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Destructive cult leaders Roundtree Kendyl THST Professor Sanchez April Destructive Cult Leaders The human journey can be seen as a quest ??a search for knowledge a search for comfort and a search for understanding Perhaps the greatest of humanities questi

Roundtree Kendyl THST Professor Sanchez April Destructive Cult Leaders The human journey can be seen as a quest ??a search for knowledge a search for comfort and a search for understanding Perhaps the greatest of humanities questions have been answered with faith or religion where we look to a supernatural power something bigger than ourselves to gain an insight of the world in which we live Our understanding of this mystic spirit what most people identify as God has changed over time and is indeed still changing What was once a world of few religions has turned into a multi-religious universe containing both new and old practices of varying beliefs As individuals we all have a di ?erent perspective of the world and traditional more conventional religions may not have the answers that some people are looking for In turn these soul seekers gravitate to other types of groups where they can ?ll their innate need for belonging and acceptance However there are a handful of small countercultural groups that mask themselves as one thing and turn out to be another These organizations known as cults are led by people who have a psychological need for power and dominance and they use manipulation and intimidation strategies to recruit and control their members Some destructive cult leaders have even persuaded their members to commit unscrupulous acts such as murder and suicide Whatever the outcome may be one thing is clear cult leaders ? narcissistic desires which stem from childhood trauma lead to the manipulation and exploitation of innocent vulnerable individuals CThe term cult can be de ?ned in a number of ways Originally a cult was a small religious group whose views were unconventional to societies Jesus and his followers were even considered a cult by the Roman authorities because they started a movement that challenged all traditional values at the time Their belief that Jesus was God himself is now a world religion ?? Christianity Though cults can evolve into established more respected religions most remain small and separate from society Eileen Barker James Beckford and James Richardson authors of the book Challenging Religion believe that cults ??develop in contrast to the dominant culture and its motifs rather than in consonance or sympathy with them ? However when a series of agrantly unorthodox groups emerged in the s and s scholars stopped using the term cult because of the stereotypical connotations that were developing alongside it Since the media ??were using the words cults and sects to mean dangerous or even criminal religious organizations most sociologists and historians of religion eventually began to use new religious movement NRM as a value-free nonderogatory substitute for sect or cult ? Nonetheless NRM and cult tend to be used synonymously Before the s a cult was simply a group whose views were unconventional to societies but in recent years its features have changed Nowadays cults are marked by ?ve stereotypical characteristics charismatic singularity or the idea that the group especially its leader has