Anti-vaxxers are using the same tactics as cults do to attract followers on social media. In this image, anti-vaccine rally protesters hold signs outside of Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, on June 26.
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Anti-vaxxers are using the same tactics as cults do to attract followers on social media
In 1974, I was recruited into a cult. Known as the Unification Church, but often referred to as the Moonies, the group was — and still is — a far-right cult founded by the Korean cult leader Sun Myung Moon. The Moonies believe that Moon was greater than Jesus and is God's "Messiah." His teachings, followers have said, supersede conscience, the Bible, laws and universal human rights.
