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Ant Hill Kids

Definition of Cult

  • According to definition.org, a cult is “a religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.”

What is a cult?

Theriault and the Formation

The History of the Ant Hill Kids

  • Roch Theriault had an obsession with the end of the world when he was 13
  • He had converted to the Seventh-day Adventist Church
  • He believed that he was the only one who can keep people safe from the end
  • Because he was a charismatic speaker, others had joined his religious movement

New Perspective

Old Perspective

  • Cults usually have a pattern with abuse, manipulation, separation of loved ones, etc.

Old Perspective

  • Inspires devotion
  • Demands unquestioning loyalty
  • Stringent Rules around behavior, dress and "proper" attitude that seem baffling or downright sinister to outside.

Inspiring Leaders

Abusive Leaders

Most leaders in cults are narcissistic, manipulative, and overall abusive. In this community, Theriault had:

  • Impaled children on trees
  • Forced members to injure themselves
  • Did self-performed surgery (due to his narcissism)
  • Forced members to eat dead mice

Members in cults are usually loyal to the end, and may tend to call out or alienate those who aren't as loyal.

The Ant Hill Kids are loyal to Theriault even with all the things he did to them as leader and even with his imprisonment.

Loyal Following to Leaders

Disloyalty to Family

  • Majority of cult members pushed families away
  • Stronger reliability towards cult than family
  • The more captivated members became, the further the communications of understanding between then and their loved ones

Disloyalty to Family

Government and Companies are the Same as Cults

  • Outward Portrayal of cults
  • Fixed understanding of cults
  • Focus dramatic aspects

Government and Companies are the same as Cults

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