Satanists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Mormons, and Hare Krishna are four different kinds of cults all over America. They will lie, they will beat their victims, and they will scare them into their cults. Harmful cult leaders are sending out recruiters to do and say anything necessary to get teenagers, young adults, and sometimes children involved in joining their cults, without mentioning the characteristics and beliefs of that particular kind of cult.
             If people were aware of the characteristics of all the cults in the world, they would be more careful about what kinds of meetings they attended or what kinds of parties they, their children, or their friends attended. Many of the cults around today, give the idea that God has "revealed" something special to them. The Mormon Church, for example, says that Christianity was in apostasy for near 18 centuries, until God "revealed" new "truth" to Joseph Smith, Jr., restoring the true gospel that had been lost. Even today, the Mormon church has its own living prophets who supposedly receive divine revelation from God, and continually bring new "truth" into the world.
             Another characteristic of some cultic groups is that they say one thing in public, but within their cult, they believe something totally different. Many organizations call themselves Christians, but yet they deny all the basic teachings of the faith. In the first article of faith in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints says, "We believe...in His Son, Jesus Christ," (McDowell 25). That puts people under the impression that they are Christians. However, when it is understood what they mean by Jesus Christ, it is easy to realize that they are far removed from true Christianity.
             Also, another feature is false prophesy. Cult leaders, who think they have been called by God himself, have made predictions of future events, supposedly revealed by the inspiration of God. All of which was prophesied never happened. S...