Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!hes From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: cults Message-ID: <647@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 09:55:32 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.647 Posted: Mon Feb 4 09:55:32 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Feb-85 00:44:09 EST Organization: NC State Univ. Lines: 7 I heard an authority on cults/brainwashing/deprogramming speak recently. The main way he distinguished between a cult and an ordinary religious group was that a cult has a living (or recently deceased) leader whose word over-rides all else. --henry schaffer n c state univ P.S. He mentioned "neuro-linguistic programming" as a new technique in the persuasion area. Does anyone know what this is?