Students wary of cults in modern society
March 24, 2021
Qanon got its ideas from somewhere. Cults and conspiracy go way back in history.
Cults go way back to the Egyptian times, from worshipping weird deities to even having human sacrifices. But the term ‘cult’ first appeared in 1617, derived from the French word ‘culte’ which means worship. Cults weren’t really a big deal until the 1930s when cults became the object of sociological study. The 1980s was also a huge time for cults because of the satanic panic — when the rise of heavy metal and subliminal messages caused a panic amongst people as well as accounts where children were being molested by a group of people. There was also a group during this period called “The Finders” that even had ties with the CIA.
Skip forward to present day, and there are still signs that satanism hasn’t gone away, so much so that we even have a “Church of Satan” founded by Anton Szandor LaVey, and (what some say) is much more subliminal messaging than before. Freemasons are also another big one with notable members such as George Washington, Irving Berlin, Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Armstrong, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Harry S. Truman, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, and Henry Ford. If you search the term “freemasons” on YouTube you might learn a lot about this cult in the comments… they also have a reported connection to an even bigger cult, the Illuminati — but the existence of this cult can be argued.
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) can also be called a cult — even though it isn’t too secretive.
Of course, there are some wild accusations out there as well. Rumor has it that there is also a club called Bohemian Grove where people gather in the middle of the forest to worship the Egyptian Owl god Moloch and some notable members are Clint Eastwood, Henry Kissinger, Walter Cronkite, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Charles Schwab, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and Jack London (which is also rumored to be connected to the illuminati).
Someone else getting flame for taking part in a cult is performance artist Marina Abramovic, and a simple google search of “Marina Abramovic spirit cooking” and then images will show why people think this. Her art varies from using blood to nudity, there is even a video of a fake human body made into a cake and eaten by guests in this party, which has left many people scratching their heads as to where she got her inspiration from. In a random survey of 50 people 70% said they think cults exist in modern society.
Cults are obsessed with knowledge or “Illumination.”
“I don’t know a lot about cults, but I did watch “American Horror Story: Cult” recently, and I think they are secretive depending on the purpose of the cult. In “AHS” the cult was violent, which makes sense why they were secret, but I think it also comes down to the concept of being in a group, one that might be selective and exclusive,” said journalism teacher Ms. Lowther.
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“I think the media needs to be careful with coverage because there is a fine line between informing people about what is out there and influencing them to possibly participate. When making choices about what to cover in journalism, the general rule is to make coverage decisions based on what does the greater good for the public,” said journalism teacher Mr. Frankfother.
There are up to 10,000 cults in America.
“I don’t really care about cults except for the KKK; that one’s bad,” said senior Edgar Morales.
Antonio Ballesteros • May 14, 2021 at 5:29 pm
Judge: Well if a cult gets big enough it will just be considered another religion and there goofy gods or ideology will no longer be considered weird; Scientology is a good example of that. Cults obviously still exist and do exist KKK, bohemian grove(a lot of adultery and fornication in that one), and yes the most popular and most tied with the word, satanic cults. I would say keep in mind most of the cults aren’t about knowledge and illumination. Dare I say its more about deception and idiocrasy, than again it’s participants don’t see it that way. There’s also a lot of cults that try and say they are Christian, so watch out for that.
Nicole Davalos • May 9, 2021 at 7:11 pm
Judge: Interesting topic choice. I don’t know much about cults but this was really intriguing. It’s kind of scary to think that so many celebrities and “important people” could possibly be involved in these things.
Liliana Bautista • May 5, 2021 at 5:48 pm
Judge: I enjoyed reading this article, it was something new. There’s a lot of information that I learned from reading, like all the different types of cults. I wonder if there are any more cults that we don’t know of?
Sandra Santoyo • May 5, 2021 at 2:45 pm
I enjoyed reading this article because of the information/facts that was put into it. I feel like anyone that reads this will learn something as I did when I finished reading the article.
Sandra Santoyo • May 5, 2021 at 2:44 pm
I enjoyed reading this article because of the information/facts that was put into it. I feel like anyone that reads this will learn something as I did when I finished reading the article
Sandra Santoyo • May 5, 2021 at 2:43 pm
I really liked this article because of the information that was put into it. I feel like anyone that reads this will learn something as I did when I finished reading the article.
Miguel A Sanchez • May 4, 2021 at 10:50 am
(judge) A really good job getting opinions and knowledge from different point of views
Isaac Carlos Sarabia • Mar 25, 2021 at 9:37 am
Something I liked about your article was that you put a lot of detail into it. I learned something new. I wonder if cults are dangerous? And if they’re something we should be worried about?
Vivian Valencia • Mar 25, 2021 at 8:28 am
I really enjoyed reading this article, it’s something new and it has a wide range of information. I wonder how many more Cults are out there that we don’t know off? Are they dangerous or are they silly?
Victor Quezada • Mar 25, 2021 at 8:02 am
Victor 0 I really like that there is a lot of information in this article and isn’t just a generalized/summarized article. Another part of the article that I enjoyed was reading about the different cults mentioned in the article since people might know the cult but not the people behind it.