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This source includes studies of better and lesser known religious traditions in the world as well as new religions and cults that have emerged in contemporary societies . I have never known of a cult that supports the Boy Scouts of America . " " Interdiction and Reduction to Lay Status of Michel Collin " - - The Roman Church reduces its former priest to lay status three times " since he has not stopped promoting forms of devotion and of cults that are not approved and are even forbidden . The blossoming of religious movements , however-from Falun Gong ( the banned meditation cult that blends elements of Buddhism , martial arts , and strict moral messages ) to Islam and Christianity-suggests that the party ’ s solution will not be adequate for China ’ s restless people . " " There are numerous organizations and individuals - - from churches to law enforcement officials and psychologists - - who depend for their fund-raising or their very existence on scaring people about what they perceive to be the danger from cults that threatens the youth of America . He compared widely held superstitions about the power of external Qi in China to the beliefs that inspired the Japanese sect , ` Aum Shinri Kyo ' ( the cult that attacked the Tokyo subway with nerve gas ) . Since 1995 , he has been conducting psychological research on the problem of apocalyptic violence , focusing on Aum Shinrikyo , the extremist Japanese cult that released poison gas in Tokyo subways . It was after his death that I checked his e-mail name and found that he was actually the leader of a cult that believed an alien spacecraft would come and pick them up .