Korean religious leader (1920–2012)
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*As featured in the streaming documentary #UNTRUTH—now with a new foreword by George Conway and an afterword by the author*A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by “an authority on breaking away from cults…an argument that…bears consideration as the next election cycle heats up” (Kirkus Reviews). Since the 2016 election, Donald Trump's behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly familiar. He relies on phrases like, “fake news,” “build the wall,” and continues to spread the divisive mentality of us-vs.-them. He lies constantly, has no conscience, never admits when he is wrong, and projects all of his shortcomings on to others. He has become more authoritarian, more outrageous, and yet many of his followers remain blindly devoted. Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert and a major Trump supporter, calls him one of the most persuasive people living. His need to squash alternate information and his insistence of constant ego stroking are all characteristics of other famous leaders—cult leaders.In The Cult of Trump, mind control and licensed mental health expert Steven Hassan draws parallels between our current president and people like Jim Jones, David Koresh, Ron Hubbard, and Sun Myung Moon, arguing that this presidency is in many ways like a destructive cult. He specifically details the ways in which people are influenced through an array of social psychology methods and how they become fiercely loyal and obedient. Hassan was a former “Moonie” himself, and he presents a “thoughtful and well-researched analysis of some of the most puzzling aspects of the current presidency, including the remarkable passivity of fellow Republicans [and] the gross pandering of many members of the press” (Thomas G. Gutheil, MD and professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School). The Cult of Trump is an accessible and in-depth analysis of the president, showing that under the right circumstances, even sane, rational, well-adjusted people can be persuaded to believe the most outrageous ideas. “This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand the current political climate” (Judith Stevens-Long, PhD and author of Living Well, Dying Well).https://amzn.to/4kQXbhkBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
One of America's leading experts in cults and mind-control provides an eye-opening analysis of Trump and the indoctrination tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters.Over the past two years, Trump's behaviour has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly familiar. He relies on phrases like, “fake news,” “build the wall,” and continues to spread the divisive mentality of us-vs.-them. He lies constantly, has no conscience, never admits when he is wrong, and projects all of his shortcomings on to others. He has become more authoritarian, more outrageous, and yet many of his followers remain blindly devoted. Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert and a major Trump supporter, calls him one of the most persuasive people living. His need to squash alternate information and his insistence of constant ego stroking are all characteristics of other famous leaders—cult leaders.In The Cult of Trump, mind-control and licensed mental health expert Steven Hassan draws parallels between our current president and people like Jim Jones, David Koresh, Ron Hubbard and Sun Myung Moon, arguing that this presidency is in many ways like a destructive cult. He specifically details the ways in which people are influenced through an array of social psychology methods and how they become fiercely loyal and obedient. Hassan was a former “Moonie” himself, and he draws on his forty years of personal and professional experience studying hypnosis and destructive cults, working as a deprogrammer, and a strategic communications interventionist. He emphasizes why it's crucial that we recognize ways to identify and protect ourselves and our loved ones.The Cult of Trump is an accessible and in-depth analysis of the president, showing that under the right circumstances, even sane, rational, well-adjusted people can be persuaded to believe the most outrageous ideas. Hassan's book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the Trump phenomenon and looking for a way forward.https://amzn.to/4lGjEicBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
In this episode we avoid the most violent depraved and abusive things pastors make the headlines for every day, because this is a comedy show. Instead we will concentrate on their light hearted misogyny.Special guest star appearances include Pastor R.C. Sproul Jr, The Impact Team, Ashley Madison, Tennessee pastor, Greg Locke, Witches, National Secular Society, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Pastor Donald Clough, Moray Coast Baptist Church, Megan Manson, MINNESOTA, Journey Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Guest Experience Pastor, Gabriel Mills, Douglas Wilson, Christian Nationalist, Sean Moon, Rod of Iron Ministries, Sun Myung Moon, Moonies, Hak Ja Han, Joel Osteen, Babylon, #666 #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science #History #Atheism #Antitheist #ConspiracyTheory #Conspiracy #Conspiracies #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Satanism #Satanist #Skeptic #Debunk #Illuminati #Podcast #funny #sketch #skit #comedy #comedyshow #comedyskits #HeavyMetal #weird #leftist #SatanIsMySuperhero
Please Establish A New Order Of Love Through The Grace Of The Blessing
We will have to be able to change the order of our consciousness to God's consciousness by transcending the people, transcending the nation and transcending the world.
Please Take Dominion Through Your Touch Of Re-Creation
Please Let Us Be Reborn Into A Life That Is One With The Will
Please bless us to be able to become Your sons and to be able to become Your daughters.
Please allow us to be proud of this of our own accord, and to become those who say that this is the duty of our lives; and please allow us to understand its value.
Please Establish A New Order Of Love Through The Grace Of The Blessing
Please allow us to be able to fight for the Will, offering our minds and our entire devotion, and please allow us to be able to understand that the creator who created all things is You, and the one who has worked endlessly for us is also You.
Please come, and through Your heart of compassion, please raise us up; and we earnestly hope and desire that You will liberate us from this history of sorrow.
Please allow us to recognize the desire that our original nature is earnestly crying out for, and please allow us to come to know that our original nature really desires to form a relationship with You, Father.
Please let us realize clearly that the relationship between You and us is an original relationship which cannot be broken.
Please allow us to leave the satanic realm and become one with You, Father.
We were refugees who had lost their nation. Since we have come to understand that Your will to find and establish a new hometown, a land of the original homeland, is the truth, we will have to find the land of the original homeland and the original family which we have lost, and take revenge against Satan.
Please allow us to be able to open our minds now and to find out on our own what Your heart is and what Your love is.
Please let us become the kinds of sons You have been hoping and longing for, the kinds of sons You have been looking for.
Please let us bow our heads before your course of sorrow.
We must become leading figures who inherit the sorrow and suffering of heaven.
We want to become true sons and daughters who comfort our Father's heart.
Please let us have hearts that represent Your heart just as Jesus did, and which our ancestors were not able to do.
Please Look At Us With Compassion And Carry Out Your Work Of Recreation
Please let everything that we feel in our minds represent Your feelings, and we earnestly hope and desire, beloved Father, that You will allow this time to become one when everything we experience is able to remove our human nature and we will become able to represent heavenly nature in our experiences.
Please allow us to awaken from our sleep of ignorance, having forgotten our original appearance.
Please raise up strong minds, and please add powerful grace to them. We earnestly hope and desire, Father, that You will help us to possess the ability to be able to have our minds subjugate our bodies.
Please allow us to become sons and daughters who can feel that before us is the world of hope and to the right and left are our friends and people and brethren.
Please let us realize that You are the whole of ideology, the whole of life, and the whole of love.
Please Lead Us To Become The True Ancestors Of Humankind
We cannot help but feel that those of us who have bowed down before You have found the path of life after having wandered around here and there.
Please allow us to possess the justification of children and the glory of children.
Please Establish Us In A Position United With Your Standard Of Heart
We thank You for having called our worthless selves first from among the many individuals.
We have hearts that want to call out, 'Father!,' and hearts that want to meet You, and hearts that want to attend You.
Meg checks out the cult responsible for America's love of sushi. Jessica explores Sing Sing inmate Miguel Piñero's play Short Eyes and its rise to Broadway acclaim.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica