Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION A3I Tuesday March 9 1993 s s triT Weak Troubled Are Vulnerable To Lure of Cults SI Continued from THE ASSOCIATED armed cult's leader seems eager to provoke another gunfight to fulfill his apocalyptic prophecies telling negotiators "We are ready for war" and "Let's get it on" the FBI said A-- 1 technology had made their culture obsolete American Indians created the Ghost Dance ritual to invoke a new millennium in which they would recapture their lost sovereignty Islam and Christianity especially tend to millenarian outbreaks around the turn of each century A 1979 attack by Islamic militants on the Great Mosque in Mecca came in the first hour of the first day of the first year of a new century in the Islamic calendar The Crusades grew out of a millenarian movement that began about Monday As the cult's standoff with hundreds of law officers ground through its ninth day FBI spokesman Bob Ricks disclosed details of telephone conversations that negotiators have had with David Koresh and more than 30 followers Koresh claims to have explosives that would blow the FBI's Bradley armored personnel carriers "40 or 50 feet into the air" so the agency moved in Abrams main several battle tanks for protection the spokesman said He said they would be unarmed and strictly for defense Koresh says he has been prepared for a fight since 1985 67-to- AD 1000 So here we are: Just seven years shy of the new millennium in an era when as Martin said "Everything that's not nailed down is coming up" Even the most bizarre cults cater to perfectly normal needs: for such as Kisser's "paranoid" She calls him "an apologist for cults" They draw their information from different sources: he from a network of 300 scholars across the country who study alternative religions and she from the 18000 or so people who call the Cult Awareness Network each year to seek or relay information about some group they are worried about Melton also rejects the notion of cult outbreaks arguing that alternative religions are always being born He said the recent surge in their numbers resulted from a 1965 change in immigration laws that let many more Asians enter the United States Who joins cults — or mainstream churches or legitimate religious sects or birdwatching societies for that matter? Most often psychologists say it is people in need of connection people who may have recently been cut loose from their psychological moor- from self-hel- p non-membe- self-hel- p and some of his followers say they are ready to follow him to their deaths Ricks said Koresh and his followers battled with federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agents for nearly an hour on Feb 28 killing four agents and wounding 16 Ten cult members also may have died Koresh refuses to tell negotiators how many are dead Ricks said negotiators and Koresh agreed for the cult to conduct a funeral and bury the body of one cult member killed in the shootout He said the identity was being withheld until relatives were notified Tape shot by CBS-Tjust before noon Monday showed three men digging a grave under a tree on the compound's front lawn About 30 minutes later the three men went to a van pulled out what appeared to be a large body wrapped in a bag placed it in the grave and covered it with dirt There was no ceremony i 1 l14:I BOLEtir 'r'2"77 ' 710r zzari: a1 ' l'"'" - ' —too A - BOLEtir Eliminates the need to rake or bag frontwheel drive Single-leve- r height adjustment 4 Models low as $299 3 Year No Fear Warranty! e lt- '- 41-''- 6' N IFREE1 t Number of persons killed 60 -- 40 1992: 0- 20 0 11 82 '87 '92 Number of persons Injured 60 1992:0 n 110-stor- 1 '92 '87 82 Knight-Ridde- r Writing 'SOS' in Snow Saves Colorado Skiers THE ASSOCIATED '''Ue: ' ' dibrokot k IT ' - ii 1 b: it 1 :7 Viiiiriti A: - ts slipite to- Vinon UM 1110 N ituts111 21)241811 9995 - snow Diane Myers 28 and Tracy Boren 36 appeared to have frostbitten feet and one had a sprained knee said Mesa County sheriff's spokesman Don Williams They were taken to a hospital The women teachers from Offer Includes: Labor Only ANY CHAIR With Purchase of Our Fabric Only Free Estimates Free Pick Up & Delivery Foam Extra If Needed CALL TODAY Grand Junction had told other skiers they were skiing to a lake Saturday afternoon $9995 288-936- 8 Western Upholstery Co 120 E Vine St Murray UT - Dodo ' k - - C' 'f f 0 1 :' 4 :0 44 ':tp '' ::::m - --4 N:110sL ' ' ': i 41 0 1 tm AMP' 0111111110111P OMB JEHILe ' '''' r4 ' 224-48- ! vittookwwa 1 ' r 444 - 4 '14r I ' 1 i 1 e '' isuo:" 44 a"' j 4- z Initiative tvere investing in Utah's filture by supporting And our employees support causes and charities In 1992 the US WEST Foundation matched over $50000 of Utah year-roun- growth in Utah businesses and communities d employees' financial gifts and volunteer time Improving the Quality of Life The US WEST Foundation issued almost $725000 in grants last year in Utah The grants focus on improving the quality of life everywhere in the state through early childhood directory advertising Believing in Utah US WEST believes in the spirit and values of the American West We're proud to be an active integral part of this state and our commitment is edu- After all Utah is our cation economic development and arts initiatives ' home too - SII 'Nki ) 41 1 '! -o TIi:o --- Ire j 0 Vv - ibm4e 1--- of 411'' ''':N!' 1 'ör- z 1111011011 MOM Orem 450 So 1325 West ' -- a k ' individual customers and foster businesses quick and convenient too through innovations like enhanced color capabilities in Limit Warranty! 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PA113 14 US : 1982-92- rivation peer pressure shaming secret rituals forced confession and vilification of the outside world — the leader and his lieutenants convince members that as individuals they are nothing and that the group is everything The leader is venerated as the keeper of the "sacred science" the unique knowledge that only he possesses and that is the path to salvation The acts that society considers unthinkable — 900 people drinking poison at Jonestown cult members beating their children to death at the leader's direction — are the result of a thousand tiny steps down the road to personal The classic example is a college student away from home for the first time But it might be someone who's just been divorced lost a job or undergone a crisis of faith "All of us have vulnerable times transitional periods when we are in between meaningful relationships" said Singer The more alienated the person is said Martin the more likely he is to join a radical fringe group led by an alienated marginal figure such as David Koresh of the Branch Davidians Once absorbed into an unholy alliance members' wills are slowly subverted Through standard indoctrination techniques — isolation dep - 1611 Terrorist activity in the V - ' Terrorism at home ings h - More Searches Arrests May Come This Week in NY Bomb Probe i I I 20 churches to groups to political parties exist partly to satisfy those needs Countless groups that strike as weird — crystal gazers whirling dervishes UFO watchers millenarian sects — may be perfectly harmless or even salutary for those who join them Strangeness does not a cult make A cult experts say is defined by the power relationships within it It may be religious political psychotherapeutic occult or Ostensibly dedicated to But its members give up their personal power to a leader who purports to have special magical knowledge denied to the rest of the werld Some cults even trick people into joining and then use behavior modification to break down their autonomy so they will not leave Cynthia Kisser of the national Cult Awareness Network calls those "destructive cults" In rare instances they can become dangerous not only to their members but also to the surrounding community A nasty argument is raging over how many destructive colts exist Kisser's number 2000 to 3000 — is quoted by many scholars But J Gordon Melton founder of the Institute for the Study of American Religions counts 600 to 700 religions" nationwide of which 200 to 250 qualify as cults Only a portion of those are abusive he said and only a handful ever become dangerous Melton calls groups cult-watc- n Ready for War' 40 a philosophy that makes the world comprehensible for security and fellowship for improving the society in which one lives Mi- of organizations PRESS WACO Texas — A heavily 4 llions I e einflor Tells Feds: ITT w a9ril re '4- "ef 1 - 4 ©19q3 US WEST Inc i 1 4I I 1 I - - - - tW1 loommomommOosontommozue extxwowlketem!Px4zimheritshiokiwinmeoopolwarow"10101Plp |