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    Why Do Cults Be Illegal

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    Cults are a small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. Cults are portrayed to the people as dangerous and strange because of what they often do. For example, one cult that is well known is the Ku Klux Klan also knows as the KKK. They targeted African Americans, the criminal acts they did were very violent. All cults should be illegal because they choose violent methods to put out their message. Cults are dangerous to be apart in. The reason

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    manipulative in their actions. Gloriavale is a religious community in New Zealand that claims to stand for God and proclaim to be goodness and light. However they in reality, the leaders of the group use their religion to oppress a community of people. These ideas lead me to explore cults. I have always had the perception of cults as being shady, underground groups of people chanting manically and performing

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    The widely accepted definition of a sect is a religious group with characteristics, which distinguishes it from either a Church or a denomination. Many groups which fit this definition now prefer the less contentious title of "new religious movements", because over the last fifty years, sects have become linked with brainwashing, mass suicide, and even a murder. One of the examples is the suicide of 900 members of the People's temple. Sects are not a new phenomenon and they have always attracted

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    During The Second Great Awakening, the Christian message became perverted by cults that sought to influence through religious dogma, psychology, and the suppression of women. In the 19th century, American’s cultural lives were centered around religion, which paved the way for cults to promote people into engrossing their way life to increasingly doctrinaire religion. To begin with, Matthias manipulated Christianity’s teachings to craft his own sinister and self-promoting agenda, an example of this

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    The Rise of Cult Activity Cult activity has been on the rise over the past few decades. With it there has been an increase in the fear surrounding it. From this fear, society has learned much about cults, how they get members and what to look out for as far as cult recruiters go. Society as a whole has also learned what can be done to deal with cults. Cult activity and the fear that surrounds it Throughout the last couple of decades more and more stories of illegal cult activity or

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    community. However, like any relationship, the bonds that we create within our community can be either healthy or unhealthy. Though what we now define as a cult has become much more common in recent years, “cults” have existed as far back as the pre-Christian Jewish sects, one of which actually went on to become Christianity (Clark, 1993). Cults then appeared steadily throughout the Middle Ages in the form or “heretical” groups that diverged from patriarchal teachings and the founding members of the

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    in my personal life, and to briefly explain the functionalist perspective, the symbolic interactionism perspective, types of religious groups, and religion in the United States with the sole purpose to understand religion concepts in a sociological perspective and my personal point of view. The role of religion in my life does not exist, as I am not a religious person. I believe that it is not necessary to follow a particular religion/denomination to practice morality and ethics during

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    Religion on the Internet Essay

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    The cult "teaches" a person how to know with certainty, so those who ascribe to its world-view exist in a completely different reality than the rest of society."(alt.religion.scientology) This is the starting paragraph for the site titled, "Cult Think" which talks about how a cult brainwashes a person into their beliefs. As it is stated above these people are living in a totally fake world in

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    The Most Bizarre Cults in the World Cults basically refer to groups that happen to believe in cultures and beliefs even if people are responding positively or negatively. There are numerous cults that are either public or private but even so, they managed to be known by people and convince to be powerful enough to take down anything. Here are the most bizarre cults in the world. List of The Most Bizarre Cults in the World: The Manson Family The Manson Family cult originated with Charles Manson

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    Heaven's Gate: A Colossal Failure Essay

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    Throughout history, there have been many instances of cults, many of which share the common characteristic of having corrupt leaders. For instance, Charles Manson led his cult in a homicidal spree, and David Koresh and Jim Jones convinced their followers to commit mass suicide. It is apparent that in cult history, leaders are the main cause of the tragedies that ensue. Heaven’s Gate, a religious cult, was founded on a mixture of Christian beliefs and a belief in UFOs. They stayed out of the public

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