Current Cults : Post examples of what you consider to be one (Dec, 2019)

[Nak Khid]

Post examples of what you consider to be a Current Cult  (please make it a currently existing one)

Each is in your opinion, people have different opinions on what is and is not a cult

 

 

Edited December 12, 2019 by Nak Khid

[Nak Khid]

Bentinho Massaro and his Trinfinity Academy

He's not on wikipedia.  He says in the video: 

."I don’t really have a definition of 'CULT' but you could break it down as, 'Curious Unconditionally Loving Tribe"
Check out the video below called "Bentinho Massaro - Behind the Shit Eating Grin - Part 1 of 5"

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Bentinho Massaro has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, supporters the spiritual guru gained through his teachings about “self-realization,” “enlightenment,” and the idea of “upgrading civilization.” While some of his ideas are pretty standard, like the importance of silent meditation, others are controversial: He’s said that 9/11 was an inside job, that he can change the weather, and that humans might one day join forces with aliens.

To his devout followers, he’s an inspiration—but his critics have accused him of “cult-like” practices and peddling fringe conspiracy theories during his retreats, which run up to $2,000 a pop. For an inside look at Massaro’s teachings, we went to one of his retreats in the Netherlands, speaking with his colleagues, his followers, and Massaro himself to try to understand exactly what the appeal is—and what he makes of the accusations against him.

Edited December 12, 2019 by Nak Khid

[MAYA EL]

The word cult can be broadly defined as "formal religious veneration," "a system of religious beliefs and its body of adherents," "a religion regarded as 'unorthodox or spurious,'" "great devotion to a person or idea" as well as "persons united by devotion or allegiance to an artistic or intellectual movement or figure ...