... to linger for additional decades or even centuries after the death of the charismatic leader. Traces of religious movements may well continue to live on even after the informal network and organizational infrastructure of the movement have passed away. Therefore, a religion that seemed to be dead can suddenly spring to life again - The Adventists, Seventh-Day Adventists, Davidian Adventists and Branch Davidians exemplify this sort of organizational death and rebirth (Wright, 1195) Cults can even come to an end due to incidents such as Mass Suicide, as illustrated by The People's Temple led by Jim Jones. Jim Jones developed a belief called 'Translation' in which he and his followers would all die together and move to another planet for a life of complete bliss. The People's Temple movement generated a lot of negative attention, described as a "concentration camp" where people were kept against their will. This description led Leo ...

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