Cult Danger Evaluation Frame

                     CULT DANGER EVALUATION FRAME

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             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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1- INTERNAL CONTROL: amount of internal political power exercised by leader(s) over members.
2- WISDOM CLAIMED: by leader(s); amount of infallibility declared about decisions.
3- WISDOM CREDITED: to leader(s) by members; amount of trust in decisions made by leaders
4- DOGMA: rigidity of reality concepts taught; amount of doctrinal inflexibility
5-RECRUITING: emphasis put on attracting new members; amount of proselytizing.
6-FRONT GROUPS: number of subsidiary groups using different names from that of main group.
7- WEALTH: amount of money and/or property desired or obtained; emphasis on members' donations.
8-POLITICAL POWER: amount of external political influence desired or obtained.
9-SEXUAL MANIPULATION: of members by leader(s); amount of control over sex lives of members.
10-CENSORSHIP: amount of control over members' access to outside opinions on group, its doctrines or leader(s).
11-DROPOUT CONTROL: intensity of efforts directed at preventing or returning dropouts.
12-ENDORSEMENT OF VIOLENCE: when used by or for the group or its leader(s).
13-PARANOIA: amount of fear concerning real or imagined enemies; perceived power of opponents.
14-GRIMNESS: amount of disapproval concerning jokes about the group, its doctrine, or leader(s).