Cults: The Peoples Temple

There are various definitions of the "cult". A cult is a social or religious group which has novel practices or beliefs and typically a charismatic leader. The cult was also defined as a new-born religious group which does not have a social reputation (Why People are Attracted by Religious Cults, n.d). The people's temple was also young religious group. It was 23 years long when it was established in 1955 and mass suicide was happened in 1978(Dittmann, 2003). Thus the Peoples Temple suit the definition of the "cult". A destructive cult is the cult which "exhort their member to engage in various antisocial behaviors, from deceptive sales solicitation and forcible donation to suicide and murder"(Nishida, n.d.). Peoples Temple led their member