Religious Cults part1: The Popular View
What exactly are religious cults? With such a large number of religious organizations and movements in the world today, it’s important to understand what we mean when we start labeling certain groups. The dictionary defines cult as “a system of religious worship or ritual”; “devoted attachment to, or extravagant admiration for, a person, principle, etc.” According to this definition, any believer in any god is a member of a cult. In the popular media, a cult is typically defined as a religious sect whose members are “controlled” by a manipulative organization or individual. This kind of cult is usually portrayed as deceptive, requiring absolute loyalty from its followers. Members are often removed from their prior lives altogether, including their jobs, homes and families. The Hare Krishnas, Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, and Moses David Berg’s Family of Love are some popular examples of this type of cult.
source : allaboutcults.org
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Tags: Cults, God, Moses David Berg's Family of Love, organizations, religious, Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, The Hare Krishnas, world
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 am
We should worry about freemasonry and what is gonna do to us, not about religiouss cults , these are just people that adapted their beliefs.