Chris Smith wrote:
>  wrote:
> > The dictionary meaning is that a cult is "a religion regarded as
> > unorthodox or spurious: sect."
> >
>
> You need a more comprehensive dictionary.

Actually, it was definition #4 out of 6 with sub definitions for each
in the 3rd International Webster's dict.

Like the word "apostacy", "cult" has taken on a
societal definition.
IMHO, #4 best defines what the West now means by the word.
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