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Multiple ex-members of SIF have described it as a cult; Butler's status has been characterised as "akin to a God" and not willing to be questioned. [ 4 ] [ 11 ] [ 13 ] They say Butler regularly mocked his devotees, publicly, calling it "a form of Krishna’s mercy".
The Order of Christ Sophia (OCS) is an organization that was founded in 1999, went through a major reorganization in 2012 and was disbanded in 2017. The OCS described itself as a holy order and spiritual school that offers training in the doctrines of Christian mysticism . [ 1 ]
The mother of three “Soldiers of Christ” members, who were arrested in Duluth, Georgia after a decomposed body was found in the trunk of a car, has also been charged with murder. Mihee Lee, 54 ...
Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicides committed by its members in 1997. Commonly designated a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985), known within the movement as Do and Ti.
The Move's teachings gradually changed. As one observer said, "Alongside that word was a revelation of 'Christ in you,' with a vision of overcoming all things, but through the last several years before I left that fellowship, 'doing what He says' had triumphed over 'Christ revealed in us.'" [7]
The Christian countercult movement or the Christian anti-cult movement is a social movement among certain Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist [1] and other Christian ministries ("discernment ministries" [2]) and individual activists who oppose religious sects that they consider cults.
Two churches withcongregations scattered across Southern California covered up sexual abuse of children as young as 3 years old and financially exploited church members, according to multiple ...
Krishna Venta (1911–1958), born Francis Herman Pencovic in San Francisco, founded the WKFL (Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love) Fountain of the World cult in Simi Valley, California in the late 1940s. In 1948 he stated that he was Christ, the new messiah and claimed to have led a convoy of rocket ships to Earth from the extinct planet Neophrates.