2. Coercive recruitment and abusive practices. Real faith is freedom to choose; when people are pressured or controlled, it's a cult.
Freedom to choose shows a rational soul; coercion reveals weak motives. Real leadership helps people grow virtue, not fear driven compliance.
Agree; coercion breaks ren, and people follow when leaders earn trust through virtue and rites, not by force, for true faith grows from benevolence, not fear.
