目前，全球被各种邪教迷惑者可能逾亿，“教主”常以预言世界末日为控制信徒的武器；邪教组织大多松散，也有组织十分严密者。尽管各国政府对邪教的监控从未放松，但各类邪教对社会的危害，仍常常触目惊心。——编者１９９９年６月１８日，湘潭市中级人民法院对全国第一邪教案 At present, the world is probably over 100 million deluded by all kinds of evil cult. The “leader” often predicts that the end of the world is a weapon for controlling believers. Cult organizations are mostly loose and well-organized. Although the monitoring of cults has never been relaxed by the governments of various countries, the dangers of various cults to society are still often alarmed. - Editor June 18, 1999, Xiangtan Intermediate People’s Court on the country’s first cult case