Cults (New Religous Movement)

"...one person's cult is another's religion; all religions begin life as cults. An alternative definition is that a cult is a religion which you happen to dislike."

Anthony Campbell, "David V. Barrett: THE NEW BELIEVERS, A survey of sects, cults and alternative religions," Book review, 2001, at: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/anthony.campbell1/bookreviews/r/barrett.html

Cults are normally perceived by people to be religious groups that brainwash its followers, but the majority of the time they are just new faith groups that people choose to follow.

Below is an example I found on a BAD cult;

On Nov. 18, 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana, more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple cult, led by Rev. Jim Jones, an American, committed suicide by drinking poisoned punch. The mass suicide immediately followed the murder of Rep. Leo J. Ryan (D-Calif.), who was visiting Guyana to investigate Jonestown and was ambushed along with several others at the Port Kaituma airstrip.

Click the following link for more information on Jim Jones of The Peoples Temple and Jonestown.

Another example of a bad cult is the Charlie Manson murders If you want to read about it click on the link below.

http://www.whale.to/b/manson.html