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To you x-devotees of Chris Butler: what made you finally decide to leave the group? Something someone said?
[b:cd46d58978]YES, EXACTLY - SOMETHING (OR ACTUALLY MANY THINGS) THAT CHRIS BUTLER HIMSELF SAID.[/b:cd46d58978]
These have been discussed formerly in the other thread about Chris Butler, but to repeat some of it again here, the reasons I personally stopped listening to Chris Butler are because he has said these things in the past:
1991:[/color:cd46d58978] Chris sends out a proclamation that ALL his disciples (in USA at least) should fast from food for 6 MONTHS. The reason: the servants were 5 minutes late delivering his breakfast to his residence! (NOTE: the kitchen was located in the poor part of the city, many miles from his residence in the richest part of the city.)
MID 1990's sometime:[/color:cd46d58978] Chris accuses some of his disciples of a CONSPIRACY to kill him. The reason: they had turned his air-conditioning unit to full blast. Chris states that the cold air will damage his lungs and threaten his life. I personally know the people who turned the air conditioner on, and I can say with all conviction that this accusation is ABSOLUTE RUBBISH. This mishap was due to a lack of communication from Chris Butler himself... in other words if Chris had said to his followers: Turn my air conditioner to number 6 - they would have done so. They assumed he wanted it turned to number 10, as this is what Chris demanded at his headquarters (the "warehouse").
1988: [/color:cd46d58978] Chris sends out a proclamation that he needs a "POLICEMAN" to monitor all those bumbling and incompetent servants of his. The duty of this policeman, I suppose, was to make sure the idiots turned on the air conditioner to the correct number, that they did not get a hair in his food, etc etc. Yes, Chris had become the centre of the universe way back in 1988.
1990's:[/color:cd46d58978] Chris sends out a proclamation that ALL his followers should be donating at least 25 per cent of their income to him. As he himself was living in the lap of luxury with very expensive living habits, and as some of the followers were unemployed and struggling to survive, this edict seemed to be totally irrational. And another thing: he was laughing as he said this, saying that it was the duty of the spiritual master to take away from the householders that which is most dear to them - THEIR MONEY.
1990's sometime: [/color:cd46d58978]Chris proclaims that his followers have shortened his life by ten years and the life of his dear wife by ten years as well. The reason: part of a makeshift roof collapsed and fell onto his wife's head. I can understand blaming the person who had built the roof - but the blame fell onto ALL his followers for this!
Yes, these are some of the things that someone said that made me leave this cult.
I'm sure other people have many more to add.
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