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A friend of mine is doing research on cults and found this list on the internet.

How many can you relate from your twi experience???

25 Signs of Cult Behavior

* 1. The Guru is always right.

* 2. You are always wrong.

* 3. No Humor.

* 4. The End Justifies The Means.

* 5. Cult-speak.

* 6. Group-think, Suppression of Dissent, and Enforced Conformity in Thinking

* 7. Irrationality.

* 8. Suspension of disbelief.

* 9. Denigration of competing sects, cults, religions...

* 10. Personal attacks on critics.

* 11. Insistence that the cult is THE ONLY WAY.

* 12. The cult and its members are special.

* 13. Induction of guilt, and the use of guilt to manipulate cult members.

* 14. Unquestionable Dogma, Sacred Science, and Infallible Ideology.

* 15. Indoctrination of members.

* 16. Appeals to "holy" or "wise" authorities.

* 17. Instant Community.

* 18. Instant Intimacy.

* 19. Surrender To The Cult.

* 20. Create a sense of powerlessness, covert fear, guilt, and dependency.

* 21. Ideology Over Experience, Observation, and Logic

* 22. Grandiose existence. Bombastic, Grandiose Claims.

* 23. Enemy-making and Devaluing the Outsider

* 24. True Believers

* 25. We Have The Panacea.

copenhagen

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A friend of mine is doing research on cults and found this list on the internet.

How many can you relate from your twi experience???

25 Signs of Cult Behavior

* 1. The Guru is always right.

* 2. You are always wrong.

* 3. No Humor.

* 4. The End Justifies The Means.

* 5. Cult-speak.

* 6. Group-think, Suppression of Dissent, and Enforced Conformity in Thinking

* 7. Irrationality.

* 8. Suspension of disbelief.

* 9. Denigration of competing sects, cults, religions...

* 10. Personal attacks on critics.

* 11. Insistence that the cult is THE ONLY WAY.

* 12. The cult and its members are special.

* 13. Induction of guilt, and the use of guilt to manipulate cult members.

* 14. Unquestionable Dogma, Sacred Science, and Infallible Ideology.

* 15. Indoctrination of members.

* 16. Appeals to "holy" or "wise" authorities.

* 17. Instant Community.

* 18. Instant Intimacy.

* 19. Surrender To The Cult.

* 20. Create a sense of powerlessness, covert fear, guilt, and dependency.

* 21. Ideology Over Experience, Observation, and Logic

* 22. Grandiose existence. Bombastic, Grandiose Claims.

* 23. Enemy-making and Devaluing the Outsider

* 24. True Believers

* 25. We Have The Panacea.

copenhagen

Great list, where does really neat name tags fit in?

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Partly 1 and 2 I'd imagine.. the name tag heirarchy distinguished basically who is "right" (the moron running the the meeting) and who's "wrong" ( the poor slobs in the audience drooling at every word of said moron)

:biglaugh:

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How many can you relate from your twi experience???

Mine are in Red

25 Signs of Cult Behavior

* 1. The Guru is always right.

* 2. You are always wrong.

* 3. No Humor.

* 4. The End Justifies The Means.

* 5. Cult-speak.

* 6. Group-think, Suppression of Dissent, and Enforced Conformity in Thinking

* 7. Irrationality.

* 8. Suspension of disbelief.

* 9. Denigration of competing sects, cults, religions...

* 10. Personal attacks on critics.

* 11. Insistence that the cult is THE ONLY WAY.

* 12. The cult and its members are special.

* 13. Induction of guilt, and the use of guilt to manipulate cult members.

* 14. Unquestionable Dogma, Sacred Science, and Infallible Ideology.

* 15. Indoctrination of members.

* 16. Appeals to "holy" or "wise" authorities.

* 17. Instant Community.

* 18. Instant Intimacy.

* 19. Surrender To The Cult.

* 20. Create a sense of powerlessness, covert fear, guilt, and dependency.

* 21. Ideology Over Experience, Observation, and Logic

* 22. Grandiose existence. Bombastic, Grandiose Claims.

* 23. Enemy-making and Devaluing the Outsider

* 24. True Believers

* 25. We Have The Panacea.

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* 3. No Humor.

in other words, not NO humor.. but herr mogster's humor is the only "humor" allowed.. all other is "devilish", "devisive", "too sarcastic" or the like..

"mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be homos" is allowed. It's sarcasm.. but it agrees with the "truths" of herr mogster of the moment..

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* 17. Instant Community.

* 18. Instant Intimacy.

I think this is the most.. what's the word.. betrayal of the soul. Don't make damn promises you can't keep..

all you "numbnuts" who promised some kind of community.. I call you on this..

we are supposed to be "brethren".. let's see the DEED, not the spoken word..

I'm waiting..

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* 1. The Guru is always right.

Isn't this the bottom line?...

To question Wierwille was a sure sign of "spiritual immaturity" or spiritual "problems"...defering your opinions over to der Victoid was mandatory...and of course once this occurred, you became a mindless f** k chimp. The other 24 steps that follow are like dominoes tumbling...

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