holds an apocalyptic belief, typically predicting  that the world will end in a catastrophic event.  

，通常預測世界將在災難性事件中終結。

These cults often have charismatic leaders  who command the complete trust and loyalty  

這些邪教通常擁有具有超凡魅力的領導人，他們贏得 追隨者的 完全信任和忠誠

of their followers. The term "doomsday  cult" is typically used pejoratively and  

。 “世界末日邪教”一詞通常帶有貶義， 並不是這些團體的自我認同方式。

is not how these groups self-identify. It  came into common usage following several  

在發生了幾起 涉及此類團體的引人注目的事件

high-profile incidents involving such groups.  For example, the Jonestown Massacre in 1978,  

後，它開始被普遍使用 。 例如，1978年的瓊斯鎮大屠殺，

where over 900 members of the Peoples Temple, led  by Jim Jones, died in a mass murder-suicide event,  

吉姆·瓊斯領導的人民聖殿教成員900多名在大規模謀殺自殺事件中喪生，

or the Heaven's Gate cult suicides in 1997, where  39 members committed suicide believing they would  

或者1997年的天堂之門邪教自殺事件，其中39名成員自殺，認為自己

be transported to an alien spaceship following  the Hale-Bopp comet. In some cases, doomsday cults  

會跟隨海爾-波普彗星被運送到一艘外星飛船上。在某些情況下，世界末日邪教

have been known to engage in dangerous or illegal  activities, including mass suicide, violence,  

參與危險或非法活動，包括大規模自殺、暴力或

or other harmful actions, often justified by  their belief in the imminent end of the world.

其他有害行為，其理由往往是他們相信世界末日即將來臨。