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Language morphs with time. An evangelical today is not the same as an evangelical thirty years ago. The term "cult" has come to define any group that is steeped in heresy and has a brain-washing effect on its adherents. Groups such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, B'hai, Unification Church (Moonies) are grounded in heresy and exemplify the brain-washing effect. Some of the more radical cults in recent memory are the Branch Davidians and The Peoples Temple (Jim Jones). Both groups came to a violent end. I have no problem with the term but that doesn't mean liberal Protestant churches, the Roman Catholic Church or the Oneness Pentecostals are any less dangerous.
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