Generally speaking, cults are trying to remove each Kind of factor existing against their satanic and carnal interests because they have been formed based on the personal interests of their leader(s). One of the main factors in the community to prevent human beings’ misleading and sinking in sedition voidance water is definitely a family. So, the cults are going to remove this important factor out of their way. Consequently, they are planning some ways which are as follows:
۱) The role of the cult leader in destroying the basis of the family:
The cult leaders are willing to decrease willing to decrease the role of parents and put themselves in their position.
- They consider family attachments as a threat for joining the group
- The parents’ justifications towards their offspring cause them to pay less attention to the leader. This issue influences leader’s aims.
۲) Omitting the role of parents by the cult leader exercises regressive techniques in various manners on the members which prevent them to be able to evaluate their circumstances critically. These techniques are as follows:
- a) taking parents’ names by leaders (the spiritual mothers and fathers),
- b) accepting each physical or social displays by the members in the presence of the leader,
- c) asking the leaders for allowance by the member to do each personal and family activity,
- d) The members’ economic dependence on the leader by granting their financial capitals to leader.
Another method used by the leader to omit family relationships is his making decisions for the couples to be pregnant or miscarriage.
۳) Dominating on offspring by degrading parents
By observing degrading parents, offspring respect them less and their views towards them changes. So, they search to find another person to admire and imitate and to accept him/her as a model. In this case; according to psychologists, parents can’t play their roles as ideal persons.
The cult leaders will fill this empty place because they claim for being able to do everything as absolute mighty; that is, the Almighty.
In such conditions, parents feel not to be able to take care of their offspring, so they leave their roles for cult leader to do. leaving this responsibility can have horrible and terrible results for offspring. Cult leaders have special thoughts the toward Kids regarding education, punishment, and sex.
Source:
Shahbaz Najad, the newly-emerged cults leaders, Mo’jezeh publishing house, Afag sharg Samen publication, 1st edition, 1390 S.H.
