If your taste in religion or spirituality tends to lean toward the
more unconventional side, or if perhaps you’ve misplaced an
impressionable, quasi-delusional uncle over the holidays who is likely
to get wrapped up in one cult or another, you may be interested in
gathering a list of the cults making their presence known in social
media so that you know exactly what it is that you’re up against. Hang
in there, Uncle Elwood, help is on the way. Here’s a list of ten
examples of cults using Facebook:
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- Scientology – Tom Cruise may beg to differ on this one, but then we aren’t proclaiming Scientology to be a cult while jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch either, so there’s that. Anyway, this group has been brainwashing auditing heads since 1953; all in hopes of helping you remember your true nature.
- Heaven’s Gate – We thought this cult had died off (ba-dum-bump), but apparently reports of its demise were grossly exaggerated and it hasn’t quite kicked the bucket yet. Instead it’s still encouraging members to learn and rise to the next stage of existence. Not surprisingly, its Facebook profile lists the TV show UFO Hunters among its likes.
- Unification Church – Sun Myung Moon’s version of Christianity, this church began in Korea back in the 1940′s. One of the tenets of the Divine Principle for Moonies states that Lord of the second coming must be Korean-born, circa early 20th century.
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) – This group splintered from the Mormon church due to its holding to the belief in polygamy, a practice which the Mormon church officially suspended.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) – The official Facebook profile for the Mormon church, a religious movement that began based on visions of Joseph Smith in Upstate New York. This one is very much alive and thriving. The church’s headquarters reside in Salt Lake City, Utah now, but there are locations worldwide for believers to attend.
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