The Importance of Time in Cult Mind Control

Jerry O'Connell: I think how a lot of cults operate and just how I remember from my own experience growing up was you're constantly busy. And so in, in combat and cult mind control, going back to that. It's always this fast, rapid fire techniques, which ultimately doesn't allow someone to think critically. He says he would make excuses to go on 21-day fast because it was his way of being able to "think for myself" The Church of God is really big on numbers; they call them providential numbers.