Her daughters were left alone at night. Eventually the older one moved out to live with her father. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident, and Sherrill considers the sometimes subtle differences between a cult and a religion. You could feel a hunger and emptiness. You could be tormented by unanswered questions.
Modern life leaves many people feeling insignificant and a bit lost.
Indeed, and here we begin to approach that mystery of mysteries of why people believe. And as much as I didn't want to admit this, there is in fact a sort of ladder that people seem to ascend in order to be liberated from self-concern and see themselves as part of something larger. And sometimes people do ridiculous things to get there. The rub, of course, is in finding that larger something without losing yourself along the way.