I Have not commented on your post for some days now, cause I am still taking my time to read sets of your previous articles to better understand the premises you write from.
Yes its true, the word cult have been given a bad connotations by the society but like @tarazkp mentioned in one of his post last week. A word only carries the meaning we attached to them. People will always attack you because of what you stand for because for anything in life you stand for they will always be another set on the other side of the line. But if you believe deep inside you that you are right. Then, let them say
When we look at words, they are only symbols. What is important is the meaning behind those symbols. I think we can all agree to that. Where confusion enters into relationships is when we have different meanings for those symbols. How can we communicate ideas when we cannot even agree on the meanings being represented when we use specific symbols?
I speak to this frequently in my blog posts and that is why I share the definitions. Because I KNOW that people have all different kinds of impressions, ideas, interpretations and comprehension of what words mean to them. That is why I take the approach I take. If they still disagree, that is their issue not mine. That is their path and journey, so I do move on.