When one hears of a cult, one thinks of organizations such as the Church of Scientology, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and small fanatical groups such as the Assembly of God.
According to Robert J. Lofton, author of Letters to an Elder, there are two kinds of cults; those that use mind-control, and those that do not. Lofton describes eight characteristics of destructive mind-control cults, saying, “If any group exercises all eight of these control elements, they are, in fact a destructive mind control cult”. Lofton’s characteristics are
1.Environmental Control’,
2.Mystical Manipulation’,
3.Demand for Purity’,
4.Cult of Confession’,
5.Sacred Science’,
6.Loading the Language’,
7.Doctrine over Person’, and
8.Dispensing of Existence
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Atheism, Kenya Kwanza political wing is also a dangerous cult.