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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: cults
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 09:55:32 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 09:55:32 1985
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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?