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Cults have existed throughout history since the beginning of time. A cult is defined in Webster's dictionary as a "system of religious worship with a devoted attachment to a person, principle, etc." Over the past thirty years numerous religious cults have caused " tens of thousands to abandon their families, friends, education's, and careers to follow the teaching of a leader they will never meet"(Beck 78). Opinions vary as to why people are drawn to cults. "Martin Marty, professor of religious history at the University of Chicago, attributes the growth of cults to the frustrations of seemingly rootless people"(U.S. News and World Report 23). Marty's classification of a rootless person is a person who is overly frustrated by modern life and is at a loss for direction. Often the rootless individual will "short-circuit and try to hook their lives to any guiding spirit" (U.S. News and World Report 23). The psychological classification of people who join cults are those who feel neglected by their society. "Cults are picking up on these people who feel their interests have been overlooked" (U.S. News and World Report 23).The sociological studies on cults and those who join them h
Jones had shot himself in the head as he watched his decibels die by his wishes. The nursing home of the Peoples Temple offered care to the sick and elderly. In 1974, Jim Jones, along with a handful of followers, moved to build his dream a "Christian, socialist commune in the wilds of Guyana"(Steele 62). In the case of Jim Jones his power lead to an enflamed ego, which led to a greed, not only of loyalty but of money. The owner of this hand became an immediate trusted ally as well as aide to Jones. As Jim matured into a young adult this internal power he possessed was not fully matured. Jones's strong dedication to the church soon led him to becoming a pastor at a Methodist church in Indianapolis. "It is time to die with d!ignity" (Oblsson 40). Families laid down next to one another holding hands. The commune's security forces began to impose harsher discipline. The temple was a textbook model of integration and liberalism. Jones himself seemed to deteriorate physically; he began to gain weight, he started to slur his words, he looked dazed--and the rumors began to spread that he was on hard drugs, or seriously ill" (Steele 62).
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