CULTS and The ANTI-CULT MOVEMENT | Q&A

Table of contents:

00:00 Start
00:30 Introduction of the topic
00:48 The word "Cult"
01:25 Epiphany regarding Rick Ross
02:10 Polarisation
02:25 Applying criteria fairly on both sides
03:00 Fair criticism welcome
03:30 Commentary on Rick Ross's Vanity Fair interview
04:12 The Master - analysis
04:52 One sided application of criticism by cult busters
05:30 Tara's Story discussed
05:41 Rick Ross's "lovely" program of deprogramming
06:26 "They were breaking people down in order to change them"
06:53 The startling hypocrisy of cult busting
07:06 When you get it into your head that a group is a cult you will see evil in everything
07:16 The cult label is used as a pretext for cruel behaviour on the part of opponents of the group
07:25 Is group unity or "single mindedness" evidence of a cult?
08:30 Does disagreeing with a "cult buster" make you a cult?
08:55 Is the use of strategies and tactics a reasonable criteria in defining a cult leader?
09:15 Relatives are encouraged to stop thinking that their son or daughter has rights
10:05 Communication with family members
10:24 Any changes in a young person are often used as a way to dehumanise them
11:00 Cult busters deliberately create the cult narrative to exploit parents fears
12:08 Criticise me. Do I practice what I preach?
12:17 Question Time
13:39 What is "cult like" about the JCs?
14:14 Are the JCs persecuted because they choose to be poor?
15:09 Acts 24:14. Where the first Christians called a cult?
16:33 How can we recognise sexual misconduct in a group before it happens?
17:33 Does the concept of "brainwashing" really make you unaccountable?
18:27 If you find yourself in an immoral group, you are still responsible for your actions
18:45 What principles can a group use to stop from becoming a cult?
19:48 Groups that engage in criminal activity should be prosecuted by the law
21:06 Jesus Christians are encouraged to question the leadership
22:03 Rules need to be consistently applied for leaders and followers
22:34 Does the cult label come from irrational fear?
23:05 Jehova's Witnesses persecuted for being pacifists
23:03 JCs teach against greed and that creates an irrational reaction in a capitalist society
24:22 Did communal living cause the early christians to be labelled a cult?
26:02 Advice to families regarding contacting cult busters.
27:31 Long term consequences for the family who listens to cult busters
28:50 "Are you a cult?" What do you say?
30:03 What can we say in defence of cult busters?
34:05 Do "extreme beliefs" make a group a cult?
35:55 How can legislation be used to save people from dangerous religious leaders?
37:52 How can families protect their relatives from dangerous leaders?
39:29 How do we love people who keep saying that we are a cult?
41:23 If they look good at first, how do we protect ourselves from being hurt?
43:27 Can crooked companies be cults?
44:04 Are young people able to stop themselves form being "brainwashed"?
46:48 The negative meaning of "cult" and its origin.
48:19 Why do people hate "cults"?
50:15 Are cult busters answerable to anyone?
51:55 Did I practice what I preached?

Watch Tara's Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQc0G1x1Ehk
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