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CultNew religious movements(add under last paragraph)

The early start of cults (NRM) originated within Asia & Africa; and the majority of which have only a few members, now some have thousands and only very few have more than a million. The NRM within the continent of Asia differs from being questionable, bogus, spiritual, and dangerous. This popular NRM was founded by guru Sathya Sai Baba (see Sai Baba, Sathya) and based in India with over 30 million followers. It is a modernist and international neo-Hindu movement. This movement follows the styles of Hindu bhakti devotionalism, emphasizing an individual’s commitment to a specialized personified diet. The love from and the love to god is the main focal point of the religion and within scripture. Sathya Sai Baba's scripture and preaching, claim him to be a reincarnation of god. Some may call him a saint who was worshiped across all of India and some might call him a narcissist who took advantage and prayed upon lost people. He is also known to be able to perform materializations, making gold watches, rings, neckless, and vibhuti (holy ash) out of thin air. Recent allegations have aired of sexual misconduct, along with pedophilia, accusing Sathya Sai Baba of inviting young boys, specifically Westerners, for private interviews and performing a ritual where he would rub oil on their genitals. Ignoring the accusations of fraud and sexual misconduct, his followers remain loyal to their leader and god. In 2011, after being in the hospital due to respiratory complications and old age Sathya Sai Baba died on 24 April at 7:40pm. At his funeral over half a million people and followers attended. They are now waiting for his reincarnation.

Polygamist cults (add under paragraph as an example

Angels' Landing was created and led by Daniel Perez also known as Lou Castro. Perez described himself as a "seer" and claimed to be a 1,000-year-old angel sent from God.  He would tell his followers, who were mostly young women that he could make it rain, was able to heal people and could see the future along with other mystical abilities brought upon him by god. Perez would preach that he needed to have sex with young girls to stay alive; his victims ranged in age from 8 to 16. During his years of power, he would collect thousands of dollars in life insurance policies from followers that would mysteriously die. In 2003 26-year-old Patricia Hughes who was an active follower of Perez died, the reported death was drowning at the group's compound outside of Wichita, Kansas, which was originally ruled an accident. But in 2012 Perez was ordered to stand trial on a charge of premeditated first-degree murder and was found guilty. He is also accused of 38 other crimes, which include rape, sodomy, sexual exploitation of a child, and making false statements on life insurance claims. Perez still claims that he is and was innocent of all the allegations, and also claims that he doesn't know where the millions of dollars his commune received came from. Perez was sentenced to life in prison at Lansing Correctional in Kansas.