AN INSURRECTION MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE OF A GOVERNMENT BEGAN TURNING AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT WITH VIOLENCE AND TERROR. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Why cults form and psychological and sociological reasons behind followers of cults and leaders of cults.
WE WILL BE WRITING ABOUT REVEREND JIM JONES AND THE PEOPLES TEMPLE. SO FAR, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT CULTS IN A MATTER OF FACT WAY, AS IF THERE IS NOTHING BUT FACTS TO DISCUSS ALSO KNOWN AS A “BLACK AND WHITE DISCUSSION.” THERE IS A GRAY AREA OF CULTS, WHICH STARTS OFF WITH THE THEORY … Read more
Heaven’s Gate was co-founded in the 1970s by Marshall Applewhite, a music teacher and Bonnie Nettles, a nurse. This 20th century cult believed that the human body was no more than a “container” which would carry a body to Heaven mixing beliefs of Science and the Bible. How this would happen would be by an … Read more
FDLS AKA, FUNDAMENTAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, BROKE AWAY FROM THE MORMON CHURCH WITH WARREN JEFFS AS LEADER. THE FDLS HAS AS MANY AS 10,000 MEMBERS, MOST OF WHO ARE LIVING OUT OF ARIZONA CITY, ARIZONA. THE FIRST FACT ABOUT THE FDLS IS THEY BELIEVE IN POLYGAMY. HOW THEY JUSTIFY THIS THROUGH … Read more
Today, I begin the first of five daily wisdom words that explain the particulars of cults and why people join them. The first daily wisdom word naming a cult will be about NXVIM. Kieth Raniere started NXIVM in the early nineties. One thing I’ve noticed with cult leaders is they never start off wanting to … Read more
False idols are more common than most of us would like to admit. Idols surround us. Perhaps it is a music band we worship. Perhaps it is a person we are in a relationship with we think is an idol. Eventually the sad truth about idols, is usually they are no better that ourselves. We … Read more
Today, we will discuss gaslighting and the mental effects it has on the individual being gaslighted. If you are like me, I’ve heard the term but haven’t experienced it. It’s associated with mental abuse. My good friend recently used this term, so I finally decided to attach its definition in my mind. Let us take … Read more
“When people leave cults, they don’t know that they left a cult.”
-Sean Durkin
On November 18, 1978, 909 people, 304 of them being children, killed themselves in Jonestown, Guyana by ingesting Flavor Aid mixed with cyanide and a sedative.
They were all followers of the cult of Jim Jones.
Hello friends and readers, Please tune in tomorrow and Wednesday for another exclusive two-part post coming on cults. What exactly qualifies as a cult? What makes people join them and then continue to participate even when the truth is exposed? With the recent controversies over the cult group NXIVM and the tumultous history of Scientology, … Read more