Hmm... You seem to have a better understanding and knowledge of religion than I do, so I'll just take your word for it. Never mind, then.
Cults are religions only mostly smaller and they decide that you can join them,not like other bigger religions.
The virgin Mary.....prove that either miracles do happen or someone cheated on her husband and didn't tell him about it, I go with the former only because of my own religious views though the later seems more logical.
So they are the same in your opinion, and a bundle of sticks has nothing to do with male homosexuals.
You guy do realize that a cult isn't a inherently bad thing? It's simply a system of beliefs that is considered eccentric by the mainstream. It's not synonymous with devil worship and brain washing, shockingly enough. All the major religions were cults at some point, they just became religions when they became the effective norm. The only difference is the name and a larger following.