Talk:Ohr Somayach, Monsey

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Is Ohr Somayach Harmful?

To remain within the strict mental and social confines of Ohr Somayach for even a short time can have the following disastrous effects: Loss of choice and free will. Diminished intellectual ability, vocabulary and sense of humour. Reduced use of irony, abstractions and metaphors. Reduced capacity to form flexible and intimate relationships. Poor judgement. Physical deterioration. Malnutrition. Hallucinations, panic, dissociation, guilt, identity diffusion and paranoia. Neurotic, psychotic or suicidal tendencies.

The two basic principles of psychological coercion are: If you can make a person BEHAVE the way you want, you can make that person BELIEVE the way you want. Sudden, drastic changes in environment lead to heightened suggestibility and to drastic changes in attitudes and beliefs.

Who Does Ohr Somayach Recruit?

Ohr Somayach wants people who are: Intelligent Idealistic Well educated Economically advantaged Intellectually or Spiritually curious Any age

BEWARE! Protect yourself! Why go away for a weekend or longer with a stranger or a strange group unless: You know the name of the sponsoring group. You know its ideas, beliefs and affiliations. You know what is going to happen at the gathering. You know what will be expected of you. You know that you will be free and able to leave at any time. Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics: 1. It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members 2. It forms an elitist totalitarian society. 3. Its founder leader is self-appointed, dogmatic, messianic, not accountable and has charisma. 4. It believes 'the end justifies the means' in order to solicit funds recruit people. 5. Its wealth does not benefit its members or society.

Basic Characteristics of Ohr Somayach:

Communal living. Members may leave or not join society's workforce. Members usually report on each others private lives to the Rabbis. Average age at the point of recruitment is in the 20's. Registered as a religious group. Appears to offer association with a group interested in making the world a better place via political, spiritual or other means.

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