Religious cults

investigate Jonestown. The U.S government told California Congressman Leo Ryan about Jonestown and he decided to go there himself and make sure that everyone was okay. He took a newspaper reporter and a cameraman with him. When he got there one of the cult members threatened to kill him if he did not leave. Ryan decided to go back to the U.S, and fifteen other Jonestown members wanted to go with him. As they were boarding the plane, Jones sent over gunmen who killed Ryan, his cameraman, the reporter

Switzerland, Canada and France. The first known instance was the murder of Tony Dutroit and his wife and son. Dutroit was a member of the cult, but spoke out against it upon realising its hypocrisy and deception and left. Soon after, he, his wife Nicky and son Emmanuel were the victims of a grisly murder in Morin Heights, Québec, committed by members of the cult. It was believed that this was upon Di Mambro’s orders, apparently on the basis that Emmanuel was the Antichrist and had come to stop Di

     The word cult is defined as an alternative religion. Most cults are started because someone doesn’t like the way the world is, and feels that his/her church isn’t doing anything to make it better, so they leave and create what they believe to be the perfect religion. Then this person strives to make others believe as they do so they will join (Miller, 1991, p. 15). There are somewhere around 3,000 to 5,000 of these cults throughout the United States, but only 75 to 100

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,

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

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

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

build. Her speech pattern is very formal, and she would be considered elegant in her movements. Intellectually, she is a protégé. As a child, she was homeschooled, with her only interactions being with adults and other children who were a part of the cult. However, her mother and father pushed her to attend classical dance classes, self-defense courses, and violin lessons. She also speaks four different languages. Yuki was sheltered as a child, which caused problems in deciphering social cues. Her