Comment by lmm

> drawing the line between legitimate religious teachers and ideological deceivers is hard, and condemning the entire religion would be the wrong conclusion.

Sure, but saying that every religious teacher is fine would be equally wrong. We have a sense that charismatic figures have a corresponding responsibility to their followers (even if they never asked for those followers!) and that broader society should be concerned about what's going on at religious gatherings, especially novel ones, that there's a real risk they can shade into dangerous cults.