Mind Control & Exploitation

• Identifying Marks of an Abusive Group
• Without My Informed Consent!
  Did you give your informed consent at the time you went into the group?
• How Mind Manipulation is Used for Influence and Control
  Includes: “The Techniques of Coercive Persuasion.”
• 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”)
• 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.
• If You Have a Loved One in a Deceptive, Exploitive Group
  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?)

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