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Top 10 Crazy Cults

Sociologists disagree whether the polygamist Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) group, whose compound was raided in Texas this week, is a cult or a religious sect. History will tell. Cultist groups have permeated society ever since people could chat and share ideas en masse, although modern cult experts today often clash about what, exactly, makes a group of people a cult. What's a loony organization to one expert is often seen by others as a religion or sect, which are terms loaded with less cultural stigma. Whatever the best working definition might be, here we present some of popular culture's craziest cults of our time. --Dave Mosher