In America; the land of the free comes into place for people as they set for a hopeful future for themselves as well as generations to come. With people bringing an influence on each other, it might come to no surprise when setting an example for young generations with rules and beliefs. Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church are some of the top religions practiced around America; some people might have different views that these religions could not possibly answer their questions. People might feel abandoned as others in these religions can be considered too extremist in being devoted into the practices; in comparison, this can also go towards in cults. Cults can be defined as human beings organizing their lives to construct religious
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Masses outside of cults and in religious groups assume that cult members are people who suffer mental disorders that cannot think properly in “true” beliefs. People’s mind in general show how we can eventually be persuaded by the essence of evidence or information that can fit our needs in accepting ideas that relate to our own “correct” views. Dr. Lorne Dawson, a sociologist of religion, states that not only cults are intrinsically interesting, their beliefs and practices are unusual in bringing out significant things in our societies in which they emerge (Cowan 5-6). In surveys of former cult members stated that they formerly moved from their religious group, which most of them are from Christianity. Religions serve as a purpose to better the members’ lives in the future while cults have a specific purpose that mostly deals with serving within them instead of moving outward to the world. According to Michael D. Langone, a counseling psychologist who had received an award from the “original” Cult Awareness Network and studied from International Cultic Studies Association, one third of the cult members appear to have mild psychiatric disorders before joining. The people desire for a deeper spiritual understanding that their own religion has not provided the answers they need, but really the answers they want to hear. Cults are able to manipulate the person’s mind as they are beginning to notice the situational factors that the person is dealing with while using it to have them join and give up their past experiences with their religion. The Children of God, formed by David Berg, had these different set of beliefs from Christianity as Berg said he was a messenger of Jesus Christ. His followers were mostly young members who had to leave behind the life that they once knew. Parents of these young adults were concerned by the cult’s initiations as the members had to turn
Masses outside of cults and in religious groups assume that cult members are people who suffer mental disorders that cannot think properly in “true” beliefs. People’s mind in general show how we can eventually be persuaded by the essence of evidence or information that can fit our needs in accepting ideas that relate to our own “correct” views. Dr. Lorne Dawson, a sociologist of religion, states that not only cults are intrinsically interesting, their beliefs and practices are unusual in bringing out significant things in our societies in which they emerge (Cowan 5-6). In surveys of former cult members stated that they formerly moved from their religious group, which most of them are from Christianity. Religions serve as a purpose to better the members’ lives in the future while cults have a specific purpose that mostly deals with serving within them instead of moving outward to the world. According to Michael D. Langone, a counseling psychologist who had received an award from the “original” Cult Awareness Network and studied from International Cultic Studies Association, one third of the cult members appear to have mild psychiatric disorders before joining. The people desire for a deeper spiritual understanding that their own religion has not provided the answers they need, but really the answers they want to hear. Cults are able to manipulate the person’s mind as they are beginning to notice the situational factors that the person is dealing with while using it to have them join and give up their past experiences with their religion. The Children of God, formed by David Berg, had these different set of beliefs from Christianity as Berg said he was a messenger of Jesus Christ. His followers were mostly young members who had to leave behind the life that they once knew. Parents of these young adults were concerned by the cult’s initiations as the members had to turn