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Errant Belief #6: “He’s Too Intelligent to Join a Cult”

Errant Belief #6: “He’s Too Intelligent to Join a Cult”

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Apr 19, 2018
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Intelligent People Fall Prey to Cults

Creativity & Imagination Can Be Used to Control a Person

Cult mind control groups thrive to the extent that they can recruit such intelligent, dynamic people. It is essential for all members of the Team (part of the SIA) to realize that cults target these people for recruitment. The more creative a mind a person has, the more his imagination can be used to control him. Indeed, bright people sometimes have even more sophisticated fantasies about the group and its doctrine than does the cult leader. The bright member usually follows his own fantasy construction of the group’s belief system.

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