Cults

I didnt attend to class last Monday, so I had to browse some Internet sites to get some information about this new topic.

I share the assumption that some form of coercive persuasion or mind control is used to recruit and maintain members by suppressing their ability to reason, think critically, and make choices in their own best interest. However, most social scientists believe that mind control theories have no scientific merit in relation to religious movements.

                                                      Mind Control

·         Studies have identified a number of key steps in coercive persuasion:

·         People are put in physically or emotionally distressing situations.

·         Their problems are reduced to one simple explanation, which is repeatedly emphasized.

·         They receive what seem to be unconditional love, acceptance, and attention from a charismatic leader or group.

·         They get a new identity based on the group.

They are subject to entrapment (isolation from friends, relatives and the mainstream culture) and their access to information is severely controlled, according to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ricardo Arjona, a famous Nicaraguan singer, says in one of his song:"Hay mas religiones que niños felices" ("There are more religions than happy children") and I think he is right.


There are more than seven cults in my little neighborhood. When someone is recruited, he or she becomes a new and different person. They only share with the people from the same cult forgetting their own relatives.

They also try to think and talk for you. They feel superior to the other people.