Combating cult mind controlSteven Hassan
Combating cult mind control
by Steven Hassan · first published 2016
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…you can’t verify you can’t trust and it’s just faith. The desire to have faith can come from a place of love but that desire is often exploited by those seeking power over others. Check out this book: Combating Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan. Keep an open mind. I enjoyed reading your ideas of the universe but without evidence it’s just a fun idea. Science, empirical evidence, is what turns ideas into understanding.
…thoughts, and emotions is what all human organizations do, so it's more of a cost/benefit analysis than an either/or analysis that's called for. There are varying degrees of "cultiness". Recommended reading: "Combating Cult Mind Control". An evolutionary analysis of these sorts of social structures is also fascinating. If you treat a cult like a superorganism that must compete for resources with other organizations in the culture, you…
on “My Childhood in a Cult” ↗He's also got a book out, "Combating Cult Mind Control", although it looks to have been published before this. I'm curious of the differences.
on “The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control (2020)” ↗…players who do something violent. But it’s helpful to keep people aware of cult-like behaviors and cult-like recruitment techniques. Here’s one place to start some research https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combating_Cult_Mind_Control
on “All the Sad Young Terminally Online Men” ↗