There’s a very fine line between religion and cult. Like the difference between tight pants and skinny jeans, it takes a keen eye to spot the oft-minute shadings of your spiritual clan well before the group orgy and blood sacrifice starts.
As theologians and cult enthusiasts of some renown, we’ve spent months infiltrating the top religions and bottom cults to pinpoint the nigh invisible line between a culturally acceptable spiritual organization and one your best friend is forced to call your mom about at 3 o’clock in the morning in a last, desperate plea to pull you out before the final Kool-Aid is consumed.
Whether you’re preparing to dial the number of your best friend’s mom, the leader of said questionable religious organization, or simply a spiritual hobbyist slowly being sucked into a group setting, here are ten signs your god club is really just a cult. Hey, we’re not judging. If you like wearing the dismembered head of a goat whilst dancing beneath the zodiac night around a fire made of copal with a bunch of naked strangers, more power to you. Just remember, you might be in a c**t.
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10 signs your religion is cult
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1. You're Positive You're Not in a Cult
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2. You Congregate in Your Living Room
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3. Your Promotional Material Is Hypnotic
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4. You Indoctrinate Babies
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5. You Worship Crystal Skulls
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6. Masks Are Involved
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7. You Dance More Than 20 Percent of the Time
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8. You Look Like This Guy
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9. You Have Sex With Every New Recruit
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10. You Don't Have Special Tax Status