz a females private part down dur put it like dat