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Deprogramming Witnesses a Huge Part of Raniere Criminal Case

by Alanzo | May 31, 2021 | AntiCults, NXIVM, Social Science | 0

Most all of the witnesses against Keith Raniere in his criminal trial went through government deprogramming before they testified. Studies have shown this re-deculturization greatly effects the Ex-cultist’s attitudes toward their experience.

How the Anti Cult Movement Harms Ex-Members

by Alanzo | Jun 24, 2020 | Alanzo's Bio, AntiCults, Social Science | 13

Adopting the beliefs of the anti-cult movement dramatically changes the views and attitudes of those who experience a loss of faith. Those changes have a profound effect on how Exes make sense of their own past. So we must ask: How helpful is the ideology of the anti cult movement in making sense of your life?

Hysterical & Abusive AntiCultist Suspended From Twitter

by Alanzo | Feb 21, 2020 | AntiCults | 0

Chris Shelton, the hysterical and abusive anticultist who runs a youtube channel devoted blind anti cultism, was finally suspended from Twitter yesterday.

Stephen Hassan Misrepresents the Science on “Brainwashing”

by Alanzo | Jan 16, 2020 | AntiCults, Social Science | 0

In a recent article about ideological influences on wikipedia, Hassan writes: “The Unification...

Documentary “Deprogrammed” Now Streaming on Netflix

by Alanzo | Jun 28, 2019 | AntiCults | 0

This documentary contains a very good discussion of the limits of power that people have over those who make religious and spiritual choices that others don’t like.

Anti-NXIVM Sub-Reddit Freaks Out and Bans Alanzo

by Alanzo | May 31, 2019 | AntiCults, NXIVM | 3

Hysterical Anti-NXIVM Subbreddit Bans Me Before I Ever Post. Who Says AntiCultists Aren’t Hysterical?

The Moral Equivalence of Scientology vs. Anti-Scientology Fair Game

by Alanzo | Feb 23, 2019 | AntiCults | 6

Is Fair Game better when it’s applied to Scientology? Can there be an immoral equivalence when what Scientology does is then done back at them? Either you are against hypocrisy, cruelty and abuse, or you are not – no matter who does it.

If Anti-Scientologists Love Science So Much, Why Don’t They Use It?

by Alanzo | Jan 20, 2019 | AntiCults, Social Science | 7

One of the most hysterical and unscientific beliefs of the Anti-Cult movement is that...

Scientific Studies That DeBunk The Brainwashing Myth

by Alanzo | Sep 6, 2018 | Social Science | 8

The following is a compilation of scientific studies which have thoroughly debunked the idea of...

Is The Anti Cult Movement True?

by Alanzo | Aug 23, 2018 | AntiCults | 43

If there’s one reason that I’m doing these videos, it’s because these ideas from the anti cult movement are destructive to an Ex-Scientologist, or an Ex-member of any minority religion that they call “cult”. And they’re just beliefs – they’re not facts.

A Critique of Brainwashing Claims About New Religious Movements by James T. Richardson

by Alanzo | Jan 2, 2018 | AntiCults, Social Science | 0

A review of the major problems with the brainwashing theory of recruitment and maintaining membership in a minority religion. By James T Richardson – 2006