"The term "cult" is always one of individual judgment. It has been variously applied to groups involved in beliefs and…"

"While everyone is influenced and persuaded daily in various ways, vulnerability to influence fluctuates. The ability …"

"Thought reform is accomplished through the use of psychological and environmental control processes that do not depen…"

"An estimated 5,000 economic, political, and religious groups operate in the United States alone at any given time, wi…"

"Hundreds of other cult leaders have gathered far more followers than Jones by promising new psychological and spiritu…"

"I do not endorse them [Landmark Education] - never have. The SOBs have already sued me once. I'm afraid to tell you w…"

"Just look up to the sky and talk to God yourself. You don't need an organization to do that. …They're all the same, r…"

"I started hearing from families who had missing members, many of them young kids on our campus, and they all would de…"

"The public takes care of their fear by thinking only crazies and stupid people wind up in cults. I've interviewed ove…"

"Psychologist Margaret Singer, 69, an outspoken Scientology critic and professor at the University of California, Berk…"