How To Recognize A Sect?

[Paul EMD]

Just a random question I often ask myself.

How do you know if any group of people with similar beliefs and worldviews are a sect? 

Be it a Yoga school, a toast master club, or even Actualized.org, how to know? Is it just another label? 

Edited March 17, 2017 by Paul EMD

[The Monk]

@Paul EMD A sect is defined as a group of people with different religious beliefs, who belong to a larger group. I wouldn't say that were a sect, because we are a free following community built to aid one another we the challenges they face in life. 2nd some of us don't have religious beliefs, although we practice meditation. So I doubt were a sect. By the question you asked encourages a debate or conspiracy theory to arise, so there is no reason to ask it in the first place, as that is what is required to answer it. So don't ask!

 

[Paul EMD]

@The Monk Yes you are right so I modified my post.

But then what is the difference between sect and religion? 

[Nahm]

@Paul EMD Religion is being agreeable or at least faking agreeability to dogma. To me, just my connotation, a sect a group within a religion who were put off in some way by one or more leadership members so they go their own way, or become like minded in holding disdain.