Chapter 1791: Cult (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!!! Please Subscribe!!! Please Recommend!!!)

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This guy is an American, but unfortunately he is hated by everyone in the United States.

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She used to play the same trick in the United States... a cult!

Although the United States used to be the most developed and most developed country in the world, it has actually always been a country where conservatism is rampant, and religion occupies a considerable proportion in their daily lives.

The United States has a very diverse race and ethnicity. White Americans account for the majority, accounting for about two-thirds of the total population, while ethnic minorities, which account for about one-third of the national population, are mostly concentrated in coastal areas or metropolitan areas. Latin Americans are a widely divided ethnic group and the largest minority. The U.S. population is about 330 million. European Americans account for more than 60%; Latin Americans account for about 17%, African Americans (blacks) account for about 13%, Asians account for about 5%, mixed races account for about 2.5%, American Indians and Alaska Natives account for about 1%, and Hawaiian Natives or other Pacific Islanders account for about 0.2%. General English. About 55% of Americans believe in Protestantism, about 24% believe in Catholicism, about 2% believe in Judaism, about 1.6% believe in Orthodoxy, about 0.7% believe in Buddhism, 0.6% believe in Islam, 1% believe in other religions, and about 16% have no religious beliefs.

According to the Global Times, among the developed countries in the world, the United States is known as the "Cult Kingdom" because it has more than 1,000 cult organizations. In the United States, which attaches great importance to "freedom of religion", not only the government and parliament have not taken special measures on the issue of cults, but groups engaged in cult research and protecting cult victims will also be sued in court.

According to Steve Eicher, a well-known American expert on cult issues, there are about 10,000 heretical cult groups in the United States today, with tens of millions of followers. Among them, the more famous ones are "People's Temple" (collective suicide of believers), "Davidian Church" (polygamy, illegal possession of weapons), "Heaven's Gate" (collective suicide), "Manson Family" (murder), "Scientology", etc. Most of these religious organizations emerged in the 1960s. Some people think that there are not many new cults in contemporary America. In fact, many new cult organizations are small-scale, deliberately keep mysterious and low-key, and are often unknown.

So why is the United States so rich in heretical cults? The first is religious factors. The United States is a country with freedom of religious belief, and church organizations are spread all over the country. There are about 500,000 churches in the United States, and about 96% of adults believe in God. Different sects have different gods. This provides fertile religious soil for the emergence of cults.

Its The second is social factors. The high birth rate after the end of World War II made American society in the 1960s bear huge education and employment pressures. Coupled with the social trauma caused by the Vietnam War, young people at that time felt lost and marginalized. They called themselves the "Lost Generation" and sought comfort outside the traditional value system. Many cults took advantage of the situation.

The third is external factors. With the influx of a large number of immigrants into the United States, Judaism, Orthodoxy, Buddhism, Islam and related cultural customs were brought into the United States. These foreign religions, either unique in their own way or integrated with local religions to improve into a new religion, have become important external reasons for the rise of cults. Therefore, there are both locals and outsiders in the cults in the United States. In addition to deceiving, these cult organizations also have a lot of tricks. In addition to defrauding money, organizing collective suicides and raping women, they also participated in drug trafficking, smuggling, assassination, kidnapping and other activities, and some even openly organized armed forces to confront the government.

In this regard, the US government is of course bound to crack down, and generally takes administrative measures first. At the same time, the government actively supports mainstream religions such as Protestant denominations, Catholicism and Judaism, and actively supports them in terms of policies, taxes, venues and equipment, in order to reduce the living space of cults.

From the actual effect, the crackdown by the government and the people does not seem to have any effect. The number of cults in the United States does not seem to have decreased, and the old ones are destroyed, and new ones or variants of the old cults will soon emerge. According to the information I have, the main reasons for their suppression but not destruction are as follows.

First, the threshold for cults is low. In the United States, any People of any level and age can create a new sect, as long as you have enough influence to fool the followers, without applying or registering.

Jones was only 22 years old when he founded the "Jones Church" (later renamed "People's Temple"). This sect is famous for the collective suicide of more than 900 believers in 1978.

James Walker, a 67-year-old Colorado man, was an ordinary former auto factory worker when he founded the "Fifth Gospel Reformed Church of God". Walker only recruited female believers and claimed that only by having sex with him could they go to heaven in the future.

When he was arrested, Walker had had sex with at least 1,000 female believers. The reason for his arrest was said to be that he rejected the courtship of a female believer, who turned from love to hate and called the police.

Second, there is great social resistance. The US Constitution stipulates freedom of religious belief and separation of church and state. The historical and cultural traditions of the United States attach particular importance to the protection of personal beliefs and their corresponding rights, so both the government and the people's anti-cult actions face great resistance.

In 1993, during the campaign against the Branch Davidians, the surviving Branch Davidians and the families of the deceased believed that the US government was responsible for the large number of deaths caused by the attack, and filed a lawsuit demanding huge compensation. Although the final verdict determined that the government was not responsible, the litigation process consumed a lot of the government's energy and financial resources.

For civil anti-cult organizations, their situation is even more difficult. For example, their implementation of compulsory detention and/or detention of cult members, and the use of various psychological interventions, have been opposed by all parties. American church leaders have passed a resolution in the National Council of Religions to oppose these measures.

Some scholars who originally supported anti-cultism have also changed their minds, believing that it is true that cult members are deceived by the leader, but they have the right to make their own decisions and judgments. To make matters worse, some former cult members who have "awakened" often "turn against" and cry about their "miserable situation" in anti-cult organizations, and some even sue their relatives in court for "deception". Civil anti-cult organizations also do not receive support in legal proceedings. Whether it is active prosecution or passive response to the accusations of cult organizations, the anti-cult movement rarely succeeds in court proceedings.

Some court decisions on cult issues are mostly in favor of cult organizations, such as forcibly closing some anti-cult institutions and facilities; dispersing individual workers engaged in conversion education, etc. Over time, the voice of anti-cultism has become smaller and smaller.

So every cult member in the United States lives a very happy life.

This mutant used to be in this business. She was ugly and her family was also believers, so she was locked up in the basement by her family. Naturally, there was no love or care for her. So the whole person was twisted.

In the end, she was sent to a cult by her family to be sacrificed... There are many cults in the United States that worship Satan. They like to play sacrifices, usually sacrificing virgins and the like. As a result, the sect to which her family belonged liked to play something different, so she was unlucky.

But unexpectedly, she awakened her mutant ability at the last moment.

Then she asked all the cult members to commit suicide.

From then on, she became the leader, but this guy didn't cheat money or sex, but specialized in deceiving others to commit suicide.

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This is too serious. In fact, the US government doesn't care much about those cults that cheat money and sex. After all, it's the believers' own choice. The US government can't control it even if it wants to. After all, the United States emphasizes religious freedom. But deceiving people to kill people and commit suicide is too much. This kind of thing must be cracked down on.

So the sect was destroyed and she was hunted down.

Then she ran to Egypt.

Soon the Brotherhood noticed her ability and sent her out to preach. Of course, it was impossible to kill people at will, and she didn't dare to do it. After all, her ability was good for fooling ordinary people, but it was useless for the Brotherhood's high-level officials.

She was a scum, even the people inside the Brotherhood looked down on her. If she dared to mess around, they could kill her at any time.

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"This country..." Meila said with a lingering fear.

She almost got caught just now.

Meila's ability can naturally resist this kind of mental bewitching, but if she is not prepared, she may really get caught.

"Why is there such a person?"

There is no such thing as mutants in the underwater world, or in other words, Atlantis is full of mutants, but the mutants have a little uniform ability.

"She should be a mutant. Now this country has been controlled by mutants!" Kai explained.

"Mutants?"

Kai could only explain to her what mutants are.

"That's why we have to keep a low profile. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome."

"Aren't these people bad guys? If they are bad guys, why don't you just eliminate them? Aren't you a superhero?" Meila didn't understand why Kai was so cautious. According to Kai, these people were bad guys. They usurped the country. Then Kai could just liberate these people?

Kai frowned at Meila, and then said helplessly: "Meila... I don't believe you can't see it."

Meila is not a naive person. On the contrary, this woman's scheming is extremely terrible. Kai can even feel that she is not so sincere to Atlanna, and even disdains many of Atlanna's actions, but she can coax Atlanna into obedience, even better than her own son... Those who don't know would think that Meila is Atlanna's daughter-in-law.

In fact, in the Kingdom of Atlantis, many people subconsciously regard Meila as their own people.

By the way, even now, the engagement between Om and Meila has not been cancelled.

Kai thinks Meila did it on purpose.

Although she has not had a formal wedding, she still acts as a princess in Atlantis... and Atlantis recognizes this very much... This is not something that ordinary people can do.

He doesn't believe that Meila can't see why Kai is so low-key.

Meila just giggled.

Her two big eyes stared at Kai... Meila lives in a political family... The royal family is also a political family, a political family that has lasted for thousands of years. If such a family doesn't understand politics, it would have stepped down thousands of years ago and would never have ruled until now.

Don't think that the royal family relying on blood relationship doesn't need to learn politics. In fact, the royal family is very likely to be replaced by other nobles, because many great nobles actually have the same blood as the royal family, just like Meila wants to replace the Atlantis royal family with the Zebel royal family. Other families also have royal blood, just close or far.

It's not uncommon for a side branch to replace the direct line.

Thousands of years of political accumulation are enough for anyone in the family to fully understand the essence of politics.

What is politics? It is to use all resources to gain more political benefits for oneself.

What is a resource?

In the minds of royals like Meila, she is a high-quality political resource. She has a very clear understanding of her appearance, and she also knows how to cash in this resource and turn it into benefits.

She knows how to get along with people, and also knows how to please and get closer to men.

This is not a smoke-eyed and seductive act, but a superb skill, and it is not a simple flirting... After all, that thing can be bought as much as you want in a sensual place, and it is not worth anything at all. Those nobles who have tasted and seen it don't buy it at all.

The real means is not to flirt with others, but to gain people's favor through subtle influence.

For example, now, Meila knows that Kai knows that she knows it, but she wants Kai to explain it.

Why, because she knows that men like women who are in a lower position and like women's worship. Men also instinctively like to point out the way, and everyone has the problem of "being a teacher". So Meila did this on purpose.

Men are creatures that actually live for vanity. Otherwise, why do so many men want to make achievements?

So she just wants to give Kai this feeling.

She knows that Kai knows that she is not as pure and kind as she appears to be. She can even feel that Kai actually knows a lot of her plans.

But so what?

Is there any conflict of interest between her purpose and Kai?

It is true that she plans to take over Atlanna's job.

But she does not intend to harm Atlanna, she only intends to harm Om. She can feel Kai's dissatisfaction with Om!

So... why does Kai hate her?

There is no reason.

And Kai is willing to play a three-person game with her and Atlanna, which means that he doesn't care!

That's enough.

So she will continue to please Kai.

Meila herself is not opposed to this. Anyway, she has to find a man, why not find a man she likes and can bring huge benefits to herself?

As for pure love... No... Where have you heard that royal princesses have such a thing as pure love?

Political creatures do not have pure feelings.

"Okay, okay." Kai always described Meila as a fairy! Kai couldn't stand it anymore.

"No matter how they usurp this country, it's their own business. Unless the people of this country oppose them, it's not my turn to make irresponsible remarks."