Cults Throughout History

The word cult is the American version of the French word “culte” which refers to a form of worship. There have been many cults throughout history. It all began with the Ancient Pagans in the Renaissance period they were usually county bumpkins, villagers, which were considered uneducated and unskilled. Paganism was anyone that was outside of the Christian religion. The Early Christians were the Jewish Christians in history and could also be considered a cult because during the 16^th century they destroyed many pagan churches. The Christian church also made paganism punishable by death. They believed that the bible commanded them to kill anyone who was a non believer. A once great kind was documented as even killing children for playing with pagan statues. Another cult in history is the Gnostic branch of Christianity. The Gnostics is a cult that had been formed during the 15^th century and embraced the spiritual world and rejected the material world. The Gnostics honor the snakes role in the bible as a way of liberating Adam and Eve from the shackles of the lack of knowledge that they had not know they were hidden from. Gnostic itself means knowledge they believe that knowledge frees people from mental and spiritual bondage. The Gnostics believe that they alone understand God's message for the world and that all of the other denominations are wrong. Alternatively, there is also the Wiccan culture that can be referred to as well which is also considered witchcraft. The Wiccan religion become moe independent of paganism during the 18^th century. Wiccans believe in a female force that the call the goddess and she is mostly referred to as Mother Earth.The Wiccan cult survived the Norman, Saxon, and Roman invasions by going underground. Witchcraft has undergone some very harsh time periods in history such as, the Salem Witch Trials. There wee over 50,000 people killed during the 500 year period that these time periods extended. The Wiccan cult also lost many members during the Christian genocides when they waged their war on paganism. These people were brutally murdered by hanging, drowning, and burning at the stake simply for practicing their freedom of religion. Most recently during the 20^th century a group called the New Age Movement this is a western religion. The main goal of this group is to give way to a one world leader. They call this new leader The Christ or The Maitreya. Their path to paradise is to bring peace to the world upon entering the Age of the Aquarius. They seek to establish a World Food Authority,World Water Authority, World Economic Order, and New World Order. This is very commonly referred to as the Illuminati and the Free Masons. Some say these organizations have been around long before the 20^th century but it all depends on the source. The do not believe in a God because they believe that everyone who dies is reincarnated and comes back after death in another role maybe even as an animal.