Reply #28: That's exactly right

[EstimatedProphet]

I put up something on this the other day-let me see if I can find it...

Here it is

5 symptoms of a cult-

1 The organization is willing to place itself above the law. With the exceptions noted earlier, this is probably the most important characteristic.
2 The leadership dictates (rather than suggests) important personal (as opposed to spiritual) details of followers' lives, such as whom to marry, what to study in college, etc.
3 The leader sets forth ethical guidelines members must follow but from which the leader is exempt.
4 The group is preparing to fight a literal, physical Armageddon against other human beings.
5 The leader regularly makes public assertions that he or she knows is false and/or the group has a policy of routinely deceiving outsiders.

Lines up quite nicely with the Repubs, doesn't it?