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List of groups referred to as cults
<i>For this article to have the [[neutral point of view]], it should say '''who''' considers each listed a group a "cult" and '''why''', balanced by similar info about those who disagree with the "cult" designation. Otherwise, it's just a list of groups that have somehow acquired a bad reputation.</i>

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This is a list of organizations, religious groups, and sects which are purported to be cults.
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* http://www.perefound.org (The Peregrine Foundation, an association of former Bruderhof members)
* http://www.perefound.org/xcsob_90.html A copy of the letter of excommunication from the Lehrerleut and Dariusleut Hutterites to the Society of Brethren, or Arnold Leut, (Bruderhof) of Woodcrest, New York. (Note: the third Hutterite group, the Schmiedeleut, severed there ties with the Bruderhof several years later.)

=== Christian Science ===
Many [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] consider 
the [[Church of Christ, Scientist]], a cult.
They claim that Christian Science redefines words in the Bible, rejects the Trinity, denies the existence of sin and hell, attempts to explain away the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and purports a lack of need for salvation of the soul.

References:
*http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/science.htm

=== Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ===
The [[Christian countercult movement]] considers the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (commonly known as "the Mormons") a cult because the church rejects the traditional doctrine of the [[Trinity]], has scriptures in addition to the [[Bible]], and has various other unorthodox beliefs and practices.

References:
*http://invitation.to/dance/cults-mormon.htm
*http://www.lds.org (official church site)

=== Church of Scientology ===
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* The [[Church of the SubGenius]] has made numerous attempts to be included on lists of cults and controversial religious movements.  This organization is widely seen as a humorous [[parody]] of religious cults, though members of the organization vehemently deny this; they state that while they are seen as a "joke desguised as a religion," in actuality they are a "religion disguised as a joke."