Freedom is a precious gift; the freedom to believe or not to believe in God or a higher power and to worship as one desires is part of that precious gift. As stated in the Bill of Rights, "Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."(LeBar 12). Because of our high regard for freedom and human rights, no one has paid much attention to the dangerous influential power of new emerging cults. Like everything else, there are harmless cults and there are destructive cults. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are consider respectable religions today, however they were all once considered to be cults in the past. All cults and organized establishments have the potential to do harm to our society. But do they need to do harm to become a respectable religion in the future? Forming a religion takes time, and unfortunately many cults today wants that respectability right away. In the process, they usually claim of a!
             miracle or something drastic along those lines to attract and recruit members. However, we as a society really do not care to think about cults until it is brought to our attention by the media. As a result, when we think of the word "cult," many negative connotations come to mind. We think of bizarre behaviors, zombie-like followers, and strange beliefs. Are cults negatively depicted and misrepresented by our society because of the media? The answer is no because over the years, destructive cult groups have shown themselves to be wrong in their intentions of fulfilling a single person's idealistic view, by luring in unsuspecting victims, and leaving them traumatized and wounded for life. Destructive cults not only do harm to themselves, but they also negatively effect our society with their wealth, their influential power, and demented views on religion.
             Cults are dangerous groups that try to pass as being new religions. This is particularly dan...