You know you’re in a harmful and controlling cult when leadership endeavors to micromanage your faith, your social life, your finances, and all of your relationships with their leave-no-stone-unturned-invasive-strategy.
You know you’re in a pseudo-Christian cult when leadership endeavors to take the place of the absent Christ through the lordship of their Pharisaism.
You know you’re in a life-dominating-morally-depraved-cult when leadership behaves as if they are above the laws of the land – being a law unto themselves.
You know you’re in a life-sucking-money-grubbing-cult when they tell you that the truth will set you free – but the truth itself is not free – because there’s a minimum required donation for the stupid class.