81. Cults And Iranians as the general Convention of the New Jerusalem and the general Church of Finally for good resources on dealing with cults, please visit the following resource http://www.ghandchi.com/37-Cults.htm

CULTS The Article Entitled “Cults and Iranians” is attached at the end http://ghandchi.com/37-Cults.htm The wording cult has been used and misused to refer to different groupings, some actually being a religious or political cult, such as the Hari Krishna, and some actually not being a religious or political cult. I believe it is important to understand what a cult is and how it can be recognized, and how anyone, who is entangled in it, can get out of it. For example, how can one answer the question regarding MKO and whether it is a cult? Lot of times, some groupings that have originally been a cult have become a religion or an open political organization later, and it is no longer proper to call them a cult. Many of the existing political parties and religions have originally been cults. FIRST CHARACTERISTIC OF A CULT: The FIRST distinction between a religious cult and an open religion is that the belief system of a cult is not openly announced honestly and is not easily accessible to public for public scrutiny. Many times they even tell their members that only believers can see the light. Nonetheless, the most common mistake in thinking of a group as a

82. List Of Purported Cults - Encyclopedia Article About List Of Purported Cults. Fr This article discusses religious or sociological cults. especially in North America, most English speakers have adopted the term for general conversation in an http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/List of purported cults

Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia List of purported cults Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition What is a cult? Webster's defines a cult as "a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also a minority religious group holding beliefs regarded as unorthodox or spurious." http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/cultsect/mdtaskforce/eby_testimony.htm This definition is entirely subjective: it means that if you think a religion is unorthodox, then you will call it a cult. Church of Scientology The Church of Scientology Scientology is a system of beliefs and teachings, originally established as a secular philosophy in 1952 by author L. Ron Hubbard, and subsequently reoriented from 1953 as an "applied religious philosophy". Scientology is recognized as a constitutionally protected religion in the United States, but not in most European countries. It is most prominently represented by the Church of Scientology , which has aroused considerable controversy since it was founded in 1954. Click the link for more information.

83. Cults In France But, during this time, a certain number of cults insidiously continue to achieve their daily misdeeds in the quasigeneral indifference. http://cftf.com/french/Les_Sectes_en_France/cults.html

Cults in France about this translation NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTION OF OCTOBER 4, 1958 TENTH LEGISLATURE Recorded with the Presidency of the National Assembly on December 22, 1995. REPORT MADE IN THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF INQUIRY (1) INTO CULTS, President Mr. Alain Gest, Reporter Mr. Jacques Guyard, Deputies. (1) This Commission is made up of: Messrs. Alain Gest, president, Jean- Pierre Brard, Mrs. Suzanne Sauvaigo, vice-presidents, Messrs. Eric DoligŽ, Rudy Rooms, secretaries, Jacques Guyard, reporter; Messrs. Jean-Claude Bahu, Pierre Bernard, Raoul BŽteille, Mrs. Christine Boutin, Messrs. Jean-Pierre Brard, Jean-Franois Calvo, Rene Chub, Mrs. Martine David, Messrs. Pierre Delmar, Bernard Derosier, Eric DoligŽ, Jean-Pierre Foucher, Jean Geney, Alain Gest, Jean Gravel, Jacques Guyard, Pierre Lang, Gerard Larrat, Claude-Gerard Marcus, Thierry Mariani, Mrs. Odile Moirin, Messrs. George Mothron, Jacques Myard, Mrs. Catherine Nicolas, Messrs. Francisque Perrut, Daniel Picotin, Marc Reymann, Marcel Castlings, Rudy Rooms and Mrs. Suzanne Sauvaigo. Humans right and public freedoms.

84. Crank Dot Net | Cults cults . is for people who wish to learn about the scientific Creationism religion in general, and the Institute of Creation Research cult s Back to http://www.crank.net/cults.html

The Cult News Network 2004 Apr 06 cults "A database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. The Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey (RI) is a nonprofit public resource with a vast archive that contains thousands of individual documents. RI on-line files include news stories, research papers, reports, court documents, book excerpts, personal testimonies and hundreds of links to additional relevant resources. This database is well-organized for easy access and reference." Heaven's Gate Cult 2004 Apr 06 cults "Whether Hale-Bopp has a 'companion' or not is irrelevant from our perspective. However, its arrival is joyously very significant to us at 'Heaven's Gate.' The joy is that our Older Member in the Evolutionary Level Above Human (the 'Kingdom of Heaven') has made it clear to us that Hale-Bopp's approach is the 'marker' we've been waiting for the time for the arrival of the spacecraft from the Level Above Human to take us home to 'Their World' in the literal Heavens. Our 22 years of classroom here on planet Earth is finally coming to conclusion 'graduation' from the Human Evolutionary Level. We are happily prepared to leave 'this world' and go with Ti's crew." AUM Shrinrikyo 2003 Aug 03 cults Yes, it's the Web site of the murderous cult. In English, Russian, and German.

85. Dr Graham Jones: Aids For Studying Saints' Cults - And The Middle Ages Sites devoted to individual cults. Medieval society text, image and much else Some important general purpose sites. Majestas. http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/grj1/links.html

Dr Graham Jones: Aids for studying saints' cults - and the Middle Ages The Transfiguration of Christ . An icon from the web-page of the Catholic Information Network, whose links to sites of interest to students of the Eastern churches can be accessed below: click on 'The eastern churches'. Hagiography and its study The culture of religion The eastern churches Saints at a Glance ... Medieval churches and towns Medieval and Late Antique studies Medieval society More medieval texts ... Miscellaneous resources Hagiography and its study A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography , Wace and Piercy's work of reference placed on-line by the Christian Classics Electronic Library project. Society of Bollandists . The Belgian-based Jesuit researchers who since the first half of the sixteenth century have devoted themselves to the study, editing and publication of hagiography. Publishers of Analecta Bollandiana Hagiographie is the title of the project at the Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix at Namur in Belgium to compile an index, searchable by location, typology and chronology, of the Bibliotheca hagiographia latina , published in 1898-9, the most comprehensive corpus of saints' lives of the period to c.1500.

86. Freedom Of Mind Recommended Reading cults general cults in Our Midst by Margaret Thaler Singer. Snapping America s Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman. http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/books/reading.htm

Help for Someone Else Help for Oneself Mental Health Professionals ... Home Steven Alan Hassan's Recommended Reading List Note: Many of the books below may no longer be in print; therefore, you may wish to consider using alternative search engines other than Amazon.Com , such as Addall.Com . Books are categorized by the specific group or topic they focus on, and are linked to more information on amazon.com See also more information about Steven Hassan's own books Releasing the Bonds and Combatting Cult Mind Control Amway Motivational Organizations Amway Motivational Organizations: Behind the Smoke and Mirrors by Ruth Carter Alamo Ministries Youth, Brainwashing, and the Extremist Cults by Ronald M. Enroth ( one chapter devoted to Alamo The Jesus People; Old-Time Religion in the Age of Aquarius by Ronald M. Enroth (contains information on Alamo) Andrew Cohen and Moksha Foundation/Impersonal Enlightenment Fellowship The Mother of God by Luna Tarlo Aum Shinrikyo Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism

87. Cults And Crazy Thinking yourself. People in cults don t hate their families in general they just do not see them, care for them, or meet their needs. cults http://www.jeremiahproject.com/prophecy/cult01.html

Cults and Crazy Thinking by John Edmiston Cults "think differently". Its a complex issue and some tool is needed so we can quickly evaluate whether a group is a genuine religious movement or a dangerous cult group. Over the last ten years of ministry to cults I have developed some tools that help me to help others improve their judgement. Such tools have to be simple, transferable and memorisable so they can sit in the person's memory and pop up when needed - a little bit like a TSR I suppose. The above diagram is one such tool. Its meant to be memorised. Its meant to be simple. And its meant to work as an elementary tool for evaluating religious groups and their leaders. Well here goes! The first of our "three dimensions" on the diagram is the Love-Hate dimension. It could also be labeled Unconditional Love vs Paranoid Thinking. The key test is the question "How do they treat their enemies?'. A paranoid group goes from suspicion to suspicion, living in fear and employing "guilt by association" to mark people as those to beware of. A paranoid cult group is preoccupied with its fortress mentality, its thought life is disproportionately centred around warding off evil rather than pursuing good. While guarding against sin and compromise is an essential part of the Christian life being paranoid is not! Jesus was sinless - but He still loved His enemies and prayed for those who persecuted Him. e-mail Eternity Magazine and we will do our best to help.

88. Answers In Action: AIA Recommended Books - Cults detail the largest cults like the Jehovah s Witnesses, The Mormons, Scientology and many others. It contains several chapters on Cultism in general. http://answers.org/resources/r_cults.html

Home Apologetics Bible Reviews ... AIA BBS Boolean: AND OR Case Insensitive Sensitive bible book reviews issues book reviews AIA Recommended Books - cults Defending the Faith: A Beginner's Guide to Cults and New Religions by Richard Abanes Former Christian Research Institute researcher Richard Abanes has written a number of books that examine and evaluate religious belief systems. While many authors who write books quickly do so because they don't care about being accurate and/or they repackage the same message in multiple books, Abanes has proved to be careful and thoughtful. Certainly there is some overlap between the two books [this and the one that follows], and between these books and other Christian evaluations of cults and new religions. However, these two books are worth adding to any cult evangelism library because they provide unique evaluations and cover some religious movements not frequently reviewed. Defending the Faith is a good book to read cover-to-cover or chapter-by-chapter. Most books on the cults examine the cults one by one, repeating essential biblical doctrine in each chapter in response to the doctrinal teachings of the specific cult in that chapter. Abanes, however, organizes his cult evaluations within a framework of essential doctrines, in each chapter presenting an orthodox summary of a particular point of doctrine, and then contrasting that to what various cults and new religions believe on the same subject. The unique appeal of this approach is that the careful reader will learn essential Christian doctrine as the foundation for evaluating the differing claims of the cults. The focus is on truth rather than on error. As Dr. Walter Martin used to say, the best way to recognize the counterfeit is to be thoroughly familiar with the genuine.

89. Cultura.ro - Protestant Cults During the latest decades, protestant cults, including the ones in our country respect to church legislation and faith truths, the general diocesan assembly for http://www.ministerulculturii.ro/engleza/culte/culte_prot.html

Home Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs Religious life Patrimony ... Contact Username: Password: Public relations Contact the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs Ion Irimescu Cultural agenda June 2004 D L M M J V S Theatres Bucharest theatres' repertoire Recommendation VILLAGE MUSEUM Nichita agenda Newsletter Subscribe Unsubscribe The Cults' Life Religious events Christianity in the Romanians' historical past The Orthodox Church The Catholic Church ... Religious associations Protestant cults From an organizational point of view, Protestantism abolished papal supremacy, traditional hierarchy, priests' celibacy and monasticism and gave laics an important part within the Church. During the latest decades, protestant cults, including the ones in our country, agreed to women's being ordained. Some protestant churches even promoted women bishops. a. The Reformed (Calvinist) Church

90. Cultura.ro - Religious Events There is no other law of religious cults to explicitly abrogate the DecreeLaw nr. 177/1948 regarding general regime of religious cults. http://www.ministerulculturii.ro/engleza/culte/

91. Gvcult According to CultAware, cults could be broken down into general categories which include religious (34%), new age (17%), Eastern meditation (14%) and occult http://www.ace.net.au/darkmoon/gvcult.htm

Temple of the Dark Moon CULTS WITHIN AUSTRALIA Probably the most important chapter of the Joint Standing Committee's report on Freedom of Religion and Belief within Australia is Chapter 10, the one pertaining the cults. The Collins dictionary simply describes a "cult" as a specific system of worship; devotion to a person, ideal, activity; popular fashion. If this is an accurate description, then it is hard to understand why, when the word "cult" is applied to a belief system, that negative images are portrayed. The report of the Joint Standing Committee pointed out that there are differences between cults and small, but nevertheless, mainstream religions that are not well understood or that some people think are "strange". Such religions it included Ananda Marga, Hare Krishna, the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses. So what makes for a "cult"? The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade noted that there is no legal definition which distinguishes between religions and cults. However, a Dr Max Wallace provide a range of material on cults, noting that they could fall into a number of categories, including religious, personal development, cosmological and healing. To Dr Wallace, the difference between a religion and a cult is that "religions are more outward looking and more public in their affairs than cults, which tend to be more inward looking, committed to their own affairs, and totally ensconced in the activities of members inside the organisations"

92. The Ankerberg Theological Research Institute - General Apologetics, Cults, And T general apologetics, cults, and the occult....... Apologetics Countercult The Ankerberg Theological Research Institute URL http//www.ankerberg.com/ http://www.praize.com/engine/info/1983.html

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93. Language Index - English--General Language Index English - general The cults can be an added source of confusion for internationals who have a desire to know more about Christianity. http://www.multilanguage.com/ENG/DefaultG.htm

Language Index - English - General: Quick Index General Africa Buddhism Chinese Hinduism ... Selection ENG-L198 Storyteller's Bible Study Bill Perry New and expanded version now available. A complete teacher resource for conducting an introductory, cross-cultural Bible study. It lays a firm foundation for faith in 12 lessons and has been used effectively with new believers and with those who have no background in Christianity. This overview of the Bible is highly recommended and is an effective tool for sharing with international students (or any persons) who want to know more about God. Format 8-1/2x11. ENG-L142 Add to Your Faith Bill Perry An excellent Bible Study especially for an international who has just come to faith in Christ. Using the components of Christian character from 2 Peter 1:5-7, it begins a study of the New Testament epistles that helps one discover principles of spiritual growth that can then be applied in one's own cultural situation. Because of the changeability of an international student's situation, this study has been set up for use as a group study, a one-on-one situation or if need be, a self-study. ENG-L168 Crossing Over With Parables Bill Perry ...pp Some internationals go through an introductory Bible Study, such as

94. IndexKenya Project - Witchcraft, Cults Mailbox April 14, 2000, Friday Pagination 7 Study well the cause of cults By Padwick, John See also related topics Culture in general, Cultural changes http://www.indexkenya.org/browsecat.asp?topic=V&type=0&desc=Witchcraft, Cults

95. Apologetics Research Resources On Religious Cults And Sects - Research Resources Breatharianism. cults, Sects, Etcetera This section provides definition of such terms as cult and sect, and points to general resources. Ex http://www.xs4all.nl/~ahein/apologetics.html

About the A-Z Index An Apologetics Index research resource Do Not Bookmark This Page: Pages at this URL (starting with www.xs4all.nl/~ahein) are no longer being updated. This site has moved to a new URL http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/ You will find our up-to-date pages at that URL. Pages at this URL (starting with www.xs4all.nl/~ahein) are no longer being updated. www. A pologetics I ndex.org A B C D ... How Can I Help? About Apologetics Index Apologetics Index is a work in progress. Items are added or updated frequently. Additions and updates are listed on AI's Front Page This index contains links to Christian, non-Christian and secular information on cults, sects, new and/or alternative religious movements, apologetics ministries, apologetics-related articles, counter-cult resources, etcetera. Example If you are looking for information about, say, Mormonism , you will find listings for Christian apologetics ministries, secular anti-cult sites, but also links to the Mormon Church and Mormon apologetics organizations, as well as selected articles on the subject. The intent is to provide resources for research and ministry.

96. Information & Articles On Cults, Abuse, Grace & Legalism notice of their deficiencies. . BACK TO TOP. general articles on cults and mind control/thought reform. Clinical Update on cults Michael http://www.spiritualabuse.org/articles.html

Denotes the writing is directly posted to this site. Recovery from and consequences of spiritual abuse Touch not mine anointed and questioning in the church Abuse of authority in church leadership Spiritual abuse and its signs, plus identifying a cult ... Articles on the law Recovery from and consequences of spiritual abuse Dispelling the Myths: The Psychological Consequences of Cultic Involvement - Paul Martin explains and evaluates some misconceptions about involvement in abusive groups and gives seven steps to recovery. Psychological Recovery From Mental Abuse - Ruth Gordon briefly covers some issues which effect those who have left abusive groups. Recovery From Cult Involvement - Short piece by Jan Groenveld, listing some factors which may effect recovery. Stages in Recovery - Jan Groenveld lists three main stages in the recovery process, with a brief explanation of each. It Hurts Repairing The Soul After A Cult - From the AFF "Cult Observer" site, Janja Lalich tackles the issues one faces after leaving a cult. Personal insight. Recovery from Spiritual Abuse: How You Can Help - by Sharon Hilderbrant as posted on the Darkness to Light web site. Discusses the recovery process, including trust, emotions, God, church, untwisting Scriptures, and more.

97. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The: Interacting With "Cults" The intent of this article is to shed light on what cults are and are not, to give law enforcement officers some general guidance on how to approach such http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2194/9_69/66035873/p1/article.jhtml

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); Advanced Search Home Help IN all publications this publication News Automotive Business Computing Entertainment Health News Reference Sports YOU ARE HERE Articles FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The Sept, 2000 Content provided in partnership with Print friendly Tell a friend Find subscription deals Interacting with "Cults" FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The Sept, 2000 by Adam Szubin Iii Jensen, Carl J. Rod Gregg There is a common tendency to view "cults" with a combination of mistrust and fear. Much of this hostility derives from widespread misconceptions about the nature of "cults," founded upon popular stereotypes and simple ignorance. While such misconceptions are unfortunate in the general populace, they may be dangerous when harbored by law enforcement officers charged with dealing with these groups and ensuring the safety of both "cult" members and the general public. The intent of this article is to shed light on what "cults" are and are not, to give law enforcement officers some general guidance on how to approach such movements, and to provide an illustration of how one police department successfully handled the arrival of a doomsday "cult" in its jurisdiction. [1] A Policinq Model In sociological terms, a "cult" may be defined as a movement that is foreign to the culture in which it lives. [2] Thus, Americans would define a "cult" as a group, generally with a religious foundation, whose beliefs and practices are unfamiliar to the majority of U.S. citizens. Many groups that Americans once thought of as "cults"such as the early Quakers, Seventh-Day Adventists, or Mormonshave received increased recognition and acceptance and become accredited churches. [3] Other groups, such as Zen Buddhists, which many Americans may view as "cults," represent mainstream movements in other parts of the world. Thus, defining a group as a "cult" generally has much more to do with the way society perceives the group than it does with the characteristics indigenous to the group itself.

98. Cult Information From The Rick A. Ross Institute For The Study Of Destructive Cu Expert on cults, destructive cults, controversial groups, cult movements and cult activity. The Rick A. Ross Institute (RI) is a nonprofit public resource of information about controversial and/ http://www.rickross.com/

Getting Started About Us FAQ Contact Us ... Search Welcome to the Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey A database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. The Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey (RI) is a nonprofit public resource with a vast archive that contains thousands of individual documents. RI on-line files include news stories, research papers, reports, court documents, book excerpts, personal testimonies and hundreds of links to additional relevant resources. This database is well-organized for easy access and reference. Due to the size of the RI archive a search engine is available for your convenience. See Getting Started for instructions on how to effectively use and navigate through this website. Useful points of entry are also located to the left on this page. Getting Help Information that can help you analyze and/or respond to a specific situation that may involve a destructive cult, group or leader. "I finally feel like I am me again, happy and free thanks to you. Keep doing what you are doing because you are truly saving peoples lives." cult member after successful intervention Today's Cult Headlines The Cult News Network is a daily listing of interesting links about cults, controversial groups and ideological movements. Links are submitted by members, and the most interesting submissions are selected to appear on the home page by a site administrator.

99. Cult Information Of AFF's Cult Information Service AFF resources about, cults, cult groups, abuse, manipulation. Practical assistance services for families; cult members recover support; cultic studies research for educators and professionals. Conference Understanding cults and Other Charismatic Groups Perspectives of as well as many articles on cults. Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis" and "cults and Children the Abuse http://www.csj.org/

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100. Trancenet.org Cults & Mind Control News Home Page Championing Psychological Freedoms in cults, Corporations, Families. Mind Control Research, News. Cult Veteran Personal Stories. Alternative Medicine, Cult, cults, Thought Reform, Mind members label destructive "cults" as possible whether http://www.trancenet.org/

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