Solution+Research

//Solution #1: Life After a Cult// //Leaving a Cult or Spiritually Abusive Church//. Web. 9 Nov. 2011. .
 * Many people are emotionally hurt after leaving a cult
 * Because they were deceived
 * They thought that this religion was true and the only way to live
 * Many people afterward realize that they gave up everything to go to this cult.
 * Many people's families aren't understanding
 * They have to tell people where they were and what happened
 * They loose touch with reality or the world outside of the cult
 * They are guilty or ashamed of what they were doing, now that they realize it was wrong
 * They usually have to start all over again from loosing everything
 * There families and friends think that they are demonized or still believe what the cult did.
 * Post-Cult Trauma Syndrome can occur
 * This causes them to be depressed and out of it
 * They will usually want to go back to the cult
 * They will go through spontaneous crying stages.
 * Trouble holding down a job

Solution #2: Governments role in stopping cults. Szubin, Adam. "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin - Interacting with "cults": A Policing Model." //Scientology and the Anti-Cult Movement//. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. .

Law enforcement has to in some way save the cult members but also keep the citizens safe
 * 1) The public will only learn about the cult if it interferes with the FBI or the law enforcement
 * 2) Police officers have to be taught how to do deal with cults
 * 3) Police must start from a clean slate so that they don't misjudge a harmless NRM (New Religious Movement)
 * 4) If they don't they can have harmful police work
 * 5) Some law enforcements will intervene if they hear of brainwashing, but some won't because they don't believe it to be true
 * 6) It is important for the police or FBI to understand that these people really believe in this and aren't being brainwashed into doing it.
 * 7) Law enforcement should be careful when they say attack cult leaders because they could be sincere
 * 8) If they think they have bad notions they should look at the persons back ground before assuming anything
 * 9) They should also look for there motives behind the cult and how they carry them out.
 * 10) Officers should at first believe that these people are sincere in there spiritual beliefs
 * 11) Law enforcements have to also decide how dangerous the cult is
 * 12) They can turn to organizations that provide threat assessments of NRM's
 * 13) Officers should consider the risk's of there involvement in the attack of the cult
 * 14) officers need to remember that 1 factor can not determine the dangerousness of the group, with the exception of mental or violent background