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DistressedAmerican

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Mon Apr-04-05 05:51 PM
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16. That is certainly the popular conception of a cult these days.

Edited on Mon Apr-04-05 05:54 PM by DistressedAmerican

But, it does not really hold up historically.

As someone already pointed out, Christianity was considered a cult on Imperial Rome. In that case, state sanction was the big factor in being considered a religion. I think the stamp of legal legitimacy does matter a great deal.

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