Cults
Groups of people intensely devoted to a person, idea, or movement. Traditionally, "cult" was a term used for any new religious movement. A number of currently well-established religious groups, including the… More »
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Types of Cults ... Religious cults incorporate some form of religious dogma for the members to believe in. The leader benefits through gaining prestige and power over the members. Members will receive eternal salvation through belief in the dogma and membership.
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Types of Cults ... Distinctions are made between different types of cults: e.g. destructive cults (which have committed violence, or who advocate violence), vs. so-called "benign" cults (which some consider relatively harmless even though their teachings and practices may be out of step with societal and/or theological norms).
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Cult FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about cults, sects, and related issue ... Coming out of the cults, by the late Margaret Thaler Singer: ... Additional research resources on specific religious cults, sects, world religions, doctrines and other topical issues are found at Apologetics Index. Current and archived news items...
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Doomsday Cults ... Spiritual Cults ... Tag: Types of Cult...
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All religions are cults. bible and 35thousand other religions on this planet. A fairy tale, written 1600 years ago about a tribe living in the sand. Why does the bible sound like the worst fairy tale ever farted from a pen? ... 16 Types of Cults: Part II ... 16 Types of Cults, Part III: Religious Cults...
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What Types of Cults Exist? ... How Many Cults Exist and How Many Members Have They? ... Many systems for classifying cults have been advanced. A straightforward breakdown has been suggested by Dr. Margaret Singer, who observes the following types of cults:
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‪ The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel (for example, members must get permission to date, change jobs, marry—or leaders prescribe what types of clothes to wear, where to live, whether or not to have children, how to discipline children, and so forth).
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The late Margeret Singer for cults based on health fads, business-training programs, getting-rich quick schemes, on one hand, and on the other groups who use fundamentalist religious interpretations, or ideas and discipline borrowed from Eastern culture ... There are many types of members, each with its own motivation.
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There are many different religions and types of religious people in this world. See about these religions and discover what they believe ... This list of religions, cults, sects and movements is not conclusive, but the links will teach you about what they believe, among other things.
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