HUM-10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Branch Davidians, Egalitarianism, Totalitarianism
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Warren jones emphasized egalitarianism and equality b/w the races (this is why it was largely popular) Believe the world will come to an end (thus survival tactics) Believed this to be a prophecy to get on the spaceship. The way to get on was to kill themlseves and they did. What he says however resolves w/ most beliefs you can"t prove it right but you can"t prove it wrong. But the reality is christianity they are looking for something they aren"t getting in the real world. Cults: religion as the ultimate concern; in the context of these alternative religion, they put their own safety behind religion. In these cases, their beliefs is more important than anything else in the world. Members have to convert some people excluded. They had extreme views and different sorts of practices broken off from mainstream. There are differences like christianity (protestants, catholics, etc. )
