Armen Nersisyan: True faith not need advertising

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Mental disorders caused by sects are obvious and long-proven. When injected into the sect the human changes the behavior, indifference and aggression appear, a person begins collecting money for the sect. In fact, sects are business behind a spiritual shell," Armen Nersisyan, doctor of medical sciences told a press conference in Yerevan.



According to him, the main mechanism to hold people in the sect is construction of dependency on the sect, as well as the feeling of guilt. According to him, the leader of the sect controls every action of the sectarians. People involved in the sect lose their personal qualities, will and independence. When a person tries to leave the sect he or she may experience problems such as psychosomatic illness, visual and auditory hallucinations, and finally a sudden death. They may say they had seen God or heard his voice. People trapped in the sect are not affected by medication.



Psychologist Karine Nalchajyan stressed that there were 70 sects in 2003 in Armenia, involving some 300 thousand people. The leaders of these sects actively monitor the treatment and rehabilitation measures by psychologists and psychotherapists and quickly adjust their methods of agitation. In her view, the fight against sects should be implemented systematically through combined forces of church and state.



"True faith does not require advertising. And look, how actively sectarians advertise their organizations. If honor our traditions, respect our true faith, there will be no place for the sects in our society, " Mr. Nersisyan concluded.