![]() ![]() There is no reason why people who are true victims of mind control or people who think they are victims and are wrong should not receive treatment when they need it or want it." "Therefore, they are vulnerable to challenge in the courts. "There are no legitimate treatments that are scientifically validated that appear in peer review journals, although they are effective clinically," Scheflin said. In fact, psychologists who do treat someone claiming to be a mind-control victim from a destructive cult might face a malpractice action. However, panelists stressed that mind control is being used by cults to recruit and maintain followers and can have dangerous and lasting psychological consequences.Ĭults that use mind-control techniques "have been able to do so with impunity, and the people who are victims of these techniques get no treatment," Scheflin said. Mind control, or "brainwashing" as it's commonly referred to by the media, is often viewed by many psychologists as science fiction. Scheflin, professor of law at Santa Clara University, told the audience. "Extreme influence has remained dormant in the field of psychology," Alan W. Panelists made a plea to the association to form a task force to investigate mind control among destructive cults. Noble joined other former cult members and experts at APA's 2002 Annual Convention in Chicago during the session "Cults of hatred" to speak out on the effects of mind control and destructive cults. Then, he picked up the briefcase and left. He thought of the consequences-of what would have amounted to the largest terrorist attack in America at the time. And his "enemy" appeared no different than anyone else. As a cult leader of the Covenant, Sword and the Arm of the Lord (CSA), he was on a mission for his organization, which had come to hate homosexuals, blacks and Jews.īut as Noble sat among the crowd, he put a face to his enemy. Noble thought he was going to start a revolution. "About 10 or 15 minutes later, there'd be an explosion, and everyone would die." "All I had to do was hit the timer and walk out," Noble said. He waited for his opportunity as he sat among a crowd of about 60 people. ![]() Holding a briefcase filled with the explosive C4, Kerry Noble entered a church for gay men in Kansas City, Mo., in 1984 with intentions of blowing it up.
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