According to McIsaac, Student Life has received a few verbal complaints. So far, we've only received Kim Cunningham's. In 1978, after investigators, critics and politician questioned the morals of Jim Jones and his People Temple in Jonestown, Guyana, Jones instructed his 900 plus members to commit suicide. According to Webster's Dictionary, a cult can be formal religious worship or a system of religious beliefs and rituals. However, this word can mean different things to different people.
Religious cults are the most well-known of the groups.
Usually, members are taught to define the world in terms of an imminent Armageddon. Only the group members will be saved while non-believers will perish. Therapeutic cults are similar to religious cults. The difference between them is that members worship a leader who has reached a certain point of psychological perfection. The goal of this kind of group's leader is to be cured and free of life's hang-ups.