Celebs you didn’t know were part of weird cults – Whether it be drugs, alcohol or scandalous sex stories, whatever a celebrity gets up to in their spare time is always going to fascinate the majority of us. With the media hounding their every step, it is likely that one of these supposed role models is going to slip up one way or another.
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However, it’s how far they go that really intrigues us, with some celebrities going as far as joining strange religions and cults. But what really is a cult? Classified as a religious or social group, cults have a reputation for being somewhat extremely…. awful. Considered to be controversial to say the least, cults throughout time have a history of spreading racist ideologies and committing social deviance. From, terrorism, polygamy and extreme religious beliefs, to modern day Nazism and even Donald Trump, the use of the word is as loose as the practice itself.
So what happens when a celebrity so much as sniffs the idea of joining a cult? Career suicide of course! As a number of famous faces have been connected to such strange and idiotic practices throughout history, it can be difficult to understand just what on earth they were thinking in the first place. However, with a variety of them born into such weird and wacky operations, you can only feel sorry for those that really had no choice. As brainwashing is a major player in the world of cult organizations, it only makes it clear that celebrities are just as susceptible to persuasion as us normal folk. So, to highlight just how dangerous these cults can be, here are 15 examples of celebrities that have joined, or have been involved in weird creepy cults.
15. The Arquette Family
Born into the now renowned Skymont Subud commune in Virginia, USA, David Arquette and a number of his other famous siblings, practiced what is now known as the Indonesian spiritual movement. Described as a representation of the ‘power of God’, Subud encourages its followers to live in ultimate seclusion, away from the noise and distractions of the world. Living there until the late 70s, Arquette’s parents believed that the commune would benefit their children’s life. However, as struggling drug addicts themselves, their choice in religion was a little concerning. During an interview in 2011, Patricia Arquette, David’s older sister, claimed that it had originally started with a bunch of friends who were intent on building a utopian society, despite there being no electricity or bathrooms. Upon remembering the commune, Arquette later recalled “I don’t think there was even running water”. With Subud groups in just under 85 countries all over the world, the religious cult shows no signs of slowing down.
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