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As the new millennium approaches the number of doomsday cults that exist is expected to increase. Because of the approaching new millennium, these cults will predict many cataclysmic events. Many people feel that cults are nothing more than a nontraditional reli ....

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.... at any cost. In attempting to persuade members of cults, leaders often use both physically and emotionally harmful techniques. Margaret Thaler Singer is a clinical psychologist and professor of the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been a practicing clinician, cult researcher, and teacher for nearly fifty years. According to Dr. Singer’s investigations, members of cults are often subjected to unhealthy persuasion techniques. Excessive physical exertion is often used and leaves the person completely exhausted so that they haven’t the time or the energy to think for themselves. Repetitive ....