re cults who keeps them going muttiah thistle ecn purdue edu ranjan s muttiah writes mr clinton said today that the horrible tragedy of the waco fiasco should remind those who join cults of the dangers of doing so now i began scratching my head thinking a bad sign don t the mainstream religions in this case christianity or the th day adventist in particular just keep these guys going isn t mr clinton condemning his own religion after all isn t it a cult too a good point what helps to keep such things going is the public attitude that one should have faith that some authority from on high should not be subjected to mere reason couple this with a variety of personality quirks mojor and minor mental illnesses and ego of would be leaders and you get all the variety of cults and religions that people subscribe to
