Cult Members

What Is A Religious Cult?

Often the term “religious cult” brings to mind the 1978 tragedy of the Peoples Temple group, whose 900 members committed suicide at the command of Jim Jones. It also reminds us of the Branch Davidians, whose isolated compound in Texas was destroyed by fire. Additionally, the recent exposure of polygamy and sexual abuse of girls ...
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José Luis de Jesús Miranda

There are a slew of people who have claimed to be Jesus Christ over the years; even Christ himself, according to the people who nailed him to the cross, was an impostor, or false prophet. This particular flavour of “I think I’m Jesus” is Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda; he refers to himself literally, as ...
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Jim Jones & Jonestown

How could approximately 900 people be led by one man to commit suicide? The answer to this question may shed some light in understanding the events leading up to that infamous day in 1978. Jim Jones was a dynamic preacher who started his public service in Indiana in the 1950’s. In Indianapolis he served on ...
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David Koresh & The Branch Davidians

Vernon Wayne Howell, aka David Koresh, was a self-styled “prophet” and the leader of an apocalyptic religious cult called the Branch Davidians. Koresh joined the sect in 1983 at age 24, and began a sexual relationship with septuagenarian Lois Roden, who was then the leader of the Branch Davidians. In 1984 Lois Roden’s son George ...
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The Manson Family

Manson Family Charles Manson was little more than a duplicitous, racist redneck, who just happened to have connections in the music business. The man interpreted the lyrics “helter skelter” as the beginnings of a race war, and began building a small army of his own fascist brainwash brigade. Sad but true, boys and ghouls. So what ...
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