Trenter+Cults


 * Research Paper Quick Check **

** Startling and informative opening ** What would you think if you were shopping in the grocery store and a stranger came up and started talking to you? This person appears to be very kind, and apparently they share all the same interests as you. By the end of the conversation, you’ve both made plans to meet again. You probably never would have guessed that you’ve just been recruited for a cult. Ever since the Aztecs’ time, this has been a problem becoming more and more popular, especially with teens and young adults in today’s world. ** Quick summary of main question that I mean to answer or reason I think this topic is important ** Cults are growing quickly across the world. Although some cults are not dangerous, most cults are extremely violent and destructive ** Two or three most interesting things I learned from research ** CAN is a Cult Awareness Network located in the Chicago land area. 900 members of People’s Temple cult committed suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. You can be recruited for a cult in many different ways. They try to recruit you online, on school campuses, at the mall, or just on the streets. Not all cults are based on satanic worship. Most cults are violent and do involve torture or some kind of other harmful act. Members of a cult tend not to communicate with loved ones unless they need money for their cult leader or new recruits. Otherwise, leaders advise their followers to cut themselves off from the rest of the world and to make no contact with anyone they used to know. Hundreds of thousands of people are recruited for cults annually. A little over half of those naïve people unknowingly join. Almost all of them end up committing suicide. Remember, this can happen to anyone, a mother, a sister, a friend, or cousin. At any given time they could be approached and unexpectedly sucked into the hazardous world of cults. Don’t let this happen to you or someone you care for. Be aware of the fake front groups out there and what a cult really is.
 * Confirmation or rejection of one or two commonly held beliefs about this topic **
 * Something to connect the topic to the reader's life so that he/she will care **
 * A closing surprise...intriguing fact, quotation, or discovery from my own research**
 * Cult FAQ**