# What's the difference between a cult and a religion?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-cult-and-a-religion/51571>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 24, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-cult-and-a-religion/51571 "2001-01-24T16:36:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-cult-and-a-religion/51571/41 "2001-01-30T04:13:26Z")

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Your various distinctions here are much more accurate than what I hear in the outside world. Some Christian churches believe that Islam is a cult. Give me a break. If that are a cult, then all of us belong in some cult or another.

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