Destructive mind control can be understood in terms of four basic components, which form the acronym BITE:
Behavior Control
Information Control
Thought Control
Emotional Control
It is important to understand that destructive mind control can be determined when the overall effect of these four components promotes dependency and obedience to some leader or cause.
It is not necessary for every single item on the list to be present. Mind controlled cult members can live in their own apartments, have nine-to-five jobs, be married with children, and still be unable to think for themselves and act independently. - From chapter two of Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs by Steve Hassan.
Here we see one type of Information Control, access to non-cult sources of information minimized or discouraged:
"False religious propaganda from any source should be avoided like
poison! Really, since our Lord has used ‘the faithful and discreet
slave’ to convey to us ‘sayings of everlasting life,’ why should we ever
want to look anywhere else?—John 6:68.” – w87 11/1 p.20 par. 16
"Wise King Solomon wrote: ‘Take a warning: To the making of many
books there is no end, and much devotion to them is wearisome to the
flesh.’ (Ecclesiastes 12:12) One might add that the reading of many books published today is not only wearisome to the flesh but, frankly, dangerous to the mind.” – w00 10/1 p. 10 par. 9
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