CURBING CULT ACTIVITIES.

According to Mike Mudock, a great preacher, “the most fertile ground on earth is the burial ground” Why? “Many people have died in their prime with their dreams, goals and aspiration in life.”
When I remember these words, my heart skips a beat because, ordinarily, these people would not have died. Many people, particularly youths, have died for nothing while others have been maimed for life because of cult activities. Some are just a bundle of waste because, academically, they are no where. In fact, they are useless to themselves, there family and the society at large. They are perpetually in search of trouble and where there is none, they forment it. The most terrible aspect of the whole thing is that some parents know that their children and wards are involved in one cult or the other, but they turn their eyes to the other side. With the spate of cultism, one may be tempted to say that cultism is now institutionalized because both the young and old are now involved. In the past, we know that cultism was associated with undergraduates in higher institutions, but these days, we find pupils in primary school and students in secondary schools, what can we say. The world is in maze.
The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defines a cult as a way of life, an attitude or idea which has become very popular. It is also a group of people who have extreme religious beliefs and who are not part of any established religion. So, a from-all indication, a cult is not an approved organization. It is practiced in the secret, therefore, it is illegal. From the word cult, we have “cultism” which is the act of engaging or involving oneself in a treacherous activity that can mar one’s destiny. It is a destiny destroyer.
Any cult has a god, which is against the existence of the Almighty God; because God said “you shall not have any other god beside me”.
It is common knowledge that cultism is now everywhere-motor parks, our neighborhood, and most, unfortunately, the Church. Different folks for different cults- that is what we have today. Different cults are back up by some power and entities which is known as their gods. These cultists all pay homage to their gods- and these gods are often appeased with blood. That is why they kill or shed blood.
The activities of cultists are alarming and have also assumed a worrisome dimension. In Delta State and in almost every neighbourhood, you find young boys loafing and idling away and when you go closer and enquire of them what you will hear is, “ah, that one, he is in a cult? I hear that people now pride themselves in their neighbourhood to belong to a cult. And people now engage them in battle, either for land dispute or family dispute. Girls are now in that world of cultism and they don’t hide it. I was told of a girls’ school in this State where cult activities even take place in broad day light.
Our society is no longer safe. People are afraid to go out because of these people. Parents, Churches, Mosque and individuals have parts to play in stemming this ugly trend. Then government should campaign against cultism, just as we have bodies campaigning, against HIV/AIDS.
If these seeds are bad, what kind of plant and fruits are we going to get because these youths of today are the supposed leaders of tomorrow, but if the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
The government, both at the state and local levels should put up a measure to track down these boys and girls and mete out punishment that will serve as a deterrent to others.