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Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan

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The Moonies, Stop Being Mean to Cult Members

When people called me names as a moony, threw beer cans at me, cursed me, spit at me, it just made me feel persecuted and confirmed that i was doing god's will. But i tell the story, i was out fund raising for the moonies in a hot summer day, and this man said, you look very hot. Are you thirsty? Can i buy you a drink? And it created dissonance in my head, because he's satanic, he should be mean. But i was thirsty, it was hot, and i rationalized this would be good for the cause. So i went inside with him. He bought me, you know, i'vesa

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