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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 47 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The only difference between a religion and a cult is time

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 36 points 4 days ago

I've heard the distinction described as "it's a cult when the founder is still around making stuff up, it becomes a religion after he dies and his followers are left to continue doing that in his name."

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Number of followers helps too.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 days ago

I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it.

George Carlin

[–] p3n@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The difference is sincerity.