-Caveat Lector-
On 31 Oct 99, at 21:25, Smart News wrote:
> " members are watched all the time and
> their loyalty is tested "...the dogma is enacted through rituals,...
> regularly observe(d) rituals, rituals frequently invoke supernatural
> intervention,... staged events such as planned spontaneity... mystical
> manipulations, cults capitalize on members' fear and ignorance,...a sense
> of separateness (is promoted) through an "us" and "them" mentality, ...
> siege mentality with a paranoid view of the outside world, humor is
> forbidden, resistance of members is worn down through physical and
> emotional manipulations, a person's identity is destroyed... to create a
> new one," members give up their autonomy to be approved," mind control is
> used to indoctrinate the victim into the group's belief system,
> individuality is uniformly suppressed,... a well-defined hierarchy,"
> members are used to benefit leader(s), "mind control is used ...to convert
> the victim to the group's belief system,... to insure secrecy... and to
> carry out cult instructions."("Safe Passage to Healing" - p 47 - 48)
Sounds an awful lot like family life to me.
sno0wl
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