Doomsday cult

other hand, uses unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control to induce dependency in a person with an established identity, which the manipulator seeks to alter radically without the informed consent of his targets.   	Cult leaders and members use mind control to inundate their message into the minds of prospective and existing followers.Groups that demonstrate exaggerated devotion or commitment to some person, idea,

in terms of wider social changes. Hence, in this essay, I shall discuss several sociological explanations for this occurrence. Firstly, Steve Bruce (1995, 1996) attributes the development of a range of religious institutions, including sects and cults, to a general process of modernization and secularization. He believes the weakness of more conventional institutionalized religions has encouraged some people to consider less traditional alternatives. As modern societies

fulfill his dream of integration and racial equality.(The belief was trampled when he realize that Jones rarely allowed blacks to assume positions of authority within the temple.)”(Harary) Jim Jones had so many people fooled into believing that his cult was actually a movement for good and positivity. When in reality those who followed Jim Jones soon realized that his true nature towards other beliefs were smaller and less significant compared to his own. “If you did it selfishly, by yourself, you'd

Many cults in the world exist some are good and others are unpleasant. Some of the cults join together to do good things such as meeting people and bonding with those of the same religions and expressions as yourself. There are also; bad cults that have killed many people and even some cults have killed even their own members although, there is not a lot of cults that have committed suicide to end their own cult like the Order of the Solar Temple had done. The Order of the Solar Temple was a great

onto the others. In the movie, the most dynamic character was Rich, an old friend, who was brainwashed into the cult by the new roommates and made into a completely new person. Imperfekt strangers starts off with two good friends, Tyler and Steve, moving into a new house over the summer of 1974 with two random roommates. These two new roommates, Matty and Harold, are a part of a cult called the, “Faith Community”, that is led by a man named Brother Ed. When they all first meet, there is obvious

The film Imperfekt Strangers revolves around a pseudo-Christian cult the Faith Community that is based in Bloomington, Indiana. In the film, there are two Indiana University students who are roommates with two members of the cult. This movie reflects from actual events that happened in the 1970s in Bloomington, Indiana. The pseudo-Christian cult the “Local Church” that was held in Bloomington was led by Witness Lee who tried to gain members through college students and others around in the city (“Are”)

Former Members Perception of Cult Movement, is a study researched and done by Dr. Carmen Almendros, Dr. Jose A. Carrobles and Dr. Alvaro Rodriguez Carballeira. The research paper was published online under the ICSA ( International Cultic Studies Association), a non-profitable anti-cult organization, in 2007 in Volume six of the Cultic Studies Review. As the title of the study states, the research was used to find the perception of former cultic members before and during their involvement in the

Sociologists view cult behavior as a deviance from society’s norm. There are many theories as to why a cult leader forms a cult and how they garner such complete blind devotion from their members. While researching Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple I discovered that this particular cult adhered to several of the proven theories. Jones had few societal bonds and used fear and intimidation to control his members. He was an extreme socialist turned communist; when his original goals were met with

1978, is what soon come to be acknowledged as the “Jonestown Massacre” in modern history of the late 1900s. Where a cult leader names Jim Jones brought his followers to Guyana, South America to commit a mass suicide of 900+ people. He accomplished this by having every one drink a laced Kool-Aid. A few other things that will be discussed about with be how the Peoples Temple (the cult name) grew and got this many members. Also on what was in the drink and how they members were treated throughout while

Now that the foundation of the general nature of cults and cult leaders has been set down, the next step to understanding cults is to understand just who joins them, or who is the most likely to join a cult. The most recent information that specifically attempts to shed light on this issue stems from a study conducted in late 1986, in which it was stated that the most successful time to recruit individuals for cults is the range of 18-23 years of age (Wright & Piper, 1986). Wright and Piper argue