You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: [Cult Watch] What is a Cult?
Religion, as a belief in something superior, accompanies man from the beginning of his existence. However, in order for it to be accepted, the leader of the group had to manifest the same belief, otherwise his followers could be persecuted and even killed for it. Religious freedom, as it is known today, is something very recent, although in the past there have been isolated examples such as Roman tolerance of Christians