Doomsday cult

Cargo cult science is a term used by Richard Feynman to describe a method or idea that imitates the scientific process but is not done for a scientific purpose. In his essay, “The Uncertainty of Science” Richard Feynman goes on to clarify that legitimate science accounts for the uncertainties found in science: it is the search for answers and data to support theories through experimenting and looking for faults in methods. “Cargo Cult Science,” however, as Feynman explains, is “science” that cannot

and soon “all visible signs of Christianity were removed” (Betros, G 2010). This demonstrates the oppression of religion and Robespierre’s despotic behaviour. Following the removal of the Catholic church, Robespierre imposed his own religion the ‘Cult of the Supreme Being’ in

Since the moment you were born, death has been in that far corner of your life for some time, waiting for the right moment to take your life. Death is inevitable, and cannot be avoided. Since the beginning of time, people have many different ways of going about the idea of death and what the afterlife may hold for them, whether they’ll be reunited with family and friends or if they’ll be reincarnated or, maybe nothing at all. This is true to writers and poets. In William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”

The group that I will be focusing on is Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult founded in Japan in 1984 that is most known for their terrorist attack involving sarin gas on a Tokyo Subway. The cult group gone terrorist organization was originally led by Shoko Asahara and “emerged from the apocalyptic underbelly of Japanese society acting upon a vision of cosmic purification that included the murder of just about everyone on earth” (Lifton 2008) The group had a strong belief that their founder was the first

telling myself that I don’t drink coffee every day and it’s not all bad theirs benefits to it that keeps me awake to get everything done. I have not yet resolved this, but I do feel guilty after a cup of coffee. The story that captivated me was the doomsday cult that Leon Festinger studied. The people in this community had strong beliefs that the world would end by a great flood. These people literally left their possession’s, jobs, and just in general their life all because of this prophecy. When the

Aum Shinrikyo Introduction Aum Shinrikyo is a Japanese doomsday cult founded in 1984 by Shoko Asahara, it is also known by the names Aum and Aleph. This group is listed as a terrorist group even though they have been involved in only a small amount of terrorist actions, what makes them such an interesting case study is their doctrines and motivating factors as well as their history of planned assassinations and status as a cult. A very powerful form of terrorism is those routed with religion, the

the internet and through published books on the background of the cult group Aum Shinrikyo, now known as the group Aleph, and several other Sarin gas attacks, to include the terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway on 20 March 1995. There is a lot of speculation and questions surrounding this cult group, which will be discussed later, who started out as a peaceful yoga group by the founder and his wife, turn into a radical doomsday cult religion capable of not one but several chemical terrorists acts

Cults have played major roles in how society has developed. They surround us everywhere. We have been in contact with them and we don’t even realize it. According to Merriam Webster, a cult is a religious group that is not part of an accepted religion because their beliefs are seen as extreme and/or dangerous. Cults have carried out many attacks and have caused many deaths due to their beliefs. Cult leaders are the controllers that have the reins to their followers’ minds. They can brainwash

and beliefs embedded in their culture. When people hear the word cult, the images of satan worshipping, animal sacrifices and evil, pagan rituals automatically come to mind. However, in reality, the majority of cults do not involve these things and are in fact simply a religious system with alternate beliefs. The word though refers to an unorthodox sect whose members distort the original doctrines of the religion. Heaven’s Gate is a cult that is centred in California, founded by Marshall Herff Applewhite

Running Head: THE REALITY BEHIND CULTS 1 THE REALITY BEHIND CULTS SGT Travon Biggers CBRN ALC 005-17 THE REALITY BEHIND CULTS 2 THE REALITY BEHIND CULTS What is a cult? The purpose of a cult is so an individual and/or group claiming to be sent by God, to rule the one true religion. To become a cult member you must believe the exact same things in the exact same ways with no room for differences. Entering a cult is a lifetime commitment. Systems of intimidation