Anti-cult theme handwritten newspaper

The propaganda content of anti-cult education includes understanding what a cult is, its nature and basic characteristics, and how to prevent and resist it.

Publicity materials for anti-cult knowledge education:

1. What is a cult?

Cult refers to an illegal organization established under the guise of religion, qigong or other names, deifying the ringleaders, confusing and deceiving others, developing and controlling its members, creating and spreading superstitions and heresies, and endangering society.

Second, the social harmfulness of cults.

(1) Incite anti-government and endanger grass-roots political power. The cult leader incited members to vent their dissatisfaction with reality and oppose the government. Some cults openly put forward that "there are three enemies in front of us, one is the' three-self' church, the other is the * * * production party, and the third is the government". Some cults openly use the banner of "overthrowing the leadership of the production party, seizing political power and establishing the kingdom of God".

Some cult organizations also deliberately woo party members and grassroots cadres and erode grassroots party and government organizations.

(2) engaging in illegal and criminal activities and endangering society. Cults often use kidnapping, illegal detention, erotic seduction, intimidation and even murder to expand their organizations and control their members. Cult organizations defraud people of money by collecting "donations" and selling cult supplies.

The cult leader lied that "the main purpose of religious belief is to despise money" and "money is the most harmful to spirituality", deceiving its members, but squandering the "dedication money" paid by members and leading a luxurious and decadent life. Cult organizations illegally print and disseminate a large number of cult books and propaganda materials, and propagate fallacies and heresies. The leader of this cult raped and toyed with women, seriously destroying their physical and mental health.

(3) disrupting normal production and life and endangering people's health. Cults advocate "doomsday theory" and preach such fallacies as "food is a blessing to heaven", "food is a destiny" and "everything depends on heaven", which leads some people to be deceived and be busy believing in "teaching" all day, leaving their fields uncultivated, and some go out to preach "teaching", leading to family breakdown and family ruin.

Cults also preach the nonsense that "believing in the Lord can avoid disasters and praying can cure diseases" and "as long as you pray sincerely and don't need injections to take medicine, you will naturally get better". They will not let sick members go to the hospital to see a doctor, nor will they treat their members by deception, resulting in their disability, mental disorder and even death.

(4) Corrupt and poison minors. Cults take advantage of the weakness of minors' low ability to identify and judge, and try their best to develop members among minors, causing irreparable damage to their physical and mental health and growth.

Third, the basic characteristics of cults.

(1) deify its "leader" and "create" the supreme god who lives on earth. All cults have a leader who appears as a "savior". He usually calls himself a prophet, leader, messenger, leader, master and so on. , claiming to have supernatural abilities such as psychic powers, telepathy, omniscience and omnipotence.

(2) well-organized, secretive and totalitarian. "Association" is the main means for cults to establish a "secret kingdom" and expand evil forces.

(3) Exploitation of believers' money and illegal profiteering. "Religious leaders" often use the test of believers' piety as an excuse to lure believers to buy their cult activities by any means, but they profit from it.

(4) Disrupting religious order and freedom of belief in the name of religion. Generally speaking, cults usually spread their own fallacies and heresies under the guise and cloak of religion, borrow religious terms and nouns, belittle the reputation of religion and disrupt religious order.

(5) Implement mind control. Cult leaders often induce, coerce and control the psychology and consciousness of believers through so-called magical powers, spiritual temptations, threats of violence and psychological hints. In this way, they are willing to accept what the leader has done and obey his mercy. This is precisely the sinister intention of all cults and the vicious harm of cults.

Fourth, how cults deceive people.

( 1)? Deceive people under the guise of religion or qigong.

(2)? Seduce people by treating diseases and avoiding disasters.

(3) scare people with fortune telling, tricks, divination (reading "taking advantage" sounds, superstitious predictions, omens) and other tricks.

(4) making friends.

(5) Small favors buy people's hearts.

(6) coercing others by violent means.

5. The difference between religion and cult.

Religion: worship the "God" beyond the world, and religious clergy are only servants of God; Cult: the leader is a secular person, but he claims to be the supreme "god" and demands absolute worship and obedience from believers; Religion: providing people with goodwill spiritual sustenance and belief support; Cult: Instilling fallacies and heresies into believers, and exercising mind control by any means.

Religion: advocating illusory "eschatology" and putting the end of the world in the distant future; Cult: exaggerating the coming "eschatology" and deceiving and intimidating believers.

Religion: belief activities are relatively tolerant and free, and the morality advocated is recognized by human society for thousands of years; Cult: Deceiving believers, often forcing believers to dedicate everything to the leader in the name of God, and calling on female believers to "dedicate" their bodies to male leaders.

Religion: Activities and places are generally open, and most religious precepts are in line with the law and do not endanger the basic rights granted to believers (citizens) by the Constitution and laws; Cults: secret associations, closed venues, isolated control of believers, threats to retaliate against apostates and traitors.