The catholic church has been described innacurately by right wing penecostal churchs as a cult. A cult to some is any group you dont agree with. To an outside observer The catholic church can seem a little odd with all the ritualistic chanting and repeating after the minister on cue, et al.
That being said, cult like behavior is far different than cohersive cults.
Cohersive cults use deceptive recruiting tactics, restrict your contact with the outside world, create an us or them mentality, a leader who is loved and reverred who sees himself as a savior of people or spokesman for god, have unquestioning doctrines, public confessionals, isolation, love bombing, severe punishments for questioning, mystical revelations, higher purposes, expelling and banishment for questioning the doctrine,special language or manipulation of existing language to impart special meaning, restricted diets and sleep time, control of bodily functions. There are more, but you get the idea, it has little to do with voluntarily religious organizations like the Catholic church.
And before one goes accusing me of bias, I am not a member of the catholic church and never have been.
Also I am not a member of Any organized group including the Freemasons (capt america, get a grip on this fact).
