In my paper, I examined the persuasive language of cults. I focussed on three cults and touched briefly on a related "organization". The three cults were The Raelian Movement, The Summit Lighthouse, and The Assembly of YAHOWAH the Eternal. The organization was Clonaid, which is not a mouthwash or any sort of other product. It's promoted by Rael, the leader of the Raelian Movement, and claims to be able to clone humans.
These cults were all very forward in their language, and there were some subtle methods hidden amongst the big, bold text.
I wrote the paper in the voice of someone intending to start a cult, and looking at these other cults for information on what to do or what not to do. I broke this voice for only a paragraph or two to state that I became incredibly freaked out over the idea that there were people out there saying, "Okay, how can we get inside the heads of impressionable people and manipulate them."
At the end of the paper, I wrote my own cult statement. Something similar to what one would find on one of the other cult webpages. Looking back on it, I should have analyzed my own statement in the same way as I did the others, but it's too late for that now.
Unfortunately for me and my cult statement, I lack the fanaticism of an actual cult to add a certain fervor and legitimacy to my statement.
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