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	Characteristics: Destructive Cults
	A Short Summary
	Characteristics: Mind Control
	Lifton's 8 Criteria
	Singer's 6 Criteria
	Langone's "DDD Syndrome"
	Biderman's Chart of Coercion
	Mental Health Issues
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	Post-cult Trauma Syndrome
	Coping with Trance States
	Coming Out
	Former Member's Stories
	"Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses"
	Local Church of Witness Lee
	It Hurts!
	COG - Questionaire Responses
	Additional Issues
	What qualifies as "Extremist"?