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
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Mind Control is the Foundation of Cults What are cults and what are the issues society argues about them? Many people argue over all different central issues of cults. One issue people argue is that cults cause social and personal disruption. Another issue would be that people in society dismiss the whole notion of cults completely saying that every religion can be viewed as a cult. However‚ when it comes down to it a cult is simply nothing other than a person using mind control over the
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CULTS I. Introduction Thesis: The forces that draw individuals into cults can be explained by psychological doctrine. II. What is a cult A. Brief description B. Types of cults 1. religious 2. psychotherapy or personal growth 3. political 4. popular or faddist III. Popular cult groups A. People’s Temple B. David Koresh C. Heaven’s Gate D. The Family IV. Charismatic group A. Brief desciption B. Characterization V. Sigmund Freud’s beliefs A. Belonging to a group
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Cult Activities and Psychological Manipulation Cultic activity is all around us and we don’t even know it. People around the world are being psychologically manipulated (brain washed) in these cults and they are not even aware of the control that someone has over them. As I checked out the links on the Ex-Cult Resource Center Website I found some very interesting information as well as the different types of cults‚ some religious and some not religious. It is sad that manipulation would
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religious movements seems to be foremost concerned with whether or not the members of these religions come of their own freewill or if they convert as a necessary and inevitable response to advanced coercion‚ or "brainwashing" techniques employed by the cult leaders. <br> <br>The concept of brainwashing came into popular existence in the 1950 ’s as the result of attempts to try and explain the behaviour of some American GI ’s who defected to the Communists during the Korean War (19 Oct 1999). Many people
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Have you ever thought about what it would be like to completely lose your identity? People who are a part of a cult face this every day. Whether they are born into it or join it on their own‚ they are isolated and alone. Their identity becomes the cult; it defines who they are. There are many different types of cults‚ ranging from religious to political to marketing. Each has characteristics that define what and who they are but are all difficult to fit into one particular category. Many stem from
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Personal Heroes In order to answer the question of how the “hero cults” enrich the religious lives of the Greeks‚ it is important to identify what a hero cult meant to the Greeks. These cults were thought to have originated with the works of Homer due to the nature of his tales portraying humans committing great acts so as to set themselves apart from the ordinary. Now even though they may have been worshiped they were not gods‚ they were said to have descended to the underworld and their rituals
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Christianity and a cult | Stage Two Religion Studies 2012 | 988 words. | | Christianity‚ a at least 2000 year old religion and possibly the most popular in the world‚ with over 2 billion adherents‚ is what 90% of a group of fifteen to eighteen year old students answered when they were asked which religion first comes to mind when they hear the word “religion”.Cults on the other hand‚ are a controversial topic due to their bizarre practises and mind control techniques. Cults are often derived
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Why do people become cult members? As human beings we want to belong. People join binge groups (which turn into cults). A cult leader strips its followers of its identity until compliant to manipulation. This is shown through ego –weakening‚ total control‚ and recruitment The allure of cults is that people can be a part of something. According to Merriam Webster‚ a cult is defined as “a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by
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Club’s Cult: Manipulation & Thought Reform Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer asks the question‚ “How many more Jonestowns and Wacos will have to occur before we realize how vulnerable all humans are to influence?”(3) With this‚ Singer-- a clinical therapist who specialized in brainwashing and coercive persuasion‚ considered a giant in the field of cult behavior-- brings the normallytaboo topic of cults in our society to the forefront of discussion. People must be informed and understand what a cult is‚
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