Word: manipulationã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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During the following months, Lee spoke with other former members and came to understand the subtle manipulation??€”conscious or not—that the church practiced. He recalls how one particularly short Bible study leader was told to better control her group—while everyone else was to sit on the floor, she was told to stand in order to garner more authority and respect, and she was instructed to dress better than the others in her group. During overnight conventions, church members were allotted little time to sleep in order to keep them from being rational...