Talk about strange. Apparently Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia seems to be in dire need of spirituality as Malaysian Authorities arrest 58 followers of a cult that worships a giant teapot.
Interestingly, this happened after 30-35 people, armed with machetes and Molotov cocktails attacked the cult's headquarters.
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This mildly amusing, and somewhat disturbing news brings up the question as to why cults show up. I think there are people out there which are out to capitalize on other people's needs for spirituality, their desire to seek out meaning gets sidetracked by people professing to know the "true" way.
But what drives them to join a cult? Are these people so conceited that they don't think normal religions will do to help their own needs? Let's not even go to certain credit card run religons that employ celebrities to advertise and promote ideals started by an insane Science Fiction Authors.
Sometimes, what people need are a reason to exist. They feel lost and helpless, and we can't really blame them. Whether this is because they can't cope with the problems in their lives, or if they have deep seated psychological issues.
Sometimes I wish I could go ahead and say something, but in the end it's a matter of people fixing their own lives. The best thing we can do is to offer to listen to them if they want to be heard.
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