Conclusion Cults

The passions argon characterized by their methods and also their beliefs. A delirium refers to a social group that is cohesive and it is devoted to practices and beliefs of the surrounding culture considered to be out of the mainstream with notably negative or positive admired perceptions. In most of the times cults pack a positive and a negative perception with the positive perception relating it to the groups of arts, fiction, writing, music and fashion. On the other contri simplye the negative for cultic movements relates it to pyramidal business groups, questionable therapeutic groups and also positive political groups.The status of a cultic populist group begins as a rumor of the belief system in a novel including its homages that ar great, its practices that be idiosyncratic and also its positive or negative effects on the members and its perception. In most cases cults are defined in such(prenominal) a way that they are viewed and identified as problematic groups and if we were to do away(p) with the problematic concern the attributes and the characteristics of cultic groups would not be in existence, (Richardson N. 2004). Types of cults The Utopian CultThis group of people share a belief that the schoolmaster, Jesus de put upryman reapinged back to man way back in the year 70. The return of Christ made it possible for the community to bring the millennium domain of Christ themselves. Consequently, the cult believers were able to free themselves of sin and construct because forth been perfected in the ground. They do not wait for beau ideal in heaven since they already attained it down here on humankind. This community was characterized by the spirit of communalism. They owned all processions and property communally. They were read in Vermont, New Jersey, Newark, Wallingford and Putney among other places.The community initially had 87 members but the number grew up to 306 by the year 1878. All the branches of this cult were u nappealing down in the year 1854. The only surviving community by the name the Wallingford community was unfortunately devastated and washed away by a tornado way back in 1854. The Apocalypse Cult This cult typology has people who believe that the world is coming to an reverse. The cult is also usually known by the term, dooms day cult. They site the examples of the weapons of mass wipeout as one of the elements that will bring the world to an end.They claim that the planet earth is being faced by wrath and great threats to the existence of homosexual kind and that it will be wiped off from the face of the earth as well as the world history, (Wilson, Stephen, 1993). The cult holds affirm belief that the Lord Jesus Christ will only come back to earth after thither has occurred a holocaust of nuclear in the sum East. They then argue that the most powerful leaders today have been brainwashed by this belief and thats the reason why they are propagating for the nuclear weapons and t hose of mass destruction.They cult leaders who are apocalyptic have contributed to the loss of lives by thousands of people. The followers believe that they are the chosen ones by Christ and have been saved from the evils of this world and will eternally live at the right most hand of Jesus Christ. They prophesy on the rapture and try to speed up the second coming of Christ. spiritual Cults A religious cult has other external religious observances and practices isolated from the sacred scriptures and the faith of the believers. Religious cults normally have veneration devotion that goes beyond the living. They are characterized worship of the dead.The observances of religious cults include ceremonies and rituals that may be done in a variety of forms including sacrifice, prayers or hymns. These cult types also have idols and sacred places that are used for pilgrimages, (Weissen, K. 1992). The most notorious cults are the doomsday or apocalyptic cults since they are known to mislea d and brainwash their followers minds and sometimes even to death. Cults and Canada Canada should have legislation against the institution and following of cults. Cults do lure umpteen innocent citizens who feel that the world has not been fair to them.These people are normally dreaded and the cults well take advantage of this and promise them of a fruitful and good smell history beyond this earth. Through these cults, hundreds of people have lost their lives where the followers are at times advised by their leaders to take away their lives so as to meet Christ and move away from this desperate and evil world. Cults should hence be done away with and absolutely illegalize through legislation. The difference amongst a theology and a cult lies in extremity while the godlinesss dont and also the cults exhibit them with a greater vigor than all the other religions do.It is important to all the way define the term cult and how it differs or its similar to religion. A cult is not just defined as a religion and on the other hand the major worlds religions are not cults, (Richardson N. 2004). Some people say that the only difference that exists between a cult and a religion is a hundred years. Cults do not have any positive gains since they eventually lead to the destruction of their followers or they misguide and mislead their followers to an extent that they set out confused. The followers of a cult do not normally canvas those who are not part of this form of worship as leading(a) the true way of life.They can even cause harm to those who point out them, (James, Simon 1993). The strength of the cults is that they are able to lure worshipers into believing on the doctrines of the cult and eventually brainwash them. They are based on materialism and hence innocent people would give in to their ideas. Their main weakness is that they do not end well. More often than not, the cult followers end up losing their lives to the beliefs and ill advice of thei r leaders. The followers lead a miserable life with the untrue promises given to them by their leaders, (Herm and Jerhard, 2001). Conclusion Cults have existed for very many years to date.Some people normally are not able to promise the difference between cults and the true religious faith. This is more so because there are even religious cults. The cult community normally shares a set of beliefs which could have their end focused on Christ or not. A very prominent editor for the Washington weekly glum down an article proposal on the issue of science and church service by saying that the only difference that existed between a religion and a cult was a hundred years. Similarly a bigger number of people agree to such sentiments as they equate religions to cults and importune on the blurriness of any line that separates them in any way.It seems stubborn for the religious people who are honest to their faiths to be grouped unitedly with those who run cults. References Herm, Jerhard , (2001) The Celts The People Who Came Out of the Darkness. NY St. Martins Press James, Simon (1993) The World of the Cults. London Thames and Hudson, 1993. Richardson N. (2004) The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Oxford Weissen, K. (1992) Goddess Worship and the Status of Women in Ancient Celtic Society. 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