From Dantesque depictions of eternal fire and torture to threats of holy destructions issued in the name of deities, terrorists commence with the indoctrination of their own agents.
As the physical manipulation of minors is preceded by lies and indoctrination, imminent social catastrophes can be better gauged and forecast by recognizing the anatomy of lies and manipulations within propaganda.
In my 2001 book Indoctrination and Self-deception or Free and Critical Thought?
If in the wrong hands they can function as formulas and meditations both for indoctrination and for fighting "holy" wars.
On the final page of the suitcase document possessed by Muhammed Atta, non-Muslim believers are called "allies of Satan and brothers of the devil." Each of these depictions resembles other political and religious fundamentalist beliefs--the binary worldviews of which exemplify their indoctrination, propaganda, and frequent threats of apocalyptic catastrophe.
John Kenneth Galbraith (author and professor of political economics) states wryly that such simplistic dualism manifests preference for "orderly error than complex truth." New religious "cults" and other groups are also criticized for conversion tactics combined with indoctrination. Not all of their propaganda results in mass physical terrorism, such as Aum Shinri Kyo's use of sarin gas in Japanese subways.
