Reformed Fox
Puritan Board Freshman
Does anyone have a decent definition of "cult"?
I personally find this to be one of those "I know it when I see it situations" but this is not very helpful. I am tempted to say cults include a gnostic or secretive element or mysticism in some form but these might not be defining or necessary. Certain religious orders may be theologically questionable but not cultic. Certain forms of dispensationalism and liberal theology are gnostic but they are not cultic either. What is a cult?
I personally find this to be one of those "I know it when I see it situations" but this is not very helpful. I am tempted to say cults include a gnostic or secretive element or mysticism in some form but these might not be defining or necessary. Certain religious orders may be theologically questionable but not cultic. Certain forms of dispensationalism and liberal theology are gnostic but they are not cultic either. What is a cult?