This is a partial list of traits of dangerous cult leaders. Eric Allen Bell meets all these criteria. · He has a grandiose idea of who he is and what he can achieve. · Has a sense of entitlement - expecting to be treated special at all times. · Is exploitative of others by asking for their money or that of relatives putting others at financial risk. · Is arrogant and haughty in his beha
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Hi corboy "What are the finances? Is there transparency of finances? Money is a marker for actual priorities." There is not transparency. He is funded by anonymous donors, and that has been the case for two to three years now. Eric does have secrets. When he is pressed on things like the phony "bounty", he says that there are things he can not tell. He has said this
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Hello psyborgue. "Just because somebody is spiritual, charismatic, has followers, and is critical of major world religions does not make one a cult leader. Does he have a group with a totalist structure? " I am not sure what "totalist structure" is, but in the cult of Eric Allen Bell one is free to come, and go. "Does his organization practice thought reform?&qu
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