Religion And Cults Analysis

Is there a God who protects the humans? Many people believe that the world and everything on it was created by a God that gives blesses, and he has to be worshipped. However, others believe that people who needs a God do not know how to solve their problems. In the "Religion and Cults" (2011), Hayward focuses his attention on the consequences of beliefs. Hayward analysis the term cult, some christian anthropological questions, and the christian mission and cultures. In "Religion and Cults," Hayward (2011) states that in religion and cults, anthropologists do not look at whether it is true of false; instead, they look at the consequences of their beliefs. According to Hayward, religion serves three different types of functions such as personal, …show more content…
Furthermore, many other variation of christianity deny the existence of the orthodoxy; the Jehovah witnesses, for example. Regarding that cult is an organized system of religions beliefs, there are four different types of cults. First of all, individual cult, where a person is responsible for his or her spiritual well-being. It is very common in North America. In this king of cult a person has his or her own guide spirit (God). For instance, when some people believe that believes that the sun or the moon is a guide spirit. Another type of cult is the shamanistic cult, which is when specialists begin to emerge. Furthermore, this cult includes people, such as magicians or shamans, with special ability to do healing features. Moreover, this cult is practice at home and exist all over the world until today. Next, the communal cult where extended family and community are very important. This practice consist in the worship of the ancestor of a family or community. lastly, the ecclesiastic cult, which is related to a formal priesthood. For example, when "prophets heal people in Israel before they go to …show more content…
Often, christian anthropologists ask about the impact of the human sin and Satan in religion. Furthermore, human sin always leads to the cultural captivity of God. It seems that human are changing the glory of God. For instance, many people worship different creatures that they believe being Gods. According to the bible, Satan, the fallen angel, is the object of all false worship. Satan blind people to the truth, so that he can get what he wants by manipulating people. However, God loves everyone and the power of Jesus Christ is available for all, even though some people still far from