Cults can be very good at hiding that they are one and it can be difficult to identify a cult even more so if you are a part of one. In this video you'll learn 12 tell-tale signs of a cult to easily spot it. These 12 signs were described by psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton. Find more information on his work here:
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In this video you will learn of 12 tell-tale signs of how to identify a cult as described
by psychiatrist Robert J. Lifton.
No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.
Former followers are always wrong in leading.
They are either negative or even evil.
The group leader is always right.
The group or the leader are the exclusive means of knowing truth or receiving validation.
No other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.
Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of
grievances.
Whenever the group leader is questioned or criticized, it is characterized as persecution.
Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.
Followers feel that they can never be enough.
Dependency upon the group or the leader for problem solving, solutions, and definitions
without meaningful reflective thought.
A seeming inability to think independently or analyze situations without groups or leaders
involvement.
Anything the group or leader does can be justified no matter how harsh or harmful.
Unnatural and seemingly programmed conversations and mannerisms, cloning of the group or leader
in personal behavior.
Hyperactivity centered around the group's or leader's agenda, which seems to supersede
any personal goals or individual interests.
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