Yep, the Rod of Iron Ministries.

Have a good night.

I don't use their definition, not being a fundamentalist. I define a cult as a group with unified belief under a strict leadership structure with an ingroup/outgroup dynamic. It's not a judgement but a classification.

I don't believe in "deprogramming". No debate on what is worse, I was simply stating that by your own comment, I would put them in the dangerous category.

I'd say that there are lots of fundamentalist cults, but that fundamentalism in itself isn't a cult, at least by my terms. It's a religious movement.

As far as I'm concerned, any religious group that "confiscate[s] everyone's property and wealth" belongs in the "dangerous cult" category.

than the corresponding antisemitic notion of a Jewish secret society that has ruled, or aspired to rule, the world since antiquity."

– Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

the modern era, and down to our own time, frequently embellished by the idea that modern antisemitism is no more than a secularized version of popular medieval superstitions, is no less fallacious (though of course less mischievous)

and even the extent to which the former derives its arguments and emotional appeal from the latter is open to question. The notion of an unbroken continuity of persecutions, expulsions, and massacres from the end of the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages,

Is this the same "Twelve Tribes"?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_...

"According to SACP Jongo, police statistics from 2021/2022 indicate that about 254 murder cases filed in Geita courts were linked to witchcraft-related beliefs and false divination practices involving traditional healers."

"According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Odisha recorded 315 witchcraft-related murders between 2008 and 2023, second only to Jharkhand where 429 people were killed."