Rick Ross

that may be democratic governance, financial transparency, and groups can, you can be involved in an organization and still be very active with your family, your old friends, people that become cut off and isolated because of a group. That is a really big warning flag, that something's amiss.

that may be democratic governance, financial transparency, and groups can, you can be involved in an organization and still be very active with your family, your old friends, people that become cut off and isolated because of a group. That is a really big warning flag, that something's amiss.

I would say that they ease people into it, and that's what I think people don't recognize is that it's indoctrination incrementally. It's a slow drip. and you get involved.

I would say that they ease people into it, and that's what I think people don't recognize is that it's indoctrination incrementally. It's a slow drip. and you get involved.

I would say that they ease people into it, and that's what I think people don't recognize is that it's indoctrination incrementally. It's a slow drip. and you get involved.

But I would say if your family starts to question and your old friends start to question what you're involved with, depending on their closeness to you and their concerns, that could be something that the group will become very concerned about very early on. Because what they want, these groups, is they want you to not have feedback from people outside of the group's control.

But I would say if your family starts to question and your old friends start to question what you're involved with, depending on their closeness to you and their concerns, that could be something that the group will become very concerned about very early on. Because what they want, these groups, is they want you to not have feedback from people outside of the group's control.

But I would say if your family starts to question and your old friends start to question what you're involved with, depending on their closeness to you and their concerns, that could be something that the group will become very concerned about very early on. Because what they want, these groups, is they want you to not have feedback from people outside of the group's control.

What they want is for you to be embedded within this environment that they control, where the only feedback you hear is reinforcement from other group members and the leader. So when your family begins to question the group, and old friends begin to ask critical questions, and the group responds by saying, well, you need to really kind of cut them off.

What they want is for you to be embedded within this environment that they control, where the only feedback you hear is reinforcement from other group members and the leader. So when your family begins to question the group, and old friends begin to ask critical questions, and the group responds by saying, well, you need to really kind of cut them off.

What they want is for you to be embedded within this environment that they control, where the only feedback you hear is reinforcement from other group members and the leader. So when your family begins to question the group, and old friends begin to ask critical questions, and the group responds by saying, well, you need to really kind of cut them off.

That is very much an early warning sign that could be a kind of trip wire to notify you, this is a problem, this group is a problem. Okay, okay.

That is very much an early warning sign that could be a kind of trip wire to notify you, this is a problem, this group is a problem. Okay, okay.

That is very much an early warning sign that could be a kind of trip wire to notify you, this is a problem, this group is a problem. Okay, okay.

Sean, look, the Jehovah's Witnesses have been around for over 100 years. So what you see with some groups that began as cults, which in my opinion, Jehovah's Witnesses began as a personality cult. They were led by Charles Taze Russell, who devised their belief system. And he was an absolute totalitarian leader. and he was the defining element and driving force of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Sean, look, the Jehovah's Witnesses have been around for over 100 years. So what you see with some groups that began as cults, which in my opinion, Jehovah's Witnesses began as a personality cult. They were led by Charles Taze Russell, who devised their belief system. And he was an absolute totalitarian leader. and he was the defining element and driving force of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Sean, look, the Jehovah's Witnesses have been around for over 100 years. So what you see with some groups that began as cults, which in my opinion, Jehovah's Witnesses began as a personality cult. They were led by Charles Taze Russell, who devised their belief system. And he was an absolute totalitarian leader. and he was the defining element and driving force of Jehovah's Witnesses.

After he died, another dictator ruled over the Witnesses, and that was a man named Rutherford. But after Rutherford died, power devolved into what is called the governing body. And the governing body is like a dozen men who run Jehovah's Witnesses.

After he died, another dictator ruled over the Witnesses, and that was a man named Rutherford. But after Rutherford died, power devolved into what is called the governing body. And the governing body is like a dozen men who run Jehovah's Witnesses.

After he died, another dictator ruled over the Witnesses, and that was a man named Rutherford. But after Rutherford died, power devolved into what is called the governing body. And the governing body is like a dozen men who run Jehovah's Witnesses.