Cults Part One: Mind-Control Ministry

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🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

"Leon," a former cult member, speaks candidly about his own brainwashing, extreme cult tactics, his escape, and the tools for understanding - and exposing - how cults oppress and enslave.

His story was featured in the book, "Fortney Road: Life, Death, and Deception in a Christian Cult."

Other resources:
"Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert Cialdini
International Cultic Studies Association

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0:00.0	Oh, what's that?
0:01.2	Just a McDonald's Big Flavor wrap.
0:02.7	Oh, it looks good.
0:03.7	Is that crispy chicken and bacon?
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:05.5	And a creamy Caesar sauce.
0:07.2	Uh, yeah.
0:08.3	Or a perfectly toasted tortilla wrap.
0:10.4	Oh, I'd love to try a bite.
0:11.9	Get wraps up in flavor with McDonald's Big Flavor wraps
0:14.8	and the new Caesar and Bacon Chicken One.
0:17.2	SIR FROM 11 AM SUBTIXO BALIBILITY.
0:20.0	OK, here we go.
0:21.0	The step by three, two, one.
0:23.8	Action.
0:26.7	Assume nothing.
0:28.4	Brash, bald face, blast from me.
0:30.6	Question.
0:31.9	Everything.
0:32.6	Find it extremely hard to imagine.
0:34.4	Open your eyes.
0:36.6	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
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