People are often persuaded to join cults
a. when they are undergoing distress and, at such times, believe that joining the cult is all they need to do to be happy again.
b. by techniques totally opposite of those used in brainwashing.
c. because they want to be nonconformists regarding their values and beliefs.
d. by leaders who want their followers to question their own beliefs and to reach their own conclusions about how to live.
A
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