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There’s multiple definitions for “cult”. Here’s the one I would think is most appropriate for a discussion of this type:

“The term cult usually refers to a social group defined by its religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goals.”

Here’s another: “A particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to rites and ceremonies.”

Here’s another: “A group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around sacred symbols.”

One more: “An instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers.”


All religions start out as small cults and as they spread and grow they lose the cult status and are seen more as a religion. Christianity started this way. So did Islam, Buddhist, Hinduism, Mormons, and others. It’s actually a form of evolution itself, growing from a small group into larger and larger groups. Of course 2000 years ago with smaller populations in the world the number to move a cult from that status to a major religion would be less than today.

Another point you mention is a reference to the theory of the Big Bang origin of the universe. Most scientist lean toward this as an explanation but they all admit it’s only a theory. I think you use the phrase “Big Bang that never happened” and “foolishness of evolution “. I admit the Big Bang is theory but evolution is not theory, it’s fact. There’s 100% proof for evolution in the fossil record and it’s still occurring today. As a matter of fact, 99% of all species that have lived in the long history of life on earth is extinct, the dinosaurs being the most notable. When one considers the vast amount of time that life has been on earth a lot can happen. It’s difficult to comprehend.

So you say you have a better answer for how everything started and it has nothing to do with Big Bangs or evolution because that is foolish thinking.
You have the definite answer to how it happened:
It’s called magic.
That answers everything. We can throw all the science books away.

No, it's called intelligent design, as in by God. And there's no science
book that attempts to explain how we were created. Also, wouldn't this "big bang" you speak of be magic? Again, we were either created or we came from nothing. To come from nothing is what would be magic. It all comes down to a matter of faith. I have faith in God and atheists have faith that we came from nothing.