Cults

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a cult. Also people who generate
beliefs of something like flying saucer, aliens or any unknown figures can be cult.
In religion when people call a church they are referring to a sacred organization
having a highly structured or formalized dogma and hierarchy, but also allowing a
bit of flexibility about membership requirements allowing you to go to a church and
leave church when you want to. Although sects are against church attempts to
accommodate to secular society. Sects believe that they are protecting a true faith or
belief. Sects tend to stay away from world events , and also they believe in a strong
strict behavioral code and demand a commitment out of their people. The
differences between cults and sects are sometimes the same. Many scholars do not
make distinctions between the two. Cults are different because they do not expect as
much commitment. Many times' cults do not expect couples to become apart. Cults
do not last as long as sects. Many times' cults ...

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movement coming from the mainland Christian religion, other cults have people
who run and orchestrate cult events, like Reverend Myung Moon leader of the
unification church. The reason people are attracted to modern cults because it puts
emphasis on community and on direct experience with the divine. In cults'
participants often find a level of social support and acceptance that they do not find
in a nuclear family. This makes and generates a sense of belonging to something
profound and a feel of being somebody. People who often join cults such as this,
join because they think they are getting something the world did not give them.
Several factors have been looked at to ...

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