This dude from Heaven's Gate makes a lot of sense.
Why aren't there cults anymore?
Hunter Lopez
Hudson Hernandez
Imagine believing this. Go join him schizo, and don't forget your quarters
Samuel Parker
MAGA is a cult
Luis Nelson
If there are aliens then what he's saying isn't that out of the question. The UFO footage that was released a couple of years ago shows that there is something going on. Look at the history of people seeing spacecrafts.
Isaac Mitchell
Q ?
Brody White
Well, there are still cults
But they aren't that big anymore
Jason Garcia
There are still many around.
They're just better at niche marketing.
Michael Jones
HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, April 10, 1997
Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to
salute the efforts of the now deceased Charles
Dederich, Sr., founder of Synanon, a drug rehabilitation organization that reformed the lives
of thousands of people. Dederich distinguished himself in the area of drug rehabilitation and amassed great wealth before his organization was associated with violence and
tax problems. Because of the continuing negative social impact of substance abuse in our
society, it is appropriate to pause to reflect on
the positive contribution made by Mr. Dederich
to create a treatment regime to solve this
problem at the individual level.
Charles Dederich, Sr., was himself a reformed alcoholic, who founded Synanon in
1958 with a $33 unemployment check in
Ocean Park, CA. His approach to rehabilitating drug addicts has became a major paradigm for drug recovery and therapeutic communities the world over. He believed that relief
for addicts would come when they realized
they must admit and face their addictions
head-on. Much of the rehabilitation involved
teaching a strong work ethic. Synanon was a
new kind of group therapy; an effective approach to racial integration; an unusual kind of
communication; and an exciting, fresh approach to the cultural arts and philosophy.
His organization created a new social movement and approach to life that provided a
structured community-type living atmosphere
for treatment of medical problems—persons,
including narcotic and other drug addicts, alcoholics, former criminals, and juvenile
delinquents were all the beneficiaries. Participants in the Synanon movement moved from
the gutters, prisons, brothels, and back rooms
of society into positions of moral leadership
and more importantly regained hope and control over their lives.
Zachary Campbell
have you considered joining the republican party?
Liam Morris
All rivals have gone into hiding