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sarae

(3,284 posts)
5. Indeed.
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:45 AM
Jun 2016

This looks familiar! http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm

The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader.


The group teaches or implies that its supposedly exalted ends justify whatever means it deems necessary. This may result in members' participating in behaviors or activities they would have considered reprehensible or unethical before joining the group.


The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s) and members.


The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.


The leader is not accountable to any authorities.


Subservience to the leader or group requires members to cut ties with family and friends, and radically alter the personal goals and activities they had before joining the group.


The group is preoccupied with making money.


The most loyal members (the “true believers”) feel there can be no life outside the context of the group.




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Oh, how I wish. nt Jitter65 Jun 2016 #1
The shame of it is... yallerdawg Jun 2016 #2
So true sarae Jun 2016 #3
That's the mark of a cult nt puffy socks Jun 2016 #4
Indeed. sarae Jun 2016 #5
I might have qualified them as "fake scandals," but otherwise I agree with Bill Maher here. nt BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #6
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