MSNBC" Cult Month"

[cheranne]

Cult Month on MSNBC

By Chris Ariens on Oct 03, 2009 01:18 PMStarting tomorrow night, and continuing each Sunday in October, MSNBC's long-form unit will air documentaries on some of America's most notorious cults. "Will You Kill For Me? Charles Manson and His Followers" airs tomorrow, then next Sunday "Witness to Jonestown" will air.

It all leads up to the Oct. 18 premiere of "Witness to Waco."

The 2-hour special gives an in-depth look into the Branch Davidian cult and its leader David Koresh. It begins in the late '80s, and continues into the early 90's culminates in the fiery end of the compound near Waco, Texas on April 19, 1993. The documentary features interviews with survivors of the tragedy and rarely-seen footage of Koresh and other members of the group inside the compound throughout the nearly two-month siege.

"Witness to Waco" debuts Sunday, Oct. 18 at 10pmET.

[Shellon]

Top Ten Crazy Cults according to LiveScience

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/top-10-crazy-cults-1.html

[waysider]

I think, in some ways, The Way may have been more dangerous because it was able to maintain a facade of normalcy to the casual observer. (Just my opinion.)

[cheranne]

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[Shellon]

Several, many things said in last night show struck me but mostly when one of those interviewed said that Koresh didn't discourage debate with him, in fact he did allow it, what he didn't allow was debate with ones self.

Loved that; perfect way to describe the self doubt that is pushed back again and again and again and so much easier each time.

Until finally it's lost, or completely gone, the inability to look in the mirror and ask "am I in some deep feces here?"

[cheranne]

I saw striking similarities too.