The controversy with religion and a cult is one in which causes a lot of issues and much confusion in what makes them different from one another. Well here it is a religion is a belief in a powerful person, and such person makes the rules that all who practice the religion must obey. As for a cult, it is also a practice in a belief that consists of a small group of people with no specific rules to obey. The difference between religion and cult is that religion is a long time practice and a cult is something that is created by a group of people or of one person. So how do Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters factor into the religion vs cult debate? Well, it starts off with the book The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Acid Test written by Tom Wolfe who
