Campus Comment: How do cults differ from religion?

"Cults seem to be less sustaining than a religion and usually dies out," —Jennifer Rubino Senior Diversified Education	"A cult is anything that doesn't pertain to the Bible and religion is something that helps someone better themselves," —Joseph Wright Freshman Communications
"A religion lets you have more freedom to think, while a cult has stricter rules and a tighter structure," —Carl Caston Senior Physical Education	"Religion is more of a tradition and a cult is something that people think up and follow a leader that has no power to control them," —Teriy Castro Freshman Diversified Education
"Religion is in control and cults are not," —David Randell Junior Political Science