Re:Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification C...
by the_af on Thursday September 08, 2022 @11:40AM
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Yes in the sense that all religion has a dose of magical thinking, but not in the sense that cults are a specific set of practices that set them aside from mainstream religion.
Shunning of members, cutting ties to non-cult people, taking over the finances of their members (and forcing them to donate).
There are some gray areas and some mainstream congregations can cross into cult-like behavior, but in general, there is a demarcation.
Shunning of members, cutting ties to non-cult people, taking over the finances of their members (and forcing them to donate).
There are some gray areas and some mainstream congregations can cross into cult-like behavior, but in general, there is a demarcation.