Ritu wrote:
Charlie asked:
Yep. But it is also a subset of 'society' and 'politics', and
non-religious cults do exist.
What's an example of a non-religious cult?
Personality cults in politics, then there is the Ayn rand cult, a
non-religious one if there ever was one. NATLFED has been put on many
cult watch lists.
The term has become a loaded one and you'd find many such examples in
sociology, psychology and political science.
Ritu
The most useful thing I've been presented with for identifying a
dangerous cult is the BITE model - Behavior, Information, Thought and
Emotional control.
http://www.ex-cult.org/bite.html
Non-religious organizations can be examined with this.
The other terms I've heard in conjunction with dangerous religious
activities is "spiritual abuse".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_abuse is a starting point if you
want to know more about that. (If anyone presses me for more links, I
might oblige. Then again, I might not, depending on how much time I
have today and tomorrow.)
Julia
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