- Identifying Marks of an Abusive Group
- How Mind Manipulation is Used for Influence and Control
Includes: “The Techniques of Coercive Persuasion.” - Without My Informed Consent!
Did you give your informed consent at the time you went intio the group? - Lifton’s Eight Criteria of Thought Reform
Includes how it has been used by leaders of any high demand, authoritarian group. - Leaders of Totalistic Groups Have These Traits in Common
- Profile of a Sociopath
A number of abusive, religious leaders may exhibit many of these behavioral characteristics. - All or Nothing Statements (from those who have “the truth”)
- Warning Signs of Extremism
- Buzzwords (or loading the language)
- Comparing the One True Churches
Helps exiters see the similarities between HWA’s “one true church” and other groups which claim the same thing. [offsite article] - Techniques to Gain Control
Very good and detailed letter covering techniques used on members; also covers replacing God with the “government” of the group. - How Did Herbert W. Armstrong Recruit People?
The step by step process.
Includes what to do and what not to do.- Questions to Ask Any Religious Group You are Planning on Becoming Involved With
- When We Attended the Feast (What did they do to our minds?)