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post Sep 19 2010, 02:52 AM
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Some scary and unfortunate news:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_missing_cult_members

Perhaps I should also note that the group appears to be Christian based, though very much an offshoot of what is considered mainstream. I'm not bashing Christianity, but I think it's always worth noting that the vast majority of true "cult" activity isn't based on Occultism/New Age, and instead reflects a degeneration of what's already in majority culture. In other countries with a non-Christian majority, you find the same problem in certain bizarre off-shoots.

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post Sep 19 2010, 01:35 PM
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Looks like the group has been found:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/19/califo...dex.html?hpt=T2

It's also possible that the group wasn't planning a mass suicide in any case, hard to tell from the story.



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post Sep 22 2010, 04:29 AM
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Well i'm glad they are all right, it dose highlight that their is a lot of fear over cult suicide's like heavens gate.

Whats wrong with a cult?! I'd much rather be part of a nice cult than a big unspecial religion anyway.

The comments are usually the most interesting, lots of racism i see.

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