i want to see if anybody knows anything about cults.
2006-07-29 18:38:23 · 10 answers · asked by Gespacho 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Weak willed individuals don't have guidence in their lives and are drawn to charismatic folks who offer the pie in the sky.
2006-07-29 18:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they offer structure and control in an age where there seems to be no structure, control, or respect for authority.
Those attracted to cults also are duped into believing that those in the cult actually care about them (and, initially, the cult will seem to show real love and concern for them, up til the time they have been brainwashed and are now a source of cheap labor (or free labor) to help the cult and it's leader bring in and raise more free money while spreading lies about what is true and how to get to heaven).
They also (if they are a pseudo-Christian cult) will have some obvious marks: they deny the deity of Christ and/or they deny the doctrine of the Trinity, and also, their leader (the leader of the cult) claims some special "revelation" that makes him [and the cult] the only person/group on the earth with the real message of truth).
Lots of groups do this, the Mormons, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Moonies, the Way International, etc.
The first part (the structure and rules) is also what draws westerners to Islam, in fact. It's the fact that they see something that seems to offer structure, concrete rules, etc, in an age when nobody [in the West] seems to think anything is worth committing your life to, or worth dying for
. . and they aren't told the truth upfront about how evil the belief system is [Islam] and that it requires that they committ themselves to killing innocents in order to earn heaven.
2006-07-29 18:42:39 · answer #2 · answered by Wayne A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cult is a small group. The early Christians were a cult.
2006-07-29 18:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cults are generally for weak people who like being manipulated
followers not leaders
people who are not strong or confident enough to run their own
lives which in the USA mean about 30% of the population
and rising
since most young people aren't willing to take responsibility for anything
2006-07-29 18:42:50 · answer #4 · answered by tanner_1122 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To exert power over the minds and free wills of its members...barring them from routine involvement with the world outside their cult
2006-07-29 18:42:00 · answer #5 · answered by spike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charismatic leaders....people so dramatic, educated, charming, born leaders who spark fire in the minds of those less educated. Of course, these people are usually mentally unstable, but they are believable.
Ex. Hitler, David Koresh, Charles Manson....
2006-07-29 18:43:39 · answer #6 · answered by Brooke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come, drink this Kool-Aid© and I will show you the light my friend. lord Zargon has a place for you on the mothership.
2006-07-29 18:42:53 · answer #7 · answered by Gynolotrimena Lubriderma-Smith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much, but here's my take.
You have power-hungry idiots for starters
Then he finds gullible, needy, weak people to influence
2006-07-29 18:42:56 · answer #8 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rebellion from parents and society in general.
2006-07-29 19:37:22 · answer #9 · answered by Cookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stupid brainless morons always looking for someone else to tell them what to do &
a bigger moron to tell them to kill themselves.
2006-07-29 18:42:37 · answer #10 · answered by Jaime L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋