“People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult.” PeopleChildrenInterestInfluenceDrugLosingAccountsRelationNeglectDestroyingBehaviourTypicalCultAddictBank AccountsDrainingLosing Interest Author:Keith Henson
“Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.” SocialResultsMilitaryMovementRelatedMassiveExpensesAfghanistanCultTalibanSocial Movements Author:Keith Henson
“Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors.” SocialAttentionSuccessfulMembersIntenseInteractionBehaviourCultSocial InteractionSocial ServiceMemes Author:Keith Henson
“Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now.” ProblemBrainMethodVictimCaptureChemicalsCultBonding Author:Keith Henson
“Even small cults are a serious cost on the world economy, to victims, their families, employers, friends, and credit-card companies.” WorldCompanyEconomySeriousCostVictimCreditCardsCultEmployersCredit CardWorld Economy Author:Keith Henson