SECT

SECT
WHAT IS A SECT:
It is a group, normally religious or political, that is separated from the rest of the society
because of their thinking or beliefs as they hold an opinion at odds with what is generally
accepted.
Characteristics:
- There is always a leader. The structure is a pyramid.
- They use their own language.
- They will control every aspect of your life.
- They will make you isolated from your friends and family.
- They will force you to invest with your money or work.
- They are perfect so you can't criticize them.
Purpose:
- Control your mind and your actions.
- keep your money and properties.
TYPES
- Religious: They are the most famous. It is based on religious dogma. They have a
leader that is the one sent from God. It could be based on the Bible, they can change
it depending on their interests. Example Amish.
- Political: They are people with extreme political thinking, like race supremacy. Ku
Klux Klan.
- Commercial: It is like a company and their power system is like a pyramid. When you
start here you are in the lowest part of the pyramid, so if you want to move up you
need to get an objective, for example if you are selling a product you need to sell 40
of this product in one week, at the end you are always working and you don't have
time to live. Another method to go up in the pyramid is to persuade people to join
them.
- Psychotherapeutic: They work in the mental health of the people. They create
courses talking about mental health and they try to convince you that they are going
to save your life if you go to all the courses.
- Apocalyptic: They are based on magic elements like witchcraft and spiritualism. They
usually say that is the end of the world and the only way to survive is to be in the
group.
How to identify that it is a sect?
- Pyramidal structure. As I said before they have a leader, who decides everything
about the people that form part of the sect.
- They will treat you like the most important person in the world. They will treat you as
part of them from the first minute.
- They live as a community and they are close-knit.
- They take you away from your family and friends: They will convince you to have no
contact with your family and friends unless they are in the group.
- They will obey you to do what they want.
- They are people that know how to read a person so they will identify your problems in
your life and they will say that joining them is the solution.
- They will say that if you leave the group your life will be horrible.
Personality
- Young people.
- People with mental or health problems.
- People without good education.
- Not good familiar relations, people with dysfunctional families.
- People that have not grown up with emotional relations.
- The people who share the beliefs of the group.
TIPS FOR KNOWING IF YOU ARE BEING TRAPPED BY A CULT

- You change your clothes and how you talk.
- You change your friends, because you prefer to meet these new people instead of
your friends.
- They asked you where and with you were.
- If your family and friends say something bad about your new friends you get angry
with them. They can't understand that you feel better than ever.
- If you want to leave this new group you feel guilty because they help you.
Differences between good relationships and a bad relationship
Entering a sect is difficult but it is easier to find a group of friends that their behavior is like in
a sect. So I´m going to present the differences between a toxic group of friend an a good
group of friends.
GOOD GROUP OF FRIEND TOXIC GROUP OF FRIEND
You can spend time with other friends. You only can spend your free time with
them and if you meet friends outside the
group it is an offense.
You have your beliefs, your own behavior You have to think, behave like them and
and your own interests. you have to have the same interests.
You can decide if you want to plan or not. You have to go always with them if there is
a plan because if you don't go they will
make you feel guilty
All people are equally important. There is a leader and if you want be part of
the groups and don't´´ have any problem
you have to have the best relation with the
leaser, because if the leader don´t like you
you can be reject.
You can do or not what you want. They will manipulate you to do what the
want you to do.
How to avoid entering in a sect:

Be careful with the courses, the talks, the immediate solutions to your problems, the job
offers. Look if the information is true.

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