Life in a Cult
Title: Life in a Cult
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1353 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Life in a Cult
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1353 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Life in a Cult
Once a person joins a nonconventional religious group, he or she must begin to adapt to group life. New recruits will go through a program of education in group beliefs and practices. Frequently, they will begin to master a spiritual discipline and, most perturbing to former acquaintances, they will begin to change and their behavior patterns to conform to group demands.
Indoctrination: Most groups have a more or less standard program
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contacts became the focus of parental concerns when sons and daughters joined. Critics have accused the high-demand religions of being "antifamily" as they create a barrier between members and their natural family. In the long run, such demands upon members force them to become dependent upon the group. Such dependency over a period of years may created difficulty for members in adjusting to society if either the group dissolves or they decide to leave it.