Subj : Re: Combatting Cult Mind Control
To   : warmfuzzy
From : DustCouncil
Date : Wed Sep 13 2023 04:34:08

 wa> Combating Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-Selling Guide to Protection,
 wa> Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults (Audible.com)

I read this some years ago if you mean the book by Steve Hassan.  He was a member of the Unification Church (Moonies) and he talks a lot about why a bright guy like him stayed in the cult for as long as he did.

He describes "thought-stopping," a kind of reflexive mental process which shuts down questioning when contradictions or problems with the cult become apparent.  The idea here is that bad forces are tempting cult messengers to question their belief and so they develop these habits to squash that process.

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