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Question: I get confused between cults and occults and can never remember the difference between them. Could you please explain it for me?

May 1, 1997

Question : I get confused between cults and occults and can never remember the difference between them. Could you please explain it for me? Response : There is no such word as “occults.” According to Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary , the word “occult” is an adjective which means “1...Read more

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