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kemo1321
What i know about the dream centre is really really good.
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What they did was through various miracles, they brought an old abandoned hospital building for a very cheep price, other buyers were going to demolish it i think). And they set up a rescue centre for all the homless, ex criminals, on the streets of L.A, In the hospital they have for example a floor for abused woman, another floor for ex-crims, a section for ex-drugys.
Sai Baba does heaps of humanitarian work. ISKCON runs several programs like this. You should read the background stories of Sai Baba and founder of ISKCON AC Bhaktivedanta Swami (ACB)- isn't it funny that there are so many people accomplishing things through miracles for different forms of God when it is suppossed that there is only one God??
ACB came to America the story goes with $8 and nowhere to go a frail old man who only lived for another 12 years but in those eight years founded In the twelve years from his arrival in New York until his final days he:
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circled the globe fourteen times on lecture tours that took him to six continents.
introduced Vedic gurukul education to a Western audience.
directed the founding of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the world's largest publisher in the field of Vedic religious texts and commentary.
founded the religious colony New Vrindaban in West Virginia
authored sixty books (many available online here) on Vedantic philosophy, religion, literature and culture (including four in Bengali)
watched ISKCON grow to a confederation of more than 100 schools, temples, institutes, farm communities, and ashrams.
Look up these two figures in the database to see what is known about them despite their charity.
Scientology has disaster relief and various charitable endeavours and yet they habitually bankrupt their faithful and are arguably the most dangerous cult in the world.
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This sounds weird, but over time these people have accepted jesus into their lives. They have a big auditorium that has thousands of members go each week.
It is not weird at all it is called brainwashing and/or indoctrination. If a satanic organisation took in people and fed them a lot of them would understandably become satanists. It is about gratitude and dependence, human nature. Just about every religious organisation has some charitable branch. You will note eventhough their motive is compassion whatever religion they are always plays a prominent role. If they were truely compassionate they would spend the money that they spend on promoting their beliefs for example feeding more hungry people - afterall you can't eat a bible or a little plastic statue of Jesus.
There is such a thing as tax write offs. Here in Australia the Salvation Army and St Vincent DePaul Society (Catholics) are the two biggest [b:0d9fd83bc4]businesses[/b:0d9fd83bc4] worth many millions each, and last I looked there are still hungry people. Have you had a look at the Vatican lately? How many troubled souls do you think that could house and feed?
You can help people anywhere - why does your friend or anyone else's son or daughter have to run off to where this church is based? Does your friend come from the only place on Earth that has not one disadvantaged soul?
I recognise myself of a year ago in your post, substitute Dream Centre with Science of Identity. They have great music, nice food. I was happiest I have ever been in my life having had a troubled history of my own. Make no mistake these people destroyed my life by taking away my hope and belief. Material things can usually be replaced but those are gone forever.