26 characteristics of cults

From the Berlin city government in 2002 cult Commissioner Report "cult are you? - The risks and side effects" section in part II of Chapter 8 "Detect single cult" after the paste has aroused the interest of some users, will now proceed to a collating, changed its name to "26 characteristics of cults" re-posted, interested reposted to other sites despite the posted, reproduced please specify translator (countryman cities). German original are open resources, there is no copyright problem, I asked the same question of copyright does not exist. 
  
Listen to the original staff of the municipal government said that in order to avoid stimulation of certain religious figures, the report to avoid the "cult" of the word. Asked when the collation also read a bit about the definition of the report chapters. One of that "cult" has the concept of religion, sociology and the three levels of everyday language, are derogatory, and the state organs must remain neutral, but in the report of the groups involved have not only religious, so to avoid use this vocabulary, but as participants in the survey put all of the groups referred to as the "Living Assistant market easily give rise to conflicts VENDOR", in relation to the religious nature of the detection of a single group, said only "supplier." If a teaching of a certain faction in line with the detection of more than one single characteristic, it is necessary to be careful on the sectarian parties in the family could live, work or / and individual psychology bring trouble, in line with a lot more, it should more careful. 
  
Given the "Living Assistant market easily lead to conflict suppliers" in the Chinese context the concept of the stranger, and this translation is involved in single-Detect have religious groups, so the translator using Chinese readers more familiar with the speech Department of "evil cult", and would like to note. The number of text added by the translator. Correction asked are as follows: 
  
26 characteristics of cults 
(Original title: Assistant Living unfamiliar market VENDOR Detect Single) 
  
1, suppliers have to offer is what you are looking for a long time but not found. Very strange, he knew exactly what you are missing. 
2, with the supplier first contact on the problem for you to open a new watch line of sight. 
3, suppliers are very concise view of the world, in order to be able to answer all questions. 
4, suppliers trying to emotionally for you, other members quickly become your "friend." 
5, do you think that criticism of the view of those new friends will be disappointed, but, if you constantly have to refuse the invitation of new friends would feel sorry, because you do not want to make a polite people do not speak. 
6, more and more suppliers to enter your life, and has gradually formed a kind of gravity: It seems difficult to get out easily. 
7, In spite of this, you still do not know the situation of the supplier. To your request, do not think, do not test. Your new friends will say: "This can not explain, we must go their own experience, we have experienced is entirely another level ... ..." or similar argument. 
8, the supplier has a Master of truth or God's messenger, his right to decide without any doubt. 
9, suppliers doctrine was seen as the only true knowledge of the permanent right to refuse the traditional scientific, rational thinking refuse, refuse reason, think of these only attach importance to the brain, are negative, and so on are belong to Satan. 
10, suppliers, lack of rational discussion Culture: VENDOR think because they have an immutable truth, so all think about their own doctrine and organizations to discuss are superfluous. 
11, the supplier's internal critics have been falsely accused, exclusion or expulsion. 
12, from outside suppliers have been criticized as evidence of the right supplier. 
13, suppliers feel that they have been surrounded by hostile forces, outside of their own people are in their conspiracy. 
14, suppliers recognize only two kinds of people: either a friend or the enemy is and who is not U.S. supporters, who are our opponents. 
15, the world faces a major disaster, only suppliers we know, how to make this world or their own salvation believers. 
16, suppliers are people within the elite, outside of people are going astray, at best, are the target for missionary work. 
17, the supplier can achieve their own goals for the unscrupulous. 
18, VENDOR internal signs or by special rules of conduct with other people in isolation from, such as through their own language, specific clothing, diet, control of daily life and personal affairs. 
19, the supplier to you, and so far the isolation of social relations, because these social relationships affect your progress. 
20, the supplier to put your own sources of information confined to their own ideology VENDOR (not watch news, do not read newspapers, do not read literary works, the internal read-only reading materials suppliers) 
21, the supplier arrangements Missions Here you are, asking you to take part in activities to occupy you almost all the time (such as selling books, attend classes, take part in activities, prayer, meditation, common reading, drawing new people to convert). 
22, a person you rarely alone, always have people of suppliers to meet you, perhaps you also been asked to collective accommodation suppliers to stay, and for your personal life is known as the control stick are on your CD - Supporting the right one. 
23, the supplier is also for you to do is usually by each person make their own decisions.
24, VENDOR open or suggestive to ask you to strictly obey, or even ask you to give up the self, as it is or make progress the only way to salvation. 
25, if you have doubts about the supplier will not be concerned about someone you suspect the reasons are more, you will hear some off-the-shelf explanation: This system itself is true, only that you are not yet that time. If you failed to make progress, then the only reason for yourself, because your letter was not enough, read enough, understanding enough, not enough prayer, meditation classes are not enough or not enough on and so on. 
26, sometimes you might feel that the VENDOR terrible, I thought I had been put under pressure, but you quickly ruled out the idea, and strive to make themselves closer to the suppliers.