re cults who keeps them going muttiah thistle ecn purdue edu ranjan s muttiah writes in article sbuckley sfu ca sbuckley fraser sfu ca stephen buckley writes bad thoughts these well it depends on whether you take the literal dictionary definition of cult and say all faiths are cults or if you take a more social context view of cult which allows you to recognize mainstream religions as socially acceptable and cults as groups that involve techniques of brain washing and all the other characteristics that define oppressive probly not the best word cult behaviour yeah but implicitly the social context view provides a justification for the dictionary definition of a cult those who follow the mainstream pretend while those in cults act based on the very same impulses now who is to be taken seriously i m confused could you restate what yer saying in those who follow the mainstream pretend and act based on the very same impulses
