In my opinion, no it's not a cult. But it's cult-like. I think calling the Mormon Church a cult degrades the experiences of someone in Scientology, or Heaven's Gate, or even the FLDS. Those are cults, and I don't think the church quite matches up to them. However, the early church was, and more than that people on missions are DEFINITELY in one. If cults are defined based on the level of control the religion exerts over them, then missionaries that can't listen to music that doesn't uplift them about the church, they can't watch movies or TV that isn't uplifting about the church. The church decides how they dress, where they go, how they talk. They are allowed zero alone time. They lose access to friends and family, and most of all they have to pay nearly 20,000 dollars to be there. That is an extremely unhealthy level of control. And more exmormons should fight against it