Recently I read an article about the Heaven’s Gate Cult, and I wondered why on earth would someone get involved in a cult whose purpose seemed so ridiculous. How can you make sense out of the suicide of 39 people? How can you explain behavior that seems so strange? Should we just assume that people who follow this kind of cult are weirdoes, stupid, insane, evil, or is there something more to it? I decided …showed first 75 words of 740 total…

…showed last 75 words of 740 total…a member. Is there anyway we can prevent cults from forming? I guess to answer that we would have to look behind the messages behind cults. Usua! lly cults form because there is something missing from society. We would have to find a way to make our society make up for everything that is missing. We would have to find ways to make our society deliver on the many things that cults promise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**