“Among other things Jonestown was an example of a definition well known to sociologists of religion: a cult is a religion with… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
“I could not undo overnight the damage that had been done to my psyche over many years. The only way over was… — Carolyn Jessop Copy Share Image
“Scientology always has been a game of power and control. L. Ron Hubbard was the ultimate con man, and it's hard to… — Jenna Miscavige Hill Copy Share Image
“Everyday in the heat, rain and cold, I ran, alone in the woods...in the hills near our home. There I felt the… — Nikki Rosen Copy Share Image
You know, I'm really starting to think the whole world is just a patchwork quilt of crazy little cults, all with their… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in how idealistic young people can get caught up in all sorts of systems of extreme belief, you know,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The idea that man is a tabula rasa, or Mao's sheet of blank paper upon which the most beautiful characters can be… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
Political as well as religious cults can be distinguished from legitimate organizations by their use of doublethink. Though political cults espouse extremist… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
“He's losing weight," I say. "He doesn't sleep anymore." It occurs to me that this is how cults weaken the will of… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
“The greatest danger to the church today is not humanism, paganism, atheism or agnosticism. The greatest danger is not increasing hostility against… — Mark Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“It is true that cults can help a person get off drugs, but that does not make their beliefs true. So it… — Richard D. Phillips Copy Share Image
“Today the word "cult" is often used in both a sociological and a theological sense. Sociologically, a cult is a religious or… — Ron Rhodes Copy Share Image
“I have stated elsewhere (Sinason 1994) that the number of children and adults tortured in the name of mainstream religious and racial… — Valerie sinason Copy Share Image
“Religion is the most powerful entity on earth. A phenomenon that has conscripted millions to give or sacrifice their lives without so… — Cal Sarwar Copy Share Image
Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host… — Will Herberg Copy Share Image
It might seem perverse for honestly religious people to group their faiths with those of the sadists and megalomaniacs who run most… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
“..and whatever you do stay away from cults. There are all sorts of nutty cults out in Lala Land. Crazy people believing… — Marshall Thornton Copy Share Image
I'm actually loving the soundtrack to 'The Secret Circle' that our music supervisor Liza Richardson puts together, like Washed Out and Cults,… — Shelley Hennig Copy Share Image
“The Yomeshta would say that man’s singularity is his divinity.’ ‘Lords of the Earth, yes. Other cults on other worlds have come… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Cults often separate the infinite complexities of being alive into a simplistic black-and-white dogma, so as someone who likes a yes or… — Tom Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Within the theological structure of the cults there is considerable truth, all of which, it might be added, is drawn from biblical… — Walter Martin Copy Share Image
The food habits of the different classes of Hindus have been as fixed and stratified as their cults. Just as Hindus can… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“People desperate for belonging and validation become prime targets for cults. Don’t show recruiters your low self-worth. Protect your neck by knowing… — Vennie Kocsis Copy Share Image
The Tea Baggers, they're not a movement, they're a cult… Cults tend to populate from within, encouraging members to have huge broods… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“worship: If we are going to participate in Satanic worship, Indian rituals, cults, new age religions, Masonic rituals, and the other myriad… — Cyndy Sherwood Copy Share Image
However, today due to civil litigation funded by cults this option for families has been eliminated. Instead, the only form of cult… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
Many cults start off with high ideals that get corrupted by leaders or their board of advisors who become power-hungry and dominate… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
