How Chris Bennett Became a Tool of CESNUR
Massimo Introvigne (head of CESNUR) In the contemporary landscape of cultic religious propaganda, the most dangerous actors are not those working inside a coordinated organization—they are the useful outsiders who absorb and reproduce its narratives uncritically, often without realizing it. Such individuals become, for networks like CESNUR , the proverbial “useful idiots” of what can only be described as a transnational cult-apologist machine. Few cases illustrate this dynamic more clearly than the recent writings of Chris Bennett. His articles follow, almost line-for-line, the apologetic playbook developed by CESNUR and its media arm, Bitter Winter : pathologise the critic , delegitimise their testimony , smear them as unstable or irrational , cite CESNUR-aligned narratives as authoritative , invert reality so that the accused becomes the victim . Dr. Luigi Corvaglia—one of Europe’s leading analysts of cult-apologist rhetoric—has confirmed to me that...
