Cults

"Cult" may refer to the original and typically ancient sense of "religious practice" or to a newly established religious movement. It is also a pejorative term for a group whose religious beliefs are considered fanatical and unacceptable.

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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM

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Quotes Tagged “Cults”

“ For her, it was always a kind of curse to have such an untrustworthy oracle. I believe in the Darkness. How could I not, when it’s my body? When it’s my body that it enters? But to believe is not always to obey. The things the Darkness tells them cannot be interpreted on this plane. The Darkness is demented, it’s a savage god, a mad god. ”
― Mariana Enríquez, Our Share of Night

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“ As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked? ”
― Rowan Atkinson

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