Cults are personality based. There is one person who is what I call the “god equivalent.� Some examples: Jesus the Christ, Mohammed, Jim Jones, Sai Baba, Satya Sai Baba, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. What the first two have and the rest of the list does not is numbers. If only a few millions share in a set of delusions, it is a cult; if there are hundreds of million, then it is a religion.
Atanu shares a hilarious email exchange he had with a Sri Sri Ravi Shankar follower that reinforced his belief in the fine line between a cult and a religion.
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