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Members 'brainwashed' by mega-church into donating thousands
Sacha PassiA Current AffairSeptember 30, 2019He's the flashy church leader who takes money for miracles and is living a million-dollar lifestyle thanks to the tax-free donations from his thousands of...
View ArticleSpiritual manipulation in pseudo-Christian cults: A panel discussion with...
Wendy Duncan; Doug Duncan; Molly KoshatkaInternational Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)December 8, 2014Religious cults depend on fear and intimidation to maintain their hold over group members. In...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/12-13/2019
Events, Psychics, Legal, Children of God, Podcast, Transcendental Meditation, Cult Interventions, Documentary, CaliphateEvent: Religious Cults and Other Coercive Relationships: what they are, how we...
View ArticleYoung True Believers: Cults or Constructive Contributions?
Older adolescents and young adults are searching for meaning.Saul Levine M.D.Psychology TodayOctober 10, 2019Young people are often the energetic and idealistic avatars of the future. They are...
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Technology-oriented religions are coming
Stan StalnakerQuartzOctober 9, 2019Founding director, Hub Culture GroupIn the beginning, technologists created the science fiction. Now the fiction was formless and empty, and darkness lay over the...
View ArticleScientologists win majority on downtown Clearwater board
The results are believed to be the first time the church has had a majority presence on an elected city body.Tracey McManusTampa Bay TimesOctober 8, 2019CLEARWATER — Downtown property owners made...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/5-6/2019
Recovery Workshop, SGA's, Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, Podcast on Cults, China Baiyang Sigui Lingbao Holy Path Hope Valley Counselling: Recovery Workshop for Second and...
View ArticleTranscendental Meditation Puja
Maharishi at the feet of Guru Dev."Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnur, Guru Devo Maheshvarah, Guruh Sakshat Param Brahma, Tasmai Sri Gurave Namah." Guru Brahma—Guru is the creator. Guru Vishnu—Guru is the...
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Song: "Holy Tradition" from Guru Purnima 2008Rick Stanley
View ArticleThe Natural Tendency singing for Maharishi
Paul FauersoDecember 11, 2014Paul Fauerso and Rick Stanley (known as The Natural Tendency) singing three songs for Maharishi (Knowledge Is Structured In Consciousness, Take It Easy, and Master Of My...
View ArticleHow The New Kadampa Tradition Attack Critics: Understanding DARVO
Recovery from The New Kadampa TraditionSeptember 28, 2019
View ArticleSupreme Court of the U.S. DENIED Watchtower's Petition
On June 25, 2019 Watchtower NY filed a Petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Society asked SCOTUS to reconsider a $4 million judgment against it in a California child abuse...
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There's a Body Count to Magical Thinking
IndoctriNationSeason Four, Episode TenOctober 9, 201972 minutesKernan Coleman became an activist and critical thinking advocate after losing loved ones who denied the existence of HIV though they were...
View ArticleWhat is a cult? Are all cults dangerous? Do they use brainwashing?
Eileen Barker, Ph.D.London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)January 15, 2019Eileen BarkerProfessor Emeritus of Sociology of ReligionLondon School of EconomicsHoughton StLondon WC2A...
View ArticleWhat Is A Cult and How Does It Work?
Margaret SingerInternational Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)October 12, 2014Margaret Thaler Singer, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and emeritus adjunct professor at the University of California,...
View ArticleThe Cult of Multi-Level Marketing Schemes (MLMs)
Alexandra SteinTalk BeliefsAugust 24, 2019"Selling products from home - a cult? Is it possible that Multi-Level Marketing schemes selling products such as make-up, vitamins, cleaning products, etc,...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/7/2019
Thailand, Animal Abuse, Transcendental Meditation, Marianne Williamson, Documentary, Pastafarians, NXIVMRNS: Half the tigers rescued from Thai temple reported dead"More than half the tigers rescued...
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The Latest: Mormons leader warns of Satan's temptations
ABC NewsOctober 5, 2019The Latest on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conference (all times local):2:45 p.m.A leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is cautioning...
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CultNEWS101 Articles: 10/14/2019
Grooming, Manipulation, Devadasis, FLDS, Child Sexual Abuse, Magical Thinking, HIV, Podcast, Jehovah's Witnesses, Grace Church, Wicca Aggression and Violent Behavior: The grooming of children for...
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Rethinking Polygamy: An Interview with Sarah M.S. Pearsall
Kyla SommersHistory News Network (HNN)October 13, 2019Kyla Sommers is the editor of the History News Network. Sarah M. S. Pearsall teaches the history of early America and the Atlantic world at the...
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