Quote Originally Posted by King of Atlantis
Don, i didnt mean for this topic to offend you(im christian )

The argument at twcenter was that some people were considering any religion a cult. I always think of a cult as something that ends in mass suiccide and i dont know any religions that teach this.
well, it would be incorrect to assume everything we define as a cult practices ritual- and/or mass-suicides, or conversely, to assume that such practices are confined to "cults". famous examples like the "people's temple" or "heaven's gate" justifiably get all the news, but one could argue that luddite sects of 'non-cult' religions (e.g. the amish) are certainly responsible for many deaths due to negligence at least. also, martyrdom, a very specific class of suicide is certainly acceptable in many religions, iirc.