CULTS: DANGEROUS DEVOTION pt. 8
Feb 3rd, 2010 by MrCult
Part 8 of 10 Journey behind closed doors into a secret world where faith and devotion lead to desperation and despair. From the bizarre prophecies of Charles Manson to the desperate paranoia of Jim Jones, cult leaders draw followers into worlds of power, paranoia, and death. Why do people join? Why do they stay? And how can we stop them? Through interviews with world-renowned scholars and the survivors of cultic tragedy, DANGEROUS DEVOTION unmasks the mystery of cults. Meet survivors of modern-day cults and true believers who still number among the faithful. Hear from mothers and fathers who have lost a child to a cult and observe FBI agents working to identify exploitative groups that endanger individuals or even the entire nation. And delve through history to examine how cults have seized hearts and minds throughout time. CULTS: DANGEROUS DEVOTION is a truly eye-opening examination of a world that few of us will ever see, but that potentially affects us all. Just some of the charismatic leaders and cults examined in DANGEROUS DEVOTION are: * Charles Manson * Jim Jones and Jonestown Warren Jeffs and the Yearning for Zion Ranch * Shoko Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo * David Koresh and the Branch Davidians * The Nizari, the drug-fueled assassins from the time of the Crusades
His followers committing the acts too.
This guy was horrible.
People mostly feel badly or insecure about themselves. Cults give them a sense of belonging, purpose and self esteem.
Many of the most intelligent people fall into this trap. The world is just so past-paced and changing too quickly, and many people (especially intelligent people) are becoming more disenchanted with life and feel left behind and unfulfilled. Along comes some group or leader who appeals to our deep desire to belong, to feel significant, to feel happy. When we get a proliferation of cults and other ills, we need to look at ourselves and the society and world we live in. Change what is wrong.
Thanks for proving my point.
I still don’t understand how intelligent people can believe these cult leaders.
foreigners don’t speak “better” english. they just learned it academically and not naturalistically like natives. natives tend to care less about the actual standard because they’ve used colliqual speech all their lives which perpetually changes among native speakers, while foreigners have always been taught strict rules of grammar and orthography and so on and don’t know alternative ways of speech other than the standard which is the so called “correct” English.
Evil is in the heart of every soul according
to the word of God.Some are more cunning with the way to hide it.
How can a person survive for 15 days without water?
Interesting how fascist dictators and sex perverts seem to have a natural affinity.
Schafer =Himmler / SS wannabe
Didn’t the “Arbeit macht frei” motto kinda clue them in? It’s right above the gates of Auswitz.
I think that we are all more likely to notice differences — whether in languages or accents. I was merely surprised that I could suddenly understand bits of languages that I’d never studied. English — etymological mess that it is — has many words that are like German. We don’t hear/read these as being English, we just find them easier to learn. And we have to be careful of words like “poison”!
Yes you’re right, i forgot about that one!
There are certain similarities indeed.
I guess there also are with Scandinavian languages but to me they mainly sound very very strange, with just every now and then a familiar sounding/looking word.
I guess if i would learn more abou them, it would be easier to spot the similarities (and also the differences between Dutch and German; these 2 seem to sound alike to everyone but the Duch and German
I never thought that Latin would be useful, but I spent a couple of months in Mexico and initially discovered that I could make myself understood by fiddling with a combination of French and Latin. The experience of not being able to communicate made me patient with people learning English.
Isn’t Dutch related to German? When I studied German, I discovered to my surprise that I could understand *bits* of Dutch (and of Scandinavian languages).
peace restored
Yes, i agree, Latin (for a couple of years) helped me too; i don’t speak Spanish or Portugese at all but if helps a lot to understand at least a bit.
With other languages as well, although not really with my own (Dutch), but then nothing can really help with that one
I apologize for having sounded rather grumpy in my reaction.
I don’t expect that everyone around the globe will speak English perfectly. Instead, I am astonished by how well people in non-English speaking countries both speak and write English. In fact, it is common to see better English from those who have learned it outside English-speaking countries.
I also think that studying languages helps with our own. Latin helped my grammar and vocabulary, for example.
Ok, point taken.
I actuallly assumed the person you responded to was not a native speaker, which just goes to show that
1) I definately made a (wrong) assumption
2) By making this assumption I can’t but agree with your statement in the first place
I apologise; my reaction did come from experience that a lot of people acutally do expect that everyone around the globe speaks English perfectly.
What do you know of my education and its location? Did I finish high school? Did I study languages at school? Did I complete college? What program? Diploma? Degree? More?
It is quite extraordinary how many assumptions and accusations people make on YT.
Actually, learning English is more convenient for non-English speakers than for English-speakers.
Before I comment on anyone’s English, I check whether or not they live in an English-speaking country.
maybe learn some other languages yourself then?
Of course you are right, but you should also be glad so many people around the world speak English making life easier for all native English speakers
Theoretical stuff like that works better than religious delusion, which often adds to human cruelty and definitely adds to human stupidity. Certainly, rational thinking works better than the emotionality that passes for a code of behavior amongst bigots.
too bad theoretical stuff like that does not work in a world of of this cruelty
jesus! wtf is wrong with germans?!
Argumentum ad metum (threat of fearful consequences) is a fallacy of logic.
Be careful when writing English. The word is “irrational”, not “unrational”. You cannot make a valid point when your language is not clear, or is internally contradictory. Since when is an offense a punishment?
Regardless, an offense against a non-existent myth is not an offense at all.
Since there is no “God”, there can be no punishment. Your threats are merely empty reiterations of an old con.
aposta-an eternal offense against an imperfect person seems unrational. an eternal offense (sin) against a perfect and eternal God is the only appropriate punishment. be careful calling God’s punishments unjust.