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What's the difference between a cult and a religion

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One short definition of the difference between a religion and a cult is a new religious movement. Religion is a formally organized body tht generally meets various criteria, such as belief in supreme being or principle.

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The common, modern definition of a cult is “a group of people with extreme dedication to a certain leader or set of beliefs that are often viewed as odd by others while a religion is a set of beliefs about God or the supernatural.”

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