Worldwide figures are even greater." -Dr. Dorry Singer, "Cults in Our Midst" Indoctrination Cult experts often refer to the analogy of a 'frog in boiling water'. Cult-Like Business Practices Are you or anyone you know involved in a cult.

It is widely recognized that there are many cult-like organizations all around us, largely operating under the radar. This article was written in the interest of public awareness; to draw attention to a problem of which not many people are aware. It is said that if you try to boil a frog by. Over the last ten years, cults have used tactics of coercive mind control to negatively impact an estimated 20 million victims in the last ten years.

The cult-like methods some groups employ are very powerful and are even used by some secular businesses in the interest of increasing their bottom line and controlling their associates. "An estimated 5,000 economic, political, and religious groups operate in the United States alone at any given time, with 2.5 million members. And contrary to what many believe, a group doesn't have to be religious to use cult-like methods.

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