If you started a thread about people being persecuted for their belief you would draw responses undoubtedly there would be some of the other variety. Regardless of the religious identity of the persecuted minority. I suppose if they were Muslim the identity of the people reacting with hostility might be different, but the essential message would be more or less the same.

The word "cult" in this context, as I pointed out, is perceived, and I suggest, intended, as offensive. Of course.