Hello kdag:
As I see it we have three ways to combat cults.
1. Make ourselves beyond the need for cults.
2. Publicize their doings such as on this board.
3. Lawsuits
It seems to me the purpose of government is to protect us from unethical harmful people, so lawsuits are a valuable way. I've noticed the Nxivm cult is falling apart as a result of lawsuits, criminal prosecution and publicity.
So lawsuits, yes.
Publicity, yes.
How do we make ourselves beyond the need for cults?
It goes like this:
Let's say I am angry, irate, hostile, tense, suspicious, sad, betrayed, hurt, cheated or have some other negative feeling toward a cult.
You may say these feelings are justified, look at what the cult did. Well in order to be angry at a cult, I have to feel anger, betrayed and hostile. These are not pleasant feelings.
Love, peace, freedom and joy feel pleasant. So because I am hostile, tense, sad, and betrayed, in order to feel good again I must use alcohol, drugs, counseling, or perhaps get approval from others [such as from a cult] or who knows what else.
So rather than calmly looking at what is true and what is false and from a positive place point out their lies and hypocrisy, if I create these negative feelings toward others I now put myself in need of another cult to help me get rid of those negative feelings.
How do I generate these negative feelings that cause me to feel depressed? By judging myself and others as bad. There is no other way.
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As I see it we have three ways to combat cults.
1. Make ourselves beyond the need for cults.
2. Publicize their doings such as on this board.
3. Lawsuits
It seems to me the purpose of government is to protect us from unethical harmful people, so lawsuits are a valuable way. I've noticed the Nxivm cult is falling apart as a result of lawsuits, criminal prosecution and publicity.
So lawsuits, yes.
Publicity, yes.
How do we make ourselves beyond the need for cults?
It goes like this:
Let's say I am angry, irate, hostile, tense, suspicious, sad, betrayed, hurt, cheated or have some other negative feeling toward a cult.
You may say these feelings are justified, look at what the cult did. Well in order to be angry at a cult, I have to feel anger, betrayed and hostile. These are not pleasant feelings.
Love, peace, freedom and joy feel pleasant. So because I am hostile, tense, sad, and betrayed, in order to feel good again I must use alcohol, drugs, counseling, or perhaps get approval from others [such as from a cult] or who knows what else.
So rather than calmly looking at what is true and what is false and from a positive place point out their lies and hypocrisy, if I create these negative feelings toward others I now put myself in need of another cult to help me get rid of those negative feelings.
How do I generate these negative feelings that cause me to feel depressed? By judging myself and others as bad. There is no other way.
.