Sects are looking for new adherents everywhere. Any person can become a sectarian - your acquaintance, relative, friend. If you want to determine how innocuous a new hobby club recommended by your friend is, analyze his activities.
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Instructions
Step 1
Evaluate the behavior of members of the organization, pay special attention to the leaders. As a rule, sects place a strong emphasis on self-marketing. Often there are some kind of seminars and meetings "only for their own", you can literally impose books, magazines, audio and video products. Moreover, sectarians turn not to the mind or heart, but to the passions and subconsciousness. Rational interpretation of their words is practically excluded.
Step 2
Pay attention to the attitude towards newcomers to the organization. In sects, every phrase, a beginner, arouses keen interest. The person feels that he is loved here, and every day it becomes more difficult for him to leave the organization. In addition, new adherents are constantly surrounded by "seasoned" sectarians. There is practically no opportunity to remain alone with yourself and think about the current situation.
Step 3
Analyze the hierarchical ladder in your organization. In many sects, people pay money to reach new levels. For example, you may be invited to a paid seminar to comprehend the secret knowledge. At the end of the event, the speaker will say that at a more expensive seminar, you will learn what will take you to the next stage of development. People give money in exchange for information that doesn't help them in real life.
Step 4
Pay attention to how the members of the organization defend their positions. Sectarians claim that their teaching is the only true one, and only they are worthy of paradise, all other people are doomed to perdition. The founder of the sect is at least a prophet, at most a god.
Step 5
Assess the organization's level of control over its members. Sects strive for the total subordination of their followers to the "great idea." Busbars are created in apartments or houses. Their characteristic features are a tight schedule, food restrictions, and clearly defined activities of each adept.
