Cult

Are of certain religious cults with a negative value, called to judge, according to different people's different values, will have a different definition of cult. 

 Based on a different form of struggle for power, secular power to call upon from time to time some religious cult. According to statistics, at present, all over the world about cult more than 10,000 believers hundreds of millions of people; the United States has more than 1,000 cult organizations, so-called "cult kingdoms." Western Europe and Southern Europe 1317 also fanatical sects, the United Kingdom 604; France 173, Spain 200 existing national "destructive" cult organization. 

 Cult short is the "evil sect," but what religious teachings have, what religious traditions, it is considered evil, the very person to person. 

 For the moral relativist, the evil is only convenient to create the concept of words (such as the evil doctor), it does not mean the concept is an objective or useful. Cult word on fundamentalism and secularism have between conflict and easy, although the two sides do not oppose the concept of evil exist, but in understanding the North but the South Xuanyuan Toru. The various denominations by the Secretary is a matter of faith, but also involves a lot of human things, often with the secular power will inevitably compromise the different sects do not get accepted by the secular powers in varying degrees, resulting in blaming each other for the cult, heresy or attached Buddha, etc. Some of secular power refers to a number of sectarian division and even a cult. 

 Ordinary evil advocated left-wing persons, the so-called extreme evil person and there is no difference between ordinary people, the people known as the great evil, are over-simplified and a lot of time. Therefore, to describe the evil sect, is easy to over-simplification to say yes. 

 In politics, religion can become a powerful auxiliary may also become the main factors may affect stability. The most obvious example is the status of Christianity in the Roman Empire period of dramatic change. 

 Christianity was founded in the early days because of the early followers of the positive activities, the rapid growth of the number of followers. Roman Empire Government's emerging religious groups gradually change from the neglect of great importance. For "national security" considerations, the Government deployed large numbers of troops carried out a bloody crackdown. Bible records of several well-known examples include Sisti where believers, the Apostle Paul, the Apostle James, the Apostle John was persecuted to death. Until the 4th century Roman head of state during the reign of Constantine the Great until the status of Christianity has changed dramatically. Because of the emperor through religious means of trying to assimilate the vast numbers of the boundaries of the Empire all the nations of the ideology and worldview, he would in the Christian doctrine of the original basis of substantial absorption of various nationalities and religious traditions, all collectively referred to Christians. Christianity from a cult become the state religion of the Roman Empire. 

 Exercise after the Reformation, Christianity split happened, and each country because the ruling class is also split into the different beliefs of different Christian country. In these countries, hostile sects became "heresy" and "cult" (note that here are two totally different concepts, not to confuse). European Catholic country once controlled by Islam and Protestant as a cult, and called Christians take part in the Crusades, to conduct a large-scale massacre of Events. The Catholic Church and Protestant churches are carried out with each other more than 30 years of war, causing tens of thousands of Christians to kill each other. The purpose of this war is nothing more than struggle for power. 

 Hitler's rule in Nazi Germany, Jews substantial reasons for the surface because of their race to become the object of persecution, but in fact the definition of the Jewish faith, but do not want to admit Jews to Nazi conversion Christianity, so in fact think Judaism is a cult. While another group of people (most of them are Jehovah's Witnesses) refuse allegiance to Nazi Germany because, refuse to join the army operations have been characterized as cult members, most of these people during World War II were held in labor camps, concentration camps and prisons, more than 1 / 3 death. 

 In the whole world, it seems that Christian country and the Islamic world there is always irreconcilable contradiction. Knew that the two had a long-lasting war, hostilities, and to enter the 21st century Christian country think the Islamic extremist groups to launch terrorist activities in their country pose a serious threat, so in some countries on the adoption of political and military means to combat, resulting in inter-ethnic non - to reconcile the contradictions. 

 Franco era in Spain, the prohibition of the Catholic Church and other religions outside the Christian missionary. Instead now in some Islamic countries such as Saudi-Arabia, Christianity are prohibited, and only Islam is the authentic religious belief. Africa to a number of followers of Islam-based country, they put some Christian groups as "cults", and then the faithful to "cleansing" (the massacre) action, the implementation of religious persecution. Some cults will borrow the reputation of the ancient religion as a cover, in its disclosure of crimes, these cult organizations may attempt to "religious freedom" under the pretext to deceive the public, you may claim that they were "religious persecution." 

 Falun Gong in China is also considered a cult.