If people were aware of the characteristics of all the cults in the world, they would be more careful about what kinds of meetings they attended or what kinds of parties they, their children, or their friends attended. Many of the cults around today, give the idea that God has "revealed" something special to them. The Mormon Church, for example, says that Christianity was in apostasy for near 18 centuries, until God "revealed" new "truth" to Joseph Smith, Jr., restoring the true gospel that had been lost. Even today, the Mormon church has its own living prophets who supposedly receive divine revelation from God, and continually bring new "truth" into the world.

Another characteristic of some cultic groups is that they say one thing in public, but within their cult,

Most cult leaders are "followed" because they obtain a quality called charisma. The leaders are driven by an urgent sense of purpose, whether it be to save the world or guard against sin and corruption. Promising followers salvation and enlightenment, they feel like they have been chosen by God and may support this claim by saying that they have experienced visions. But other leaders are more harmful. Harmful leaders believe they are all-powerful, some to the extreme of thinking they are God. In the midst of controlling and manipulating others without feeling guilty, they think there is nothing wrong with hurting people as long as it helps them achieve their goals.

Cult recruiters are everywhere around us. They will lie to anyone about anything if they think it will get that person to join their cult. There are lots of places that cult recruiters are found. Including school, parties, dances, restaurants, sports events, after-school hangouts, classes and seminars that talk about self improvement, and also in hospitals. Cult recruiters roam around and try to find vulnerable victims to talk into coming to a cult meeting. Most teens are more likely to believe what cult recruiters tell them when they are looking for answers in their spiritual life, when a crisis destroys their confidence, when they have no clue how to act anymore, or when they are clueless to what they believe or value. A great many of now-cult members joined at the youngest age of sixteen. Most of them do so because of stressful transitions they are going through during adolescence. Such as breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, coping with parents' divorce, dealing with deaths of close friends or family members, moving and changing schools, or living away from home and being out on their ow

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