... of decades more and more stories of illegal cult activity or murders by satanic cults appear on the news nearly each night. This surge of reported cult activity has caused a spark in public interest. There has been a large increase in the fear that surrounds cults over the past couple of years. A cult is "a therapeutic or unconventional religious movement (McBride, 1985,22 ... , called the "Peoples Temple Agricultural Project." They raised animals for food, and assorted tropical fruits and vegetables for consumption and sale. When the church moved to Guyana Jones began to test how much p...

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