Someone named “Old Gary,” who describes himself as a “product of fast women, slow horses, and warm beer,” thinks Soka Gakkai -profiled in a recent RNS story by Dan Burke-is a cult.

Or at least that’s what “cult expert” Rick Ross says in his post that Gary linked to. Ross say Soka Gakkai is akin to Scientology, with its celebrity adherents like Orlando Bloom and Tina Turner, and calls it a “totalitarian organization” with a get-rich scheme that attracts followers.

Ross quotes Billy Graham on “cults”:

“One characteristic of many cults is that they are led by a strong leader

who demands total and absolute obedience from his followers,” Graham said. Rep.

Johnson’s constituents might just want to consider what “obedience” SGI and

Ikeda may expect from the newly elected congressman.”