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112: Tribe and Tribalism, Community and Cult

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The Differences Between a Cult and a Religion

Cults are determined by secret knowledge and oftentimes wrapped up in a sense of mysticism. A cult denies the agency of the individual instead forces like tribalism commitment to the cult beyond commitment to any higher power. It is more important within a cult for people to serve the cult than it is for people to service whatever it is that is supposedly informing the cult of what is right.

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