https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
after reading his books we realize that there were/are more controlling groups than Jehovah's witnesses. - Ruby
I could list dozens of cults and I have never read his books.
as to his motivations - I agree that they are probably based on a desire to help people rather than to fleece people.
He charges $400- an hour for a chat. How much would a "counselor" have to charge before you might question his motives?
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
we'd charge what the market would bear and not think twice about it.
Not me.
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
Still all this black-and-white argument going on.
Of course he deserves to earn a living.
$400 per hour to chat is a reason to question motives. The more somebody charges the more people are apt to assume it must be very special.
I have never read his books but I am already an expert on how cults control people. Most of us here know as much about the psychology of cults as any "counselor".
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
So what? And can't it be both wealth and helping people?
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
I am constantly AMAZED and AMUSED by the number of whining freeloaders who think everything should be given to them for free. They expect boneless BBQ'd chickens to fly into their mouths!
Well, time to pay the piper, crybabies! FREEDOM ain't FREE! - NN
I am constantly bemused by the constant barrage of strawman arguments on this forum. Does anybody care about accurately understanding the position of the person they disagree with?
Nobody has suggested that Hassan should offer anything for free.
He is an ex-Moonie and a "counselor". His market is vulnerable and distraught people who despair for their relatives who are members of a cult. He charges $400 per hour for a skype call.
It is not unreasonable to suggest that his main motivation might be wealth. It appears that not a few people are blindly following the maxim that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
He mentioned once that a Cult education website had been bought out by Scientology , which in turn kept the original name, maybe this is the website ?
If it is why would they still have all this damaging information about Scientology?
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
400$ an hour for a Skype call
I cant believe he is a scammer
How much per hour would a scammer charge an individual who needed a chat about cults?
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
according to complaints he has charged fees varying from $250.00 per hour or $2,500.00 per day to $500.00 per hour or $5,000.00 per day. This does not include Steve Hassan's expenses, which according to complaints can be quite substantial.
Steve Hassan has charged families tens of thousands of dollars and provided questionable results. One family that recently complained about Steve Hassan cited total fees charged of almost $50,000.00 and said that the very expensive intervention effort ended in failure.
https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8227-disclaimer-regarding-steve-hassan.html.
Very interesting.
while reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.
because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".
i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.
Bollocks
