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What makes a cult-CULT?

What makes a cult-CULT?

The line between delusion and what the rest of us believe may be blurrier than we think.

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Acknowledging that joining a cult requires an element of voluntary self-surrender obliges us to consider whether the very relinquishment of control isn’t a significant part of the appeal. In HBO’s NXIVM documentary, “The Vow,” a former member says, “Nobody joins a cult. Nobody. They join a good t...

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Seeking for a higher power

Seeking for a higher power

Some scholars theorize that levels of religiosity and cultic affiliation tend to rise in proportion to the perceived uncertainty of an environment.

The less control we feel we have over our circumstances, the more likely we are to entrust our fates to a higher power.

Americans, it ...

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