People leave because they’ve been betrayed by leaders, they’ve been influenced by leaders who are on their own way out of the cult, they find the world is bigger and better than the cult has been telling them, the fears which drove a person into a cult get resolved, and /or life changes which show that the cult isn’t working for them.
An extensive observation-based discussion of why people leave cults Worth reading, not just for the details, but because it’s made very clear that leaving has to make emotional sense to the person doing it. Logical argument is not enough!
People leave because they’ve been betrayed by leaders, they’ve been influenced by leaders who are on their own way out of the cult, they find the world is bigger and better than the cult has been telling them, the fears which drove a person into a cult get resolved, and /or life changes which show that the cult isn’t working for them.