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Originally Posted by hairy_Palms  2) Forms an elitist society to which all members are to aspire
christianity : no, it does have a personality to aspire to though (jesus
scientology : yes, the entire goal is to become 'clear' like the elite few and to spend tens of thousands of pounds to the church doing so
islam : no, same principle as christianity just different personality (mohammed) |
Christians have an elitist society- the ministry (Catholics have the bishops and so forth, other denominations have other elites). Ditto Islam.
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4) Beleives end justifies the means in raising funds and recruitment and retainment of members.
Christianity : no christianity doesnt try and raise funds and recruit people at all costs (barring some extremists)
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False. Historically, Christianity was entirely dogmatic to the point of killing heretics, imposing a mandatory 10% tithe, and so forth.
Christianity meets all 5 criteria. I've analyzed this in another thread, and pretty much all the major religions are cults.
The only difference is, once a religion is old enough, you're not supposed to call it a cult anymore, because you're supposed to show it respect (that it never earned anyway).