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alexandra_k said:
what is the difference between a church and a cult?

(seriously)

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CHURCH: a church is an association of people who share a particular belief system.

.... usually within religion and with God / Christ.

CULT: a cult is a cohesive group of people (sometimes a relatively small and recently founded religious movement, sometimes numbering in the hundreds of thousands) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream, sometimes reaching the point of a taboo.

.... usually far from the understanding of the Bible and/ or most People.