In the 1950s, a group of social psychologists infiltrated a doomsday cult--a religious group that believed the world was coming to an end--and studied how its members sustained their beliefs when the prophecy failed.
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all quote private conversations that were never recorded until decades, somet.
How are major religions different from cults? My argument is that they persist through political fiat rather than the evidence provided for their central dogma.
In the 1950s, a group of social psychologists infiltrated a doomsday cult--a religious group that believed the world was coming to an end--and studied how its members sustained their beliefs when the prophecy failed