Cult
A cult is a religious group of people. It is often a small, newly started religious movement. Cults have beliefs or practices that many people think of as being odd, or that have practices that most people in the world do not practice.
Whether a religious group is or is not a cult is a difficult problem. Personal opinions may change over time. What is at one point in time considered a cult may later be accepted as a religion and what at one point of time is considered an accepted religion may later become a cult.
In order to determine therefore whether a specific religious group is as a cult, an absolute criteria for truth needs to be used to measure the doctrines and beliefs of the group against those of a known standard, to eastablish a link for measurement to compare against and juxtapose, so as to enable an accurate and fair representation of the current notch at which the complements and differences are held.
