What the Mormon Church Can Learn From Cults Pt. 1 w/ Dr. Steven Hassan - Ep. 938

In this episode of Mormon Stories Podcast, we interview the world’s foremost cult expert, Steven Hassan, to discuss what the Mormon church can learn from destructive cults to do/be better. Steven Hassan is the author of several books including “Combating Mind Control: The #1 Best-Selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults.” In part 2 of this episode, we solicit the feedback of some of our listeners as we view Mormonism through the lens of Hassan’s BITE Model. Part 1:    • What the Mormon Church Can Learn From Cult...   Part 2:    • What the Mormon Church Can Learn From Cult...   --------------- ***We are 100% donor funded! Please click here to donate to keep this content coming!: https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories?d... --------------- If you value Steven's wisdom/insight/experience, and/or if you are in need of support dealing more effectively with high demand religions or cults, please check out these two workshops: Understanding Cults: A Foundational Course for Clinicians: https://courses.freedomofmind.com/cou... Recovery after Mormonism Workshop w/ Dr. John Dehlin: https://courses.freedomofmind.com/cou... --------------- Timecodes: 00:00 Introduction 01:58 John introducing himself 05:13 John introducing Steven 09:12 Disclaimer: not calling LDS a cult 12:00 Types of cults 14:08 The core problem: Three identities 23:58 Steven joins 25:48 Why not prudent to use the word cult? 28:54 What is the BITE model and how was it developed? 39:49 Benign cults and destructive cults 41:20 John explaining today's structure 42:45 Behavior control 56:38 Information control 1:07:10 Thought control 1:17:36 Emotional control 1:21:08 Influence continuum 1:29:03 Supporting Steven #LDS #Mormon #PostMormon #ExMormon #MormonStories