Defining Cults in Today's Society Cult 'kult n [F & L; F culte, fr. L cultus care, adoration,- 1. Formal religious veneration : WORSHIP 2 : a system of religious belief and ritual; also : its body of adherents 4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by promulgator 5 a : great devotion to a person, idea, or thing,; esp :such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b : a usu. Small circle of persons united …showed first 75 words of 742 total…

…showed last 75 words of 742 total…various sects. Some of that have caught on and continued into actual religions, and others that were seen as wrong or immoral. It is into the unknown territories of these new sects, that cults arise, and it is often difficult to see the hidden dangers in these new religious movements. Thus with the Dawn of Wacco and other dangers such as the Heaven's gate mass suicides, it is important to be wary of these dangeers.