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noun
- 1. a fringe religious group that glorifies or is obsessed with death: "an apocalyptic death cult"
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Mar 21, 2022 · Anti-vaxxers, and anti-maskers, usually the same people, have made fidelity to a fact-free but emotionally satisfying reality, more important than life itself, and created the first American death cult.
- Stephan A. Schwartz
- Explore (NY). 2022 May-June; 18(3): 259-263.
- 10.1016/j.explore.2022.03.008
- May-June 2022
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A cult is a group which is typically led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader, who tightly controls its members, requiring unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices which are considered deviant (outside the norms of society).
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There are different viewpoints as to how cults procure new members. The anti-cult position takes a negative view of the groups' activities, often assuming that people join cults because they were brainwashed, or were the victims of other mind control procedures that rendered them "helpless victims" (Barker 1986, p. 335). However, manyresearchers vi...
Despite the fact that most cults are harmless, some groups do become dangerous either to themselves or others. A particularly dangerous time for cult activity coincides with the ending of a century or millennium. During these times, groups sometimes "prophesize the end of the world" (Fox and Levine 2001, p. 143). This belief is originally rooted in...
Barker, Eileen. "Religious Movements: Cult and Anticult Since Jonestown." Annual Review of Sociology 12 (1986):329–346. Fox, James A., and Jack Levin. The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder.Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2001. Hammer, Joshua. "An Apocalyptic Mystery." Newsweek, 3 April 2000, 46–47. Hardyck, Jane Allyn, and Marcia...
I know Nietzsche would have a lot to say about why we live in a death cult. What I mean by death cult is: everyone wants to die so they go to Heaven, but not me. I just want to live forever, and barring that I want to live as long as possible.
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (formerly Southern Cult, Southern Death Cult or Buzzard Cult), abbreviated S.E.C.C., is the name given by modern scholars to the regional stylistic similarity of artifacts, iconography, ceremonies, and mythology of the Mississippian culture.
Apr 25, 2023 · Dozens of lives could have been spared if Kenyan authorities had acted sooner to shut down a notorious Christian death cult, says a local social justice organization.
Nov 1, 2017 · Despite a reputation as a death cult for criminals and drug traffickers, Santa Muerte has surged in popularity and taken on an increasingly prominent and polemic role in the Day of the Dead...
