Cult Evaluation Guidelines

(On a scale of 1-5, with 5 being absolute yes and 1, absolute no, check off the underlying areas of evaluation.)

1. AUTHORITY:
   degree by which the group and.or leader(s) claim ultimate knowledge about the nature of reality.
2. POWER:
   degree by which group and/or leader(s) offer power and status as a result of joining the group as a member.
3. MONEY:
   degree by which your finances are involved to support your membership in this group and its leader(s).
4. POLITICS:
   degree of internal hierarchy or distance between new members and leader(s) ..... pressures for attaining position.
5. INDOCTRINATION:
   degree by which members must follow the group's morality and ethical code over their own; also the degree of dogma and philosophical rigidity.
6. CENSORSHIP:
   degree of control leaders exercise over members' style of communicating; degree of inhibition towards outside ideas about the group, its dogmas and leaders.
7. FEAR:
   degree of concern over real or imagined enemies; also degree by which humor is forbidden in relation to group dogmas, etc.