Japan enacted the gun-sword law to prevent cults like Aum Shinrikyo from developing and growing. However, its stance on seeking to solve the cult problem is mainly to prevent its proliferation and spread, so only the leading members of Aum Shinrikyo were sentenced.

A situation where criminals are punished but not completely banned.

Moreover, the Ministry of Justice, citing insufficient evidence to prove that Aum Shinrikyo poses a direct or indirect threat to society, acquiesced in the legality of the cult's existence. Later, the cult was renamed the Aleph Cult, and it was still in the name of a religious legal person.

continue to exist.

It is precisely because of this "religious freedom" that religious forces are active in all walks of life in Japan, and they are actively developing their own forces and expanding their influence.

In Japan, the most famous one is the Soka Gakkai. They claim to have 8.27 million followers and are one of the largest cult groups in Japan.

Komeito, one of the Japanese political parties, is also a Soka political party and has a deep connection with Japanese politics.

It was classified as a cult by the French government in 1995, and many countries around the world are wary of it. However, in Japan, their reputation is not bad, and many celebrities and political figures are their followers.

The person Uesawa Palace is most familiar with is Satomi Ishihara, who just announced her marriage.

Ishihara Satomi's parents are believers of the Soka Gakkai. She grew up in a mission school and received education from the Soka Gakkai. She is known as the "Little Soka Princess". It is precisely because of such a solid supporter in her acting career.

With her backing, her development has been smooth sailing and she has not encountered any unspoken rules at all.

As for her new husband, whom the media calls an "ordinary man," he is a young and promising middle-level member of the Soka Gakkai. This announcement of marriage may not be without religious factors.

Apart from the Soka Gakkai, "happiness science" has the greatest reputation. They often obtain donations from believers in the name of "charity" and "public welfare".

Although they are not currently as destructive as Aum Shinrikyo, they once hindered the business of a publishing house and denied freedom of thought. Their behavior fully meets the definition of a cult.

This sect claims to have 11 million believers. According to this statement, one in every 10 Japanese citizens in Japan is its believer. Add in the number of Soka Gakkai believers, and the total number is more than 20 million.

of cult believers.

In addition, it also runs a political party called the "Happiness Realization Party", whose penetration of public power is worrying.

Okawa Ryuho, who founded the Happiness Science Group, is very active in society and expresses himself through public messages such as spiritual words and dialogues, as well as activities held nationwide by the Happiness Science Group, prayers and sacrifices, and other activities.

He has a magazine called Happiness Science, which will introduce and publish his poems in its monthly magazine, as well as letters written to Happy Science followers on various topics. The founder even used the words of an inspirational writer.

I have written many books and gained great fame, often at the top of bestseller lists.

In addition to frantically writing books and preaching, this group even invites well-known animation companies in the industry to produce animations, movies, and TV shows. They even want to create an idol group that is all about religious belief.

These religions are very good at using popular forms to preach and have a subtle influence on a generation.

The word "cult" has gradually become a neutral term under their influence. Many people will use the terms "cat cult" and "dog cult" to ridicule themselves, saying that they are also "cult members"

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Most cult organizations often collude with capital and use the name of capital to cheat. They have various companies under their control. They look like a normal company. The usual gatherings are held in the name of company gatherings.

People basically can't tell whether it is a church or a company.

In addition, this organization also has various "charitable organizations" as a cover, so many people feel that it is a public welfare organization and do not understand that it is essentially a cult organization.

Another characteristic of cult organizations is that their organization is very strict.

Usually the interior is monolithic, and it is not even clear how many people believe in them, such as the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan. This cult worships the leader Shoko Asahara to an incredible extent. For example, the leader’s footwashing water is sold at a price

It actually reached 50,000 yen per 500 ml, and the soup containing the leader’s beard was 30,000 yen per centimeter.

However, there are still countless believers who are willing to pay, and it is absolutely impossible without strong internal cohesion.

This kind of terrorist cult organization is extremely harmful to society, but because it is difficult to obtain solid evidence, it is very difficult to ban it under the Japanese and Korean systems.

To a large extent, Japanese cults are improved versions of American cults. Similarly, they cannot solve the cult problem and are inextricably linked to the United States.

Most of those Japanese and Korean cults will go to the "World Cult Headquarters", which is the United States, to learn from them.

There are more than 2,000 cults in the United States, involving more than 10 million people. Every year, a large number of cults depart from the United States and take root around the world. Many American Hollywood stars are also involved, such as the famous Tom Cruise.

Believers of "Scientology".

These American cults are very familiar with how to survive under the American system, and the Japanese government headed by the United States has nothing to do with them. This is the fundamental reason why cults have been repeatedly banned but have become more and more powerful.

It can be seen that independence is the key to a country's survival, and being at the mercy of others is never a long-term solution.

Uesawa Miya still remembers that in the offline story mode of "GTA5", the three protagonists Franklin, Mike, and Trevor all had Easter eggs for cult missions.

Franklin is donating money to get T-shirts.

During Trevor's mission, you will meet several hitchhikers. If any of them bore you, you can send them to a cult in the mountains.

Mike's mission is to constantly donate money. Except for the tricky mission of diving into the bottom of the sea to find a lot of debris, but only getting paid one dollar, this is the one that Uesawa Miya feels the most unhappy about. He has always been looking for cars.

, donate money.

The entire mission environment is boring, and only after you shoot those members with guns at the end can you feel a sense of experience.

Although there is no in-depth description in GTA, Uesawa Palace can also feel the rampage and "freedom" of the cult forces while playing the game.

Uesawa Palace is also a believer, but the relationship between him and Dorothy is more like friends.

Now Shangze Palace feels sad when he sees social elites like them lining up impatiently to donate money.

In order to get the so-called ticket to the new world, they have lost their minds and are willing to give everything they have. The thought control brought about by this kind of religion is really chilling.
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