CULT DANGER EVALUATION FRAME


Rate each from 1 to 10, with 1 being Very Low and 10 being Very High

1- INTERNAL CONTROL: amount of internal political
power exercised by leader(s)
over members. 1._____________

2-WISDOM CLAIMED: by leader(s); amount of infalli-
-bility declared about decisions. 2._____________

3-WISDOM CREDITED: to leader(s) by members; amount
of trust in decisions made by
leaders. 3._____________

4-DOGMA: rigidity of reality concepts taught;
amount of doctrinal inflexibility. 4._____________

5-RECRUITING: emphasis put on attracting new
members; amount of proselytizing. 5._____________

6-FRONT GROUPS: number of subsidiary groups using
different names from that of main
group. 6._____________

7-WEALTH: amount of money and/or property desired
or obtained; emphasis on members' donations. 7.____________

8-POLITICAL POWER: amount of external political
inflience desired or obtained. 8.____________

9-SEXUAL MANIPULATION: of members by leader(s);
amount of control over sex
lives of members. 9.____________

10-CENSORSHIP: amount of control over members'
access to outside opinions on group,
its doctrines or leader(s). 10.____________

11-DROPOUT CONTROL: intensity of efforts directed
at preventing or returning
dropouts. 11.____________

12-ENDORSEMENT OF VIOLENCE: when used by or for
the group or its
leader(s). 12.____________

13-PARANOIA: amount of fear concerning real or
imagined enemies; perceived power
of opponents. 13.____________

14-GRIMNESS: amount of disapproval concerning jokes
about the group, its doctrine, or
leader(s). 14.____________


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