UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer supports a campaign for TV series ‘Adolescence’ to be shown in schools to combat an alarming rise in toxic masculinity and violence. The four-part British drama 'Adolescence' debuted last week on Netflix to wide-spread…[Continue Reading...]
When we think of cults, we often imagine people who are gullible, easily manipulated, or lacking intelligence. But in reality, many cult members are well-educated, thoughtful, and kind-hearted individuals. Why do good people—those who value morality, community, and self-improvement—end up…[Continue Reading...]
As tensions between NewJeans and HYBE continue to escalate, the members’ final statements submitted in their injunction lawsuit against ADOR have been released and public reaction is anything but calm. Each of the five members Haerin, Danielle, Hyein, Hanni, and…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo District Court has told the Unification Church to make an appearance on Tuesday regarding a request for an order to dissolve the religious group, informed sources said Saturday. The court is expected to present its decision on the…[Continue Reading...]
Alex Barnes-Ross, a marketing director from east London, regularly posts YouTube videos criticising Scientology. In some of them, the former Scientologist, 29, describes his experience of joining aged 15 and becoming its London director of book sales. In others, he…[Continue Reading...]
One of the most notorious examples of a cult was the People's Temple, which came to a very auspicious end on November 18th, 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana. Infamous cult leader Jim Jones encouraged more than 900 of his followers to…[Continue Reading...]
A British Columbia judge has annulled the marriage of a woman to a fellow member of an India-based "cult group," saying she didn't "truly consent" to the 2023 wedding. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling issued this week says Arshnoor Kaur…[Continue Reading...]
In 2023, I stumbled across a subreddit called r/IncelExit. It’s a self-described place “for people who got drawn into the incel community but want support and help with a way out”. With the aim of writing about the group, and…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, March 21 (Jiji Press)--Three successor groups of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult continue to attract new young members 30 years after the cult carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Of them, mainstream…[Continue Reading...]
Angela and Cade Johnson were married at a laundromat in 2003 when she was 16 and he was 19. They exchanged vows not by choice, but because the notorious polygamist cult they grew up in — the Fundamentalist Church of…[Continue Reading...]
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