In my experience, a single short definition is useful but what I’d like to do is get into the numerous characteristics that make up a cult. So - I’m going to give you my list of CULT characteristics and tactics (There are 25 of them): 

We, the citizens, have to try and live up to some impossible ideal by suppressing or destroying everything that does not meet the ‘holiness’ or ‘purity’ of the ideal. All those shameful things now live in our shadow. Festering, boiling, and sometimes seething with hatred.

The thing that makes this position so infuriating is, if you contest it, it’s because you lack the perspective or higher plane of existence to view it correctly. They (the Spiritsplainer) have the correct perspective. You, vibrating at a lower frequency cannot see the truth.

Every time the press tries to have a valid discussion or commentary about crazy, delusional, cult-like behavior, it normalizes the crazy. The pundits attempt to find logic and reason in response to fanatical rantings makes the crazy seem a like a plausible thing to debate.

This celebration of horrendous character traits brings a whole new level of understanding and stark contrast to the term ‘Snowflake’….