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Trevor Noah

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What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

Oh, okay.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

And here's another part of my story, since you were interested in how this happened to Steve.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

I was taken with 100 other Moonies to see The Exorcist movie.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

In Greenwich Village, they rented a whole theater.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

We went up to hear Moon speak, and Moon said, God made The Exorcist.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

This movie is a prophecy of what will happen if you leave the Unification Church.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

And from that moment, I thought any doubt was a demon trying to possess my mind.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

So I was thought-stopping.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

I was chanting.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

in order to keep the, and I didn't believe in demons.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

I was Jewish.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

I didn't believe in Satan either.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

That's another very important point we teach in social psychology is that we're social beings and part of our brain calibrates off of who we identify with.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

Yeah, we want to belong.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

And our brains even entrain.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

There's a neuropsychological phenomenon that they're tracking now

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

where you're playing music, you're singing together, your brains start to sync.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

I mean, this is a known phenomenon.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

You have a whole bunch of people singing in church or whatever.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Dr. Steven Hassan: Are You In a Cult?

It feels great.