http://www.visionandpsychosis.net/Cults.htm
Cults exist by definition of groups that oppose them. Within the cult
they usually believe they have instructions from a superior or often
supernatural source to convert non-believers to their cause. How does
that belief arise? Is there a common source of the 'delusional belief
set' that drives cults? The thesis of this page is that there may be
such a common source. That source is Subliminal Distraction.
What causes normal people to adopt the bizarre often paranormal
beliefs of cults? Inductees often donate their entire worth and
sometimes share wives or abstain from sex as part of the accepted
behavior expectation of the new group. Haven't you ever wondered what
could cause the abrupt life changes?
The accidental naming of a rescue form as "deprogramming" gives us a
hint to what is involved, operant conditioning.
Humans are aware of "self" and their surroundings so that a reward
stimulus is normally recognized and thus will fail to achieve operant
conditioning. But Subliminal Distraction involves the subliminal
detection of threat movement in peripheral vision. Thus the victim is
unaware anything is happening.
