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What is a Cult? Are cults dangerous? How does one become a member of a cult? Why do people join cults? How does one leave a cult? Why do cults exist? Are cults benificial?
I have studied comparative religions for more than 25 years. I am currently a student of Ruchira Adi Da Samraj. My primary area of study is the interpersonal dynamics of the Guru/Devotee relationship.
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Interesting Question. While your question is not perfectly clear, it is ture that with all such questions regarding cults, how one answers this inquiry is dependant upon how one defines the term "Cult"
Interesting Question. Nothing. If they are adults who have the legal right to excersize they own choices, there is nothing you can do, and any attempt to cajole, argue, or threaten will only underscore
Interesting Question. You do not appear to be asking for a comparative study of one “cult” over and against another? Nor do you appear to be researching the dynamics of the cultic process itself
Well said. Like you I also do not believe that Lutherans, Jews, Catholics and even Pentecostals have within the heart of the belief methodology the idea of exclusion, hatred, fear, and animosity (all
Interesting Response. I agree that demographicly the number of Lutherens, Catholics and Jews south of the Mason Dixon line is small in comparison, however they do, and did exist. However I am willing
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