Polygamist Arrested

ucsd_ucla_dad
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:11:15 +0000

lmnop:

How about the Shakers



At the risk of offending people (but not many Shakers), this is one of the most flawed religions ever conceived (pun intended). I’m sure women can come up with better ones (such as a couple of posters have proposed).

For those not familiar with Shakers, they’re the ones who essentially eliminated themselves by believing in strict celibacy.

On a serious note - most of these one-off sects/cults are very self-serving to either an individual (the founder) or a group (men, for example). The amazing and sad thing to me is that they seem to always be able to find followers because there are always some ‘lost’ individuals looking to believe in something regardless of how illogical it is. One of these not far from where I live were the were the Heaven’s Gate people who commited mass suicide believing they were going to a spaceship next to a comet. There are endless examples of these.