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Review: When Prophecy FailsUser Review - Deva - GoodreadsIt's very strange that the human mind works such that when people are proved unequivocally wrong, they find ways to double down on their beliefs. Also going for this book: UFO's, automatic writing, seances, and the apocalypse. Read full review Review: When Prophecy FailsUser Review - Lars Roest - GoodreadsI discovered this book by looking up the the term "cognitive dissonance" on Wikipedia. I am interested in this since I at 18 years old was persuaded to join a cult called the "Church" of Scientology ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesactivities afternoon appeared Armstrong house Arthur Bergen asked attended began belief system Bertha Blatsky Bob Eastman boys called callers cataclysm Christmas Cleo Armstrong Clyde Wilton cognitive dissonance Collegeville committed conviction convinced Creator Daisy Armstrong December 17 December 21 dianetics discussion dissonance doubt early earth Edna Post Elliot Aronson evidence felt flood Flying Saucer Club Guardians happened hour instructed interest interview invitation Keech and Dr Keech received Kitty O'Donnell Kurt Freund Lake City group Leon Festinger lessons living room Lowell Marian Keech Mark Post meeting ment midnight Millerites morning movement NEWSMAN newspaper night Oahspe observers occur orders outer space person picked planet prediction prophecy proselyting questions reporters returned Sabbatai Zevi Seekers seemed sibets skeptical spacemen spiritual Steel City story talk tape telephone tell things Thomas Armstrong tion told visitors waiting William Dudley Pelley Bibliographic information
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