Aum Shinrikyo: The Children Of God Cult

A cult, an unorthodox religious sect whose members distort the original doctrines of religion, they are not always dangerous or destructive, they can just be `variations of religion. However certain cults such as, Children of God, Aum Shinrikyo, and the People’s Temple, practice destructive devotion to a belief. These cults share one belive, the apoclypes is coming, they use this fear of doomsday to scare members into conforming to beliefs and customs. These beliefs border on illegal and terrorism, warping Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist beliefs.
The Children of God cult was founded by David Berg, it was started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California. Many early converts were drawn from the hippie era This severely twisted cult is also known
The children who were born as a result were referred to as “Jesus Babies”. Rose McGowan, the American actor escaped from this cult and revealed some of its
Though the belief system of this cult is based on elements of Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism, Asahara’s idiosyncratic interpretations have made this almost equivalent of a terrorist organisation. Claiming their main agenda is to get rid of sin, Asahara claimed that he could transfer his spiritual power to his followers, ultimately take away their sins and bad deeds. This cult was responsible for carrying out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack, making major headlines in 1995, the attack that killed 12 and maimed almost 1000. The group may have perpetrated other crimes before the March 1995 attack and without a doubt planned future attacks, members of the group travelled to Africa to try and obtain samples of the Ebola virus to use as a biological weapon and may be actively seeking other biological and chemical agents for use in terrorist attacks. Aum’s founder, at the center of the group’s belief is reverence for Shoko Asahara, says that he is the first "enlightened one" since Buddha. Asahara preached that the end of the world was near the end, claiming that the United States would hasten the Armageddon by starting World War III with Japan. Aum followers believe that they would be the only people to survive the apocalypse, which he predicted would occur in 1996 or between 1999 and 2003. Aum recruited young, smart university students and graduates, often from elite