How religious cults recruit and brainwash potential victims

[Krishna]

Below is the link to a short but very interesting video on how "Gurus" and "Godmen" create a band of fanatical and zombie like followers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNSe5XYp...r_embedded

The reaction of one person after watching just a couple of minutes of this video was, "this is just like what the Art of Living people do !!!"

[siddharth]

Nice video... all religions do this, but to "sex it up", you need these new age yoga and spiritual gurus .:P

[skeeterbug]

Unfortunately, it is far too easy to persuade people into following a charismatic leader. Usually, when someone is depressed or feeling as if they are outside the mainstream, they are susceptible to promises that would normally be suspect.