excerpts:
Milieu Control "...establish domain over not only the individual's communication with the outside (all that he sees and hears, reads and writes, experiences, and expresses), but also — in its penetration of his inner life — over what we may speak of..."
Mystical Manipulation "Experiences are engineered to appear to be spontaneous, when, in fact, they are contrived to have a deliberate effect.
Demand for Purity "...anything done to anyone in the name of this purity is ultimately moral.
Confession "Members have little or no privacy, physically or mentally.
Aura of Sacred Science "No alternative viewpoint is allowed.
Loading the Language "Controlling words helps to control people's thoughts.
Doctrine over Person "Past historical events are retrospectively altered, wholly rewritten, or ignored to make them consistent with doctrinal logic.
Dispensed Existence "The group has an elitist world view — a sharp line is drawn by cult... Former members are seen as ... 'the enemy'."
Marks of a Destructive Cult
Mind Control Manipulation by the use of coercive persuasion or behavior modification...
Charismatic Leadership Claiming... special knowledge and demanding unquestioning obedience with power and privilege.
Deception
Exclusivity Secretiveness
Alienation Separation from family...a change in values and substitution of the cult as the "new family"
Exploitation Can be financial, physical, psychological; pressure...
Totalitarian World View known as the "we/they" syndrome, effecting dependence, promoting goals of the group over the individual and approving unethical behavior while claiming goodness.
Phobia Indoctrination is the programming of irrational fears of ever leaving the group, or even questioning the leadership's authority.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
"But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us."
No comments:
Post a Comment