Comments by "Bruce Tucker" (@brucetucker4847) on "Joe Rogan - What's the Difference Between a Cult and a Religion?" video.

  1. So, for instance, a religion that mandates the death penalty for apostates is actually a cult?
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  2.  @ChristelVinot  It is a significant difference, in that a cult is almost always held together by the charisma of one leader. When that leader dies the cult either splits into multiple smaller sub-cults (like the Branch Davidians from 7th Day Adventism), transforms into a more conventional religion like Mormonism, or dies out. I think Scientology is in the process of dying out, it's just taking a while, mostly because Scientology got very good at attaching itself to money and celebrity.
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