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The Unification Church, led by Reverend Sun Myung Moon, was considered by some members of society to be a dangerous cult. In 1982, public hysteria following the Jonestown massacre led to a critical view of religious organizations which were considered to be cults.
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Cults offer alternative affiliations and values that may be characterized as dangerous or deviant. Cults serve the members of the group, not the community or nonmembers. Cults’ leaders use overbearing authoritarian methods, are deceptive and coercive, and replace a previous identity with a new identity that would not have been acceptable ...
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[DOC File]What’s the Difference
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A cult is a group or organization that exhibits singular devotion or dedication to some person, idea, or thing. While such a definition could encompass practically any single-purpose organization, cults employ organized manipulative techniques of persuasion and control …
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Why would anyone want to get involved with a group that many people think is bad and even potentially dangerous? Those are some of the questions that a course on “Cults and Conversion” addresses. There are literally thousands of innovative or alternative religious groups in the U. S. today and many more throughout the world.
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The Danger of Cults
These groups, normally called "cults," are religious, they are movements, and they are generally new - and that's why this term tends to be used in scholarly literature. Anti-cult prejudice is rampant in American society, and I'll attempt to avoid it as much as possible.
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[DOCX File]RELS 250.01Religion in AmericaProf. Cressler
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The cults thrive on deception (see Matt 7:15 and 2 Cor 11:13-15). Besides redefining terms, the cults will avoid identifying themselves or identify themselves by their lesser-known names, leave unmarked literature, fail to reveal their sponsorship of a Bible study, etc. (see Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults, 1985, pp. 375-376).
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[DOC File]What is a 'Cult'
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In the 1960's cults increased rapidly in number, and in the 1970's parents became concerned about the changes they observed in their children who joined cults (Langone, 1993a).
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[DOC File]Section Title (17 pt)
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Cults are unfortunately big news these days. People are desperately searching for God and there are some really dangerous frauds, con-men and lunatics out there fleecing the flock.
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Why cults are dangerous