Ten Reasons Why People Join a Cult

Paul Derengowski, ThM

The world of the cults is thriving.  Everywhere a person turns someone is either promoting a cultic philosophy, a faddish product, or inspirational guru to entice the populace to follow their outlook on life.  Have you ever wondered why the cults are so successful, though, in doing what they do?  Below are ten suggestions as to why people join the cults, which are also tens warning signs that the reader can use to examine his/her life to determine whether he or she is vulnerable to be recruited into a cult.

From biblical illiteracy to the persistence of evil, the following has been written with over 30 years’ experience in dealing with religious cultism or with individuals committed to a particular cult.  Cult, here, is defined as a group of at least two or more people who are polarized around a religious or philosophical idea that attempts either to mimic biblical Christianity or run counter to it.  On the one hand, the following insights are enlightening and helpful, while on the other they are heartbreaking.  The cults are the “unpaid bills of the church” that only seem to continue to mount. 

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