Social Work Values vs. Cult Values

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(4/17/04 6:18 am)
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Social Work Values vs. Cult Values

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Social Work Values vs. Cult Values

In my first year of social work school, just a few months after breaking entirely with SYDA, I was asked to write a paper comparing a value system I had previously experienced to the social work value system I was currently exposed to. Social workers are taught early in their education the values of their profession: the clients' right to self-determination, respect and dignity for all, the innate worth of a human being, respect for uniqueness, and the facilitation of the realization of potential (Woods and Hollis, 1990).

Religious cults are skillful in advertising the promotion of these values as the core of their philosophy. For example, SYDA's chief slogans, repeated frequently in public talks and SYDA Foundation literature, are: "Honor, love, respect, worship your Self. God dwells within you, as you. See God in each other." SYDA claims that its guru is "a self-realized master," and that following the teachings of the master lead to one's own self-realization. The bait of these messages is used to attract members. Once membership is established, the messages are switched to ever-increasing demands for obedience, submission and dependence. The actual value system of a cult is often the antithesis of the system it advertises.

Edited by: srfwalrus at: 4/17/04 6:20 am

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