"Cults like the WTS are keen to push the notion that these other groups are cults".
OK, 1) Unquestioning commitment to a domineering leader.
2) Dissent and discussion discouraged. 3) Cult members lavish the leaders in luxury.
4) Polarization of members. 5) Rebellion against other sources of authority
5)Alteration of personality. (God spoke to me).
A few of the identifying traits of a cult...
Hell if you look like a duck and walk like a duck, hell man you are a duck.....