KHARIS CHURCH CULT CLONE PEOPLE

Описание: Why do church cults like kharis clone people?
If we put this into Stephen Hassan’s BITE Model (Behavior, Information, Thought, Emotional control) and the concept of “negative influence” or cloning, it looks like this:

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🔹 Why Church Cults “Clone” People

1. Suppression of individuality
• Cult leaders see independent thought, unique personality, or questioning as threats.
• The goal is to erase personal identity and replace it with a “cult identity” (a cloned self).

2. Installing a “false self”
• Survivors often describe feeling like they were “not themselves” in the cult.
• The “cloning” is essentially the implantation of a programmed identity that mirrors the leader’s expectations.

3. Expanding the leader’s image
• The leader often positions themselves as the “ultimate model” (spiritual father, prophet, shepherd).
• Members are conditioned to copy their tone, dress, beliefs, mannerisms, even speech patterns — becoming “mini versions” of the leader.

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🔹 How This Fits into the BITE Model

B — Behavioral Control (external cloning)
• Strict rules about appearance (clothes, weight, makeup, hair).
• Dictated routines (prayer times, fasts, service attendance).
• Forced imitation of leader’s lifestyle (obedience, sexual abstinence or exploitation, financial giving).

I — Information Control (mental cloning)
• Members are flooded with cult literature, sermons, recordings.
• Outside sources (books, media, relationships) are forbidden or demonized.
• Creates an echo chamber where only the cult’s “truth” exists.

T — Thought Control (cognitive cloning)
• Loaded language and jargon create a shared script (members speak in the same clichés).
• Critical thinking is reframed as “doubt” or “spiritual attack.”
• Members are taught to replace their own inner voice with the cult leader’s voice.

E — Emotional Control (emotional cloning)
• Fear, guilt, and shame are used to enforce conformity.
• Love-bombing rewards those who comply.
• Anger, sadness, or personal desires are labeled “selfish” or “sinful,” so emotions are suppressed.

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🔹 The “Cloning” Psycho-Education Term

In cult psychology, “cloning” refers to the identity replacement process:
• Original self = the authentic person before the cult.
• Pseudo self (clone) = the constructed cult personality (obedient, compliant, identical to others).
• The cult seeks to overwrite your identity with this new “clone” version, creating a uniform collective where everyone looks, acts, and thinks the same.

This is why survivors often feel like they have to “re-learn who they are” after leaving — because the cult tried to manufacture a cloned identity in place of their real one.

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✨ In short:
Church cults “clone” people to erase individuality, expand the leader’s power, and manufacture obedient replicas that reflect the leader’s image. The BITE Model shows how this happens through control of behavior, information, thoughts, and emotions — a psychological factory of identical selves. #fyp #kharischurch #cult #church #christianity #jesus #leahlauder #daghewardmills #kharischurch #kharis #firstlovechurch #spirituality #narcisist #trauma #explore #cultsurvivor #cult