The Brethren Research Paper
The Brethren
A cult is defined as a group of people who idealize a typical individual idea, or object a cult usually consists of a select group of misguided outsiders who beliefs have separated them form normal society. One would think in this day of age people would be weary of cuts and see the insanity behind them. However, there are still some cults that exist today, one disturbing cult that still exists today is the Brethren.
The Brethren was founded in 1971 by James Roberts, and was designed to make your spirit pure, but how would they do that? Well, by getting rid of everything you come to know and love. They keep themselves separate as much as possible from the world, because they consider it the domain of the devil. They refer to God as Yahveh, Yeshua and Elohiym. In common with many other religiously conservative groups, they teach that their ideas provide the only way to salvation.They choose to follow a rigid code of conduct, based strictly on bible teaching, enforced by the leadership. Breaking the rules can result in isolation from family, and psychological damage that has led to suicide.
This extremist group believes you must make things as difficult for yourself as possible to purify yourself, and if you need something, …show more content…
Exceptions are made where parents and minor children join together. They generally remain in the United States, and have slightly over a 100 members. The men grow beards, and have short hair, wearing a brown hooded tunic down to their knees, and the woman do not cut their hair, and wear a similar style dress or jumper. According to Cult news.com, Cult leader, Jim Roberts was pronounced dead December, 2015. Followers in this cult often died of health problems that could have been cured. It was noted that Roberts had not seen a doctor in 40 years. Now that Roberts has died, families that have lost their loved ones to this cult are desperately trying to locate their
A cult is defined as a group of people who idealize a typical individual idea, or object a cult usually consists of a select group of misguided outsiders who beliefs have separated them form normal society. One would think in this day of age people would be weary of cuts and see the insanity behind them. However, there are still some cults that exist today, one disturbing cult that still exists today is the Brethren.
The Brethren was founded in 1971 by James Roberts, and was designed to make your spirit pure, but how would they do that? Well, by getting rid of everything you come to know and love. They keep themselves separate as much as possible from the world, because they consider it the domain of the devil. They refer to God as Yahveh, Yeshua and Elohiym. In common with many other religiously conservative groups, they teach that their ideas provide the only way to salvation.They choose to follow a rigid code of conduct, based strictly on bible teaching, enforced by the leadership. Breaking the rules can result in isolation from family, and psychological damage that has led to suicide.
This extremist group believes you must make things as difficult for yourself as possible to purify yourself, and if you need something, …show more content…
Exceptions are made where parents and minor children join together. They generally remain in the United States, and have slightly over a 100 members. The men grow beards, and have short hair, wearing a brown hooded tunic down to their knees, and the woman do not cut their hair, and wear a similar style dress or jumper. According to Cult news.com, Cult leader, Jim Roberts was pronounced dead December, 2015. Followers in this cult often died of health problems that could have been cured. It was noted that Roberts had not seen a doctor in 40 years. Now that Roberts has died, families that have lost their loved ones to this cult are desperately trying to locate their