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    The word cult is defined as an alternative religion. Most cults are started because someone doesn ’t like the way the world is‚ and feels that his/her church isn ’t doing anything to make it better‚ so they leave and create what they believe to be the perfect religion. Then this person strives to make others believe as they do so they will join (Miller‚ 1991‚ p. 15). There are somewhere around 3‚000 to 5‚000 of these cults throughout the United States‚ but only 75 to 100 are documented (Miller

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    principles upon which to direct our lives. • Against Convention • Against Tribalism • For Humanistic Ideals • For Comradeship and Chilvalry Certain psychological themes which recur in these various historical contexts also arise in the study of cults. Cults can be identified by three characteristics: 1. a charismatic leader who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose their power; 2. a process I call coercive persuasion

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    Cult Segment

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    day and you want it. During the length of this paper we will talk about two important writers‚ Kalle Lasn the writer of “The Cult You’re in” and Benoit Denizet-Lewis writer of “ The Man Behind Abercrombie &ump; Fitch”. They both talk about similar topics that go hand and hand with each other‚ they talk about the consumers “Dream”‚ how companies recruit the consumers‚ who cult members really are‚ how people are forced to wear something they don’t want‚ and about slackers. What is The Dream we all

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    Jonestown Cults

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    A cult is defined as “a psychological manipulation [people] describe as brainwashing‚ thought reform. or coercive persuasion‚ which is exercised by leaders who are so powerful as to be literally irresistible” ( Cults). A cult is a group of people who intend to do good in society but shown by Jonestown and Heaven’s gate are detrimental to society by systematically stripping people of their ability to think critically. Jonestown was a cult consisting of more than 900 member and leader Jim Jones. On

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    The Pros And Cons Of Cults

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    Cults and Consequences Without even realizing it‚ people give their lives up to cults every day. Cults manage to convince people to join and do things they would never have done otherwise‚ ranging from boldly declaring false statements to removing themselves from society. However‚ the government almost never publicly condemns any cults‚ no matter the size or severity of them. The legality of cults is very general and often focuses only how it affects others outside of it. The devotee can start to

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    Exploratory About Cults

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    want to join a cult? Is there any good whatsoever to cults‚ or are all cults evil? The media blows many things out of proportion‚ so why not exaggerate a much controversial topic such as cults? Cults start off as nothing more than a fringe religion; Christianity was nothing more than a fringe religion when it began like many of the religions around in today’s world. There have been terrible incidences with cults like Waco Texas‚ proven sexual misconduct between minors and the cult leader‚ mass suicides

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    The Pros And Cons Of Cults

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    A cult leader‚ who preached madness to the everyday people‚ was arrested because of his association with criminals and the people’s belief that he was going to do something violent. His name was Jesus Christ (Epstein 4). A cult is a religious group that is viewed as sinister or evil. According to Professor Peterson of Islamic studies and a member of The University of Utah’s Council for Religious Scholarship‚ says that "People join cults because they want meaning and purpose and don’t believe in the

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    Sociological Cult Essay

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    What is a cult? That is a question that has two different points of views and definitions. A Sociological Cult according to Ronald Enroth‚ is consideration of such factors as authoritarian leadership patterns‚ loyalty and commitment mechanisms‚ lifestyle characteristics‚ and conformity patterns (including the use of various sanctions in connection with those members who deviate). The Theological Cult definition is a particular group of beliefs and/or practices are considered unorthodox that is in

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    Cults In Today's Society

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    Cults Today The word cult is often thrown around in today’s society as a derogatory term towards religions that are not well known or have aspects that are contrary to mainstream religions. According to mainstream media‚ cults have been responsible for massive pact suicides‚ and their followers are incestual and polygamous. The mass media shows the leader as a manipulative person who controls his/her believers as they blindly follow‚ not knowing the trouble that will certainly find them. “… ‘cult’

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    Conformity To Cult Behavior   In the early 1960s‚ psychologists in the United States interviewed several U.S. soldiers and American Prisoners of War returning home from combat against North Korea. Their main focus in particular were on those who had suffered an extreme change in their personality. These young soldiers had experienced being brainwashed under the communists. Psychologist have later realized that people involved in cults may have experienced similar psychological changes. Cult leaders

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