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When is an organisation a religion or a cult?

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How do you decide if a group merit the title religion or if they should be labelled a cult?

What do you consider to be the most religious activity?

50% (2) Caring for ones fellow men and women
25% (1) Doing good works
0% (0) Believing in an afterlife
0% (0) Giving to the poor
25% (1) Believing in a God
0% (0) Loving your parents
0% (0) Giving up material goods
0% (0) Going to church
0% (0) Not eating meat
0% (0) Communing with nature
0% (0) Believing what your parents told you
0% (0) None of the above
0% (0) Other

4 voters have answered this question.

What do you associate with the word cult?

25% (1) Mind control
0% (0) Sleep deprivation
0% (0) Loving kindness
0% (0) Guru worship
0% (0) Offering help
0% (0) Charging large fees
0% (0) Mental entrapment
0% (0) Grandiose claims
0% (0) Effective leadership
0% (0) Solemn prayers
0% (0) Happy members
0% (0) Unhappy followers
0% (0) Sad parents
25% (1) Abuse of children
0% (0) Dirty tricks
25% (1) Brainwashing
0% (0) Narrow mindedness
0% (0) Media control
25% (1) Love of life
0% (0) Gentle believers
0% (0) Wise teachers
0% (0) Ugly bigots
0% (0) None of the above
0% (0) Other

4 voters have answered this question.

Which of these do you consider to be a religion?

0% (0) Buddhism
0% (0) Hinduism
0% (0) Yoga
50% (2) Christianity
0% (0) Nature worship
0% (0) EST
25% (1) Judaism
0% (0) Jainism
0% (0) Moonies
0% (0) Islam
0% (0) Confucianism
0% (0) Taoism
0% (0) Scientology
0% (0) Holy Rollers
0% (0) New Age
25% (1) Wicca

4 voters have answered this question.

Which of these do you consider to be a cult?

0% (0) Buddhism
0% (0) Hinduism
0% (0) Yoga
0% (0) Christianity
0% (0) Nature worship
0% (0) EST
25% (1) Judaism
0% (0) Jainism
0% (0) Moonies
0% (0) Islam
0% (0) Confucianism
0% (0) Taoism
75% (3) Scientology
0% (0) Holy Rollers
0% (0) New Age
0% (0) Wicca

4 voters have answered this question.

If cults are dangerous, why is that?

25% (1) They destroy your ability to think
25% (1) They split you apart from family and friends
25% (1) They take your money and leave you with nothing
0% (0) They give you a false view of the world
0% (0) You are prevented from leaving
0% (0) They will attack you if you complain
0% (0) They keep their activities secret
0% (0) They despise the normal world
0% (0) They say bad things about the ones you love
0% (0) They ruin people's lives
0% (0) They claim to give freedom but only entrap
0% (0) They claim to educate but create ignorance
25% (1) They talk about truth but tell only lies
0% (0) None of the above
0% (0) Other

4 voters have answered this question.

What shoud be done with cults?

0% (0) Give them more donations
0% (0) Allow them free reign to do as they please
25% (1) Control their activities
0% (0) Elect their members to government
0% (0) Let them take over our schools
25% (1) Ban them completely
0% (0) Make them accountable to the law
0% (0) Make them subject to tax
50% (2) Continually expose their activities
0% (0) None of the above
0% (0) Other
0% (0) None of the above
0% (0) Other

4 voters have answered this question.

What group do you belong to?

0% (0) Buddhism
0% (0) Hinduism
0% (0) Yoga
0% (0) Christianity
0% (0) Nature worship
0% (0) EST
25% (1) Judaism
0% (0) Jainism
0% (0) Moonies
0% (0) Islam
0% (0) Confucianism
0% (0) Taoism
0% (0) Scientology
0% (0) Holy Rollers
0% (0) New Age
0% (0) Wicca
25% (1) Atheist
0% (0) Humanist
25% (1) Agnostic
0% (0) Other
25% (1) I'd prefer not to say

4 voters have answered this question.

This poll was created on 2002-05-06 17:12:03 by kaneix