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Religious Beliefs Mind Control
1,289 wordsCults are commonly defined as a group or organization (sometimes religious) that has independent beliefs and is usually isolated from the normal society. In some ways, cults tend to form their own structured society with a messianic leader guiding the group. The strategy in which cults entice and control their members is one of the most fascinating things about cults. Cults have significant social effects on American society. To some, these effects are positive, but to others, they are devastati...
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Freedom Of Speech Morals And Values
1,307 words... to respect each other. Inside the cult, families are separated also. Families pose a threat to the leaders because they represent attachments and loyalties that challenge the leaders supremacy (Appel 106). One way to break up families is to break up marriages. In some cults couples are pressured to enter sexual relationships with other members encouraged by the leader. Some cults require members to play sexual musical chair and use orgies to break down inhibitions (Appel 110). In other cults...
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Ancient Israelites Jewish Religion
1,023 wordsCults are becoming more and more of an issue for Jews every day. Many cults are beginning to target Jews. They say you can believe in Jesus yet remain a Jew, or many other things like that. It is important for people to educate themselves of these cults and their recruiting techniques so that they will not be taken advantage of by these cults. Cults now are very different than they were in ancient times though. The Jews, rather than being targeted by cults, were themselves a cult. In fact they w...
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Beliefs And Practices Religious Beliefs
1,051 wordsExcept from psychologists of religion, conversion to cults has received little attention from psychologists. Can social psychologists describe and explain the process of religious conversion or is this a topic beyond a social psychological purview? On a more general level, can psychological and sociological descriptions of religious cults handle issues connected with a cult identity as this takes place through ones religious experience? This is an important question because we need to explain th...
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Grolier Electronic Publishing Cult Leaders
1,281 wordsCults There are many types of cults in the world, cults are everywhere but you just do not see them. Every person in the world has been in contact with them in one way or another in many cases you cannot see them. The closest cult we know of is on Rice Lake called the Movies led by Reverend Myung, where I have currently visited. Cults can be involved in churches and even are earliest religions are called cults. Cults are not the strongest groups sects are the strongest group. When you join a sec...
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Amount Of Time Cult Members
1,320 wordsA cult is a system of religious worship. These groups can vary in size. One cult may have a leader with a few followers, yet another may have a complex chain of command. They may use secret signals that cannot be understood by outsiders. Most use signs that do not require speech, such as their own version of sign language. This is to keep outsiders from knowing what they are up to. It actually works quite well, and is hard to decode. Cults reject the term, and prefer to call themselves new relig...
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Heavens Gate Cult Leaders
1,592 wordsOn March 29 th, 1997, thirty nine men and women took their own lives in the belief that they would travel to a space ship hidden behind the Hale-Bop comet. The Heavens Gate cult planted these beliefs within their members, resulting in a mass death. It is cults such as these that weave a sense of panic through society. What defines a cult? A cult is a group that has an intense devotion to a person, object, or set of usually new ideas. Cultus is a Latin word translating into to cultivate or to pla...
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343 wordsCult s Reaction Paper There are many types of cults in the world, cults are everywhere but you just do not see them. Brainwashing is the main technique being used in cult obedience. It is a process of deliberately subjecting people to physical and psychological hardship in order to alter their thoughts and attitudes, and actions. It then aids in the process of totally cleaning a mind of one set idea and replacing them by another thought or belief. Cults are supposedly attempts to help people cop...
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Group Of People Charles Manson
486 wordsTypes of cults Two Cults Cults Types of cults Two main kinds of cults exist today: Messianic Cults This is a cult that has a leader. Whatever the leader orders his members to do must be done, whether it would be sacrifice or murder, it must be done. In return the leader of the cult would save his followers. Mellenarian Cults This is a type of cult that refers to the 1, 000 year reign of Christ. These groups believe that dramatic events, such as the end of the world or judgment day, will occur at...
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Heavens Gate Cult Leaders
730 wordsRecently I read an article about the Heavens Gate Cult, and I wondered why on earth would someone get involved in a cult whose purpose seemed so ridiculous. How can you make sense out of the suicide of 39 people? How can you explain behavior that seems so strange? Should we just assume that people who follow this kind of cult are weirdos, stupid, insane, evil, or is there something more to it? I decided to do a little online research to find out a little more about cults. I found out that cults ...
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Oxford English Dictionary Charismatic Leader
747 wordsCult as a word has been around a for long time. Its original form was the Latin word cultus which means worship. As the word evolved it took on a new meaning. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as Worship; reverential homage rendered to a divine being or beings and as a particular form of religious worship, in reference to its external rites and ceremonies. Yet, this is not the word as it is known today. According to Webster s Third New International Dictionary, a cult is a minority religi...
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Jim Jones Owned Businesses
846 wordsBy Nick Carroll (I do not wish to remain anonymous. Let my work benefit everyone! ) A warning to Pryor High School Students: If you plagiarize this, you do so at your own risk. More than likely you will be caught; my English Teacher has a sharp memory and does not forget my writing. Have fun! ! What makes a cult different from valid form of religion? This is a question most people find difficult to answer. The modus operandi of accepted religions is chiefly to spread their faith and promote good...
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Century B C Immortal Soul
3,146 wordsMystery cults greatly influenced the development of Pythagoreanism as Pythagorean's adopted many of their traditions, behaviors and beliefs. Pythagoras, the founder of the Pythagorean's, established a school in which he developed and taught these adopted cultural behaviors and beliefs. The nature of daily living in the school, both its moral and its intellectual disciplines, can perhaps best be understood as an intellectualized development from earlier mystery cults such as the Eleusinian (Wheel...
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Cult Leaders Religious Movements
1,902 wordsCults: Reasons People Join Cults are intriguing and arouse curiosity in the minds of people who have accepted life in society and joined humanity the way it is. It is amazing to think that people leave their life of normalcy to put their trust in something that is alien but promises them something in return or will save their souls from whatever will harm them. There are many causes that affect people s minds to make them join cults. Cults are very promising, can be very eye-opening, and may be ...
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