I'm just curious. How many of you were offer Free things from a cult or cultish group? Like free food, free meditation classses, free prayer sessions, free yoga lessons, free personality tests etc.

Personally I think its a form of psychological baiting where it makes the receiver feel guilty or obligated somehow to return a favour to the group. Its a form of manipulation.

And a way to get you through the door...and then comes the aggressive manipulation, love bombing, ego-inflating, etc.

Thank you Jack Oskar Larm. You are correct about those too.



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I know Jim Jone's "The People's Temple" use to do charity work and have free soup kitchens for the poor.

I know the Hare Krishna gives out free lunch or dinners to people on Sundays.

I know Scientology gives out free personality tests.

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