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Can you ever get through to a Cult? (Original Post) magicguido Aug 2020 OP
No, not in my world. blue cat Aug 2020 #1
No, not when Fox and Limpballs continue the indoctrination. redstatebluegirl Aug 2020 #2
No, solely because critical thinking is not in their toolbox. no_hypocrisy Aug 2020 #3
There is only one way to get thru to a cultist vlyons Aug 2020 #4
Perhaps with Kool Aid? In truth, some cults are broken up because they commit tax fraud or SWBTATTReg Aug 2020 #5
No, because they side with #TrumpMob and #PutinMob. Lock him up. Aug 2020 #6

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
2. No, not when Fox and Limpballs continue the indoctrination.
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 11:07 AM
Aug 2020

These people are brainwashed, on purpose, by the 1 percent. They are using Fox and Limpballs to keep them in line, like sheep.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
4. There is only one way to get thru to a cultist
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 11:20 AM
Aug 2020

And it is not at all guaranteed. Some dreadful tragic event or circumstance, like the death of a child, a tornado or fire, terminal cancer, a leg amputated -- something like that, which completely up-ends someone's world view can make them stop and re-evaluate what they think. Not guaranteed. Otherwise, a cultist dies with the mind that he has.

We Buddhists believe that when we die, the only thing that we take with us is our mind. All our beliefs, concepts, feelings, mental formations, opinions, craving, etc etc. And so, we get reborn with the propensity to repeat a life in samsara (suffering).

SWBTATTReg

(22,065 posts)
5. Perhaps with Kool Aid? In truth, some cults are broken up because they commit tax fraud or
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 11:29 AM
Aug 2020

commit other illegal acts (such as having 10 wives etc.) while being a 'cult', or die, like in Jonestown where over 900+ people died.

These cults were toxic. There are other 'cults' far more desirable to be in (and stay alive too while at it), such as the Beatles cult, etc.

Lock him up.

(6,918 posts)
6. No, because they side with #TrumpMob and #PutinMob.
Tue Aug 11, 2020, 12:59 PM
Aug 2020

They want to be ruled by mob$teR$ because FOX NEWS and the LimbtuRds tell them Democracies don't work for them: They believe in the "what have you got to lose?" con... against their own interests (destruction of their own health and putting their own lives at risk for these mob$teR$ to dominate unhinged).

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