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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