Cults in our midst As the new millennium approached the number of doomsday cults that existed was expected to increase. Because of the approaching new millennium, some cults predicted many cataclysmic events. Many people feel that cults are nothing more than a nontraditional religion, but a distinction can be made. Cults are much more than just “upstart” religions. They are a dangerous aberration of our times, and at least in the United States there is …showed first 75 words of 1697 total…

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