Why is it so difficult for members to leave a cult even after they know the truth?
by 
Vampyre Bat
ANSWERS: 8
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Because they are so brain-dead, that they have no reasoning powers left I. E Jim Jones and the Kool-aid clan!
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There is a comfort factor of staying with what you know, rather than try to face the 'outside world'. Also, when you have friends, it's hard to think of leaving them. It is something like a battered spouse staying in the home.
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Members in cults are drawn to the power of a interconnected group. It's like people feeling a patriotic sense of nationalism, or like the power of being part of the Mafia "family", or even part of your own family. It's also the same sense of connectedness you feel with a mob. Being in a cult is like being part of a greater power and a closely bonded and loyal group of people just like you, and it's hard for people to break away from that. This is the same reason so many people felt drawn to Hitler and loyal to the Nazi Party.
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http://www.4witness.org/jehovahs_witness/who_leave_cults.php
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no doubt the fine cult living - free sex, free beer, free pizza, freemont (oh, a civil war saying), social support, economic support ...
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Better the devil that you know? ;-)
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The Hardest part about leaving a cult is leaving your family behind and being shunned by them. Reconnecting to any other religion becomes hard to do if your Job is also involved and you lose it when you leave. Many people trapped in the cults stay there because they feel there is no where else to go to and for the above reasons, the family and Job is there, it is a very difficult situation.
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Cults operate on a fear/reward system. People who are/have been in a cult are brainwashed. They start by truly believing that what they are doing is right, and GOD ordained. When they leave there is that fear of "what if" what if I'm wrong, what if...what if, what if. They are also ostracised from the people they have become so close to. When you leave a cult there is a total disconnection. Your left to your own, No one gathers around you to help you through this very lonely confusing time. You are left alone.
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