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reported: Cited for contempt on a motion by Sen. Risa Hontiveros were SBSI
(Socorro Bayanihan Service Inc.) Jey Rence Quilario, the group’s 82-year-old
vice president Mamerto Galanida, and members Janeth Ajoc and Karren Sanico. Known
in the organization as “Senior Aguila,” Quilario, 22, has styled himself as a
messianic “Son of God,” according to former members who testified at the
hearing.
Why
do people leave their stable jobs and join in cult-like groups? This question
often bothers an onlooker when news similar to what is happening in Socorro,
Surigao del Norte takes place.
Adrian
Furnham describes in Psychology Today that humans crave clarity. Many people
join cults because they believe they are offered solid, absolute answers for
questions such as good versus evil, religion, the meaning of life, politics,
etc.
Many
cult leaders promote messages that are simple and seem to make sense, the exact
opposite of what we’re often provided with in typical, everyday life.
What
is a cult? It is a religious or quasi-religious group characterized by unusual
or atypical beliefs, seclusion from the outside world, and an authoritarian
structure.
History
tells us that cults often lead to harm among its members especially if the leader
has experienced a form of insanity. More than 900 people, many of them
children, died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978 by drinking cyanide-laced Kool
Aid at the order of cult leader Jim Jones in Jonestown, Guyana.
Having
an increased focus on religion and the belief that one is God are symptoms of
mania and hypomania in bipolar disorder. This heightened focus isn't
necessarily unique to bipolar disorder, however, as it is also associated with
schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and other
psychotic disorders (Purse, 2021).
It
is saddening that women and children are being oppressed and victimized in the
recent events related to cult-like activities around these area. Indeed, there
is a need to carefully look at our leaders whether they are sane or not.
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