Ср, 27 июн 2018 Автор: Татьяна Поленова
There are about several thousand sects in the world, and their
the number is constantly growing as new ones appear. Not all sects
are dangerous and they differ from each other in the way
creation, nature of activity, structure and preached
teaching.
The activity of sects in the modern world is big business. To
get money, the leaders go to crime. This, for example,
arms smuggling, drug trafficking, kidnapping,
extortion money, prostitution and much of what is being introduced
into consciousness under the slogan of religious health and spiritual
improvement.
Young men who seek meaning become easy prey.
life, love, friendship, happiness. Missing hazard information
sects leads to the fact that boys and girls are easily given to ideologues
sects the ability to control themselves and fall under their influence.
Sects use various forms of brainwashing, control
over thinking, group pressure. They often call in their
members fear and guilt.
Why is the sect dangerous?
1. Each sect has its own leader to whom participants must
implicitly obey. He has complete freedom of action,
therefore, can do whatever it sees fit. Leader
receives material benefits at the expense of his “flock”.
2. The sect uses people who really want to find
the path to a better life, to God, love and truth. She inspires members
that only here you can find all this, get answers to all
questions and only sect members can reach higher states
spirituality.
3. A person belonging to a sect destroys his life, a sect
destructively affects him, his family, family. She leads him to
spiritual death, at the same time making the sectarian incapable of
independent, normal life in society.
4. A person is taken all that is most important –
freedom and the opportunity to realize themselves in society. In the sect can not
be out of the question about individualism and independent decision-making:
here every member must agree with the leader and get from him
addicted. There is no confidentiality – only the group is important and
her interest.
5. The sect isolates new members from family and friends. Via
various rituals – dances, chants – introduces them into a trance,
which should strengthen the confidence in belonging to a group.
The sectarians can observe the so-called sect syndrome. it
group of characteristics resulting from contact with her
members.
Changes in life and behavior:
– a person abandons his previous hobbies and interests, in return
there are new, associated with the goals of the group;
– starts speaking another language, uses new words and
concepts;
– appearance, style in clothes changes;
– there are problems in the family, at school or at work;
– sectarian can not function normally in society. is he
breaks old friendships, cuts himself off from loved ones,
and this is for the benefit of new friends;
• sees everything in white and black;
• the system of values is changing, a new moral is being formed.
Mental Health Consequences:
– unmotivated mood swings that can end up
cause depression;
– frequent bouts of anxiety, the person constantly feels
fear and insecurity, afraid of people, does not trust anyone;
– inadequate, sometimes aggressive reaction to comments,
concerning the behavior of both own and sect members;
– willingness to part with everything for the sect: home, work,
a loved one — that is, one that gave life meaning;
– inability to make an independent decision, flight from
real life.
Consequences for physical health:
– exhaustion and weakening as a result of specific diets;
– malnutrition;
– decrease in concentration of attention;
– diseases resulting from the abandonment of any medication and
medical care;
– isolation from the outside world, communication only with a narrow circle
sect members;
– insomnia, fatigue;
– Attempts to suicide, often successful.
