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Why Abortion Should Be Legal

like those. Again, when a woman is raped she does not want the burden of having offspring tied to such a horrific event. This is p...

What are Critical Thinking Skills

of the time. Even critical thinkers get stuck in ruts and do not see their own blind spots in their thinking (Foundation for Criti...

Just Following Orders

equipment someone has the responsibility of guarding it. These watches, like most everything else in the military, begin and end a...

Jay Gatsby and the Cult of Celebrity

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

Apple as a Religion

up their brand. This is true for the Apple Company in general. The introduction of iPod gadget, iTunes, iPhone and iPad all supp...

Christianity From Cult to Established Mainstream?

It might be contended that the development...

Defining a Cult

This paper considers the various factors that weigh into distinguishing between a cult and a religious sect. There are four sourc...

Two Questions in Psychology

resuilts in problematic outcomes. This is not true; experimental designs sometimes result in problematic outcomes for the partici...

A SCIENTOLOGY OVERVIEW

Discusses the Church of Scientology and whether it is a "viable" religion or a brainwashing cult. There are 5 sources listed in th...

Erikson Freud Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club has become a cult movie because it shows the angst of being not only a teenager but a youngster who has been ab...

Martine van Woerken - Thugs

the goddess (Thuggee). The British made a determined (and successful) effort to stamp out Thuggee beginning in the early 1800s. ...

Transcendentalism, Domesticity and Louisa May Alcott

womans place was perceived to be located securely in the private sphere, which she ruled as a domestic goddess, creating a haven o...

History of American Women

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

Social Psychology and Cults

individual zealously devotes himself to some leader or ideal" reveals the inherent social bigotry that has long obscured cults and...

Satanic Cult Investigation

like a satanic cult? Sound like the type of organization which should be shut down? Think again. This description just given was o...

Satanic Cults

the Supreme Court sees it, Satanism is a religion ("High Court," 2005). It does appear that one mans cult is anothers religion, bu...

Overview of the Isis Religious Cult

of course, was according to legend. However, the legends gained such popularity that in time many came to worship Isis, alone. Tem...

Cult Status of the Film Rosemary's Baby

away at a person until there is nothing left. A loss of humanity and depth is mourned in this movie, it could be stated. Demonic ...

Is Scientology a Religion or a Cult?

a religion. By practice, the Church of Scientology is a cult. Since practice and the effects on people are more important than she...

Scientology and Its Impact on Actor Tom Cruise

its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...

A Comparison of the Films Harold and Maude and Blue Velvet

in money, or in finding Harold a nice young woman. Harold, however, is a young man fascinated with death. This is, of course, p...

Is Scientology a Religion or a Cult?

by Lafayette Ron Hubbard and is not only incompatible with most of the worlds other religions, particularly Christianity, but open...

A Review of the Film, Ocean's Eleven

In some scenes featuring very dark-skinned Bernie Mac, the only thing absolutely visible on the screen was the whites of the actor...

Overview of the Dionysos Cult

An essential rite of the Bacchic orgies was the practice of omophagia, the dismemberment of the sacrificial victim and the eating ...

Unification Church

the Unification Church (Sontag 11). Image of the Divine in this religious tradition The Unification Church, according to its De...

Mycenaean and Hittite Religious Cultures

In ten pages these two ancient cultures and their religious practices are contrasted and compared in terms of differences and simi...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Religion

In a research essay that consists of ten pages a correlation between obsessive religious practices and the psychological malady kn...

Beliefs of Apocalyptic Religious Groups

In a paper consisting of seven pages the origins and beliefs of apocalyptic religious cults are explored including the example of ...

Pre Christian Concept of God and Mystery Cults

In eight pages this paper examines the pre Christian Mystery Cults that emphasized God's 'mysteriousness' and discusses its myths ...

The 1st Amendment and Astrology

In fifty pages this question 'Astrology, Psychics, Superstition, Cults in America: Symptoms of a malfunctioning First Amendment?' ...