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*a maniacal focus on proselytizing and winning new converts.   

*a maniacal focus on proselytizing and winning new converts.   

There have been cults which have claimed to be [[Christian]], as well as cults which claim some other religious affiliation, or no affiliation at all.  One notable example of a cult is the "Peoples Temple" operated by [[Jim Jones]] .  Jones's insistence that all his true followers drink poisoned fruit punch led to the deaths of 913 of his converts at their enclave of [[Jonestown]] in [[Guyana]].   

There have been cults which have claimed to be [[Christian]], as well as cults which claim some other religious affiliation, or no affiliation at all.  One notable example of a cult is the "People's Temple" operated by [[Jim Jones]] .  Jones's insistence that all his true followers drink poisoned fruit punch led to the deaths of 913 of his converts at their enclave of [[Jonestown]] in [[Guyana]].   

The process of attempting to "rescue" people from cults, and reverse perceived or actual mind control, is known as [[deprogramming]], and is controversial from both a legal and social perspective.

The process of attempting to "rescue" people from cults, and reverse perceived or actual mind control, is known as [[deprogramming]], and is controversial from both a legal and social perspective.

[[category:psychology]]

[[category:psychology]]

[[category:cults]]

[[category:cults]]