Fall: Research Paper Jonestown: The Terror Within. Cults have existed throughout history since the beginning of time. A cult is defined in Webster’s dictionary as a “system of religious worship with a devoted attachment to a person, principle, etc.” Over the past thirty years numerous religious cults have caused “ tens of thousands to abandon their families, friends, education’s, and careers to follow the teaching of a leader they will never meet”(Beck 78). Opinions …showed first 75 words of 2175 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2175 total…keep in perspective that what he was doing was to benefit the world, not to benefit himself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Work Cited 6. Steele, Richard. “Life in Jonestowns.” Newsweek 4 Dec. 1978: 62-66. 1. Author unknown. “The Bizarre Tragedy in Guyana.” U.S. News & World Report 4 Dec. 1978: 21-31. 2. Axthelm, Pete. “The Emperor Jones.” Newsweek 4 Dec. 1978: 54-60. 3. Beck, Melinda. “The World of Cults.” Newsweek 4 Dec. 1978: 78. 4. Oblsson, Tb. “The Cult of Death.” Newsweek 4 Dec. 1978: 38-44. 5. Mathews, Tom. “Special Report.” Newsweek 4 Dec. 1978: 50-52.