By Patrick Haeck | January 2022 One of the most onerous forms of coercive control is mandated...
About Manipulative Groups
Critical Thinking and Meaning while Dialoging with Groups Like Jehovah’s Witnesses
Article supplied by Robert Compton | June 2021 In this paper I want to reflect upon how we use...
Manipulation at its Best (or Worst)
Few groups manipulate their members to act against their own best interests more effectively than...
The Process of Undue Influence
The process of undue influence follows a predictable series of steps. First comes contact. This...
No Safety in Numbers with Undue Influence
Any examination of history shows that people can be brought to believe almost anything. So,...
Are You Being Misled Online?
Have you ever been misled online? If so, you are not alone! It’s not easy to discern fact from...
Techniques Used by Authoritarian Groups – New Mini-poster
Manipulative, authoritarian groups can be found in many varieties - from destructive religious...
Foucault’s Hair – Part Two: Cults and Multiculturalism
The reduction in slavery, exploitation, abuse, humiliation, and physical and psychological...
Foucault’s Hair – Part One: Two Frenchmen
If I said that the thing I most appreciate about Michel Foucault is his hairstyle, surely someone...
In Loving Memory of Laura Ann Gracey – A Father Remembers
My darling daughter Laura Ann Gracey was born on July 17th, 1972, in Orange, California. My wife...
Saving a Thousand Lives a Year: Reforming Watchtower’s Policy on Blood – Part Two
The Watchtower strikes back To counter the mounting criticism concerning internal judicial action...
Saving a Thousand Lives a Year: Reforming Watchtower’s Policy on Blood – Part One
A brief history of Advocates for Jehovah's Witness Reform on Blood (AJWRB) and Watchtower’s Blood...
Fifth: “Thou shalt not kill” – The dark side of faith
You're walking along the railroad tracks when you see a runaway trolley barreling down. It is...
Cult, Gang, or New Religious Movement?
The Open Minds Foundation is not a counter-cult group, though totalist cults are part of our...