Cults, which are groups of people with similar beliefs that may stray from mainstream belief, are often times dangerous because they can become manipulative to the point in which people lose their own identities, and in extreme cases they are even led to their own deaths. Iwill explain how and why people join cults, circumstances in one’s life, and persuasive leader’s.I will also explain the effects of cults, the effects on a person’s life, and the effects on society.People join cults because they want to feel like they belong to a family that respects themand takes care of them. The affects it has on a person’s life is very traumatic; for instance the cultleader will try to separate the individual from his family and try to isolate them from the outsideworld. This usually causes a lot of psychiatric issues for instance the individual might lose his or her identity. Another problem is the cult leader might order his members to commit suicide. Thisusually makes the individual’s family go through hard times; it also affects the community, bymaking the community is on the news for weeks and weeks at a time.There are many different types of cults many of them include Rasta’s, scientology, theManson family, and many others. They have many beliefs and reasons. They usually have asmart fearless gruesome leader called a cult leader. This cult leader will use mind control and persuasive techniques. To try to manipulate an innocent person to join. Charles Manson useddrugs and LSD to make innocent hippies join his cult. And also L. Ron Hubbard used mindcontrol techniques to try to seduce members to join. And with Rasta’s you are pretty much borninto it.The number of cults is uncertain, it is estimated that there is roughly 3,000 cultsthat exist throughout the world, 3 million members worldwide. Many cults were also accepted asreligions like Christianity, Quakers, Mormons and swedenborgians.There were many other cults, such as ISK, a very common cult that wore orange robesand they were from Asia. Binhi, are a cult that tried to discus and debate the bible with politics.
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