Madonna - Kabbalah - Children
Posted by:
The Anticult
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Date: October 29, 2006 10:21AM
This Madonna is one sick-puppy. She appears to have told blatant lies about the father and family of the child she adopted. And she has supposedly already put the child into her Kabbalah sect.
This whole thing stinks to high heaven.
I have seen Madonna blatantly lie many times about various things in the media. Looks like for once she is going to be caught.
You know what I think might be going on?
Madonna was doing some wacko Kabbalah thing, and she had some type of "feeling" that this boy was "special" or annointed, or something. So she picked him, even though he had a father. Then I think she will raise him up in the Kabbalah, and then make this kid into some type of Leader of the Kabbalah for Africa, when he grows up.
To me its pretty clear that this is some type of bizarre cultish exercise.
Perhaps because the kid has the biblical name "David", plus other factors, she wants to turn him into the African Kabblah leader?
It would not surpise me that the Bergs are trying to set up things along those lines.
[www.dailymail.co.uk]
David's father: I'll never escape stigma of Madonna's AIDS 'lie'
The father of Madonna's adopted orphan has dismissed as a lie the singer's claim on TV that his wife and other children died of AIDS.
Yohane Banda, 32, whose wife died aged 25 after giving birth to 13-month-old David, says he will now have to live with the stigma.
The African peasant farmer also denied the superstar's allegation that he had never visited his son at the orphanage, to which he was entrusted at the age of two weeks.
Speaking on the Oprah Winfrey Show last week, Madonna, 48, said when she met David at the orphanage in Malawi she was told his mother and three siblings had died of AIDS, while his father's whereabouts were unknown.
But Mr Banda, who lives in the village of Lipunga, close to the border with Zambia, said: "She never went for an HIV test and she died in Zambia at her parents' house, so how could anyone know if that is what she died of?"
The clinic she attended when she became ill during pregnancy had diagnosed anaemia, he added.
Later, when she was admitted to hospital in Malawi, he was told she had a physical condition that made childbirth very risky.
Mr Banda insisted he had two other children - not three as Madonna was told - one of whom had died of malaria, while the other died suddenly at 18 months from an unknown cause. Neither was HIV positive as far as he knew.
Mr Banda said he was worried that if people believed Madonna's claims, they would stigmatise him.
In the TV interview, Madonna said David had been abandoned by his family. "No one from his extended family had visited him since he arrived," she told Oprah. But Mr Banda insisted this was also "a lie", adding: "I visited David many times, too many to count."
The baby was also visited by his grandmother, while Mr Banda's brother, Profera, "saw him almost every day, sometimes twice a day".
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Meanwhile, although David has been in the UK for less than two weeks, Madonna has introduced him to her Kabbalah faith.
The move is likely to upset Mr Banda, who was told his son was going to "a very nice Christian lady". Madonna took the toddler to the Friday night Shabat ceremony at the Central London Kabbalah Centre, and invited other children to "come and play with baby David".
The boy even wore the Kabbalah red string bracelet, believed by followers to ward off evil spirits. [/color:5a0ad35879]
[people.monstersandcritics.com]
Yohane Banda, 32, the father of Madonna's adopted child has gone on record that Madonna has lied regarding her claim on TV that his wife and other children died of AIDS.
Banda's wife died after giving birth to 13-month-old David, and says he will now have to live with the stigma of the world thinking his family was struck down by AID's.
The African farmer denied the Madonna's allegation that he had never visited his son at the orphanage, where he was given up at the age of two weeks.
...
Banda is now worried that if people believed Madonna's claims, he will be haunted by her lies.
Madonna said baby David had been abandoned by his family. "No one from his extended family had visited him since he arrived," she told Oprah.
But Banda says no, and this was also "a lie", adding: "I visited David many times, too many to count." The Daily Mail reports that the baby was visited by his grandmother, and Banda's brother, Profera, "saw him almost every day, sometimes twice a day."
...
Allegedly Madonna took baby David to the Friday night Shabbat ceremony at the Central London Kabbalah Center, and invited other children to "come and play with baby David". Reported the Daily Mail.
The boy was allegedly seen wearing the Kabbalah red string bracelet, believed by followers to ward off evil spirits. [/color:5a0ad35879]
This whole thing stinks to high heaven.
I have seen Madonna blatantly lie many times about various things in the media. Looks like for once she is going to be caught.
You know what I think might be going on?
Madonna was doing some wacko Kabbalah thing, and she had some type of "feeling" that this boy was "special" or annointed, or something. So she picked him, even though he had a father. Then I think she will raise him up in the Kabbalah, and then make this kid into some type of Leader of the Kabbalah for Africa, when he grows up.
To me its pretty clear that this is some type of bizarre cultish exercise.
Perhaps because the kid has the biblical name "David", plus other factors, she wants to turn him into the African Kabblah leader?
It would not surpise me that the Bergs are trying to set up things along those lines.
[www.dailymail.co.uk]
David's father: I'll never escape stigma of Madonna's AIDS 'lie'
The father of Madonna's adopted orphan has dismissed as a lie the singer's claim on TV that his wife and other children died of AIDS.
Yohane Banda, 32, whose wife died aged 25 after giving birth to 13-month-old David, says he will now have to live with the stigma.
The African peasant farmer also denied the superstar's allegation that he had never visited his son at the orphanage, to which he was entrusted at the age of two weeks.
Speaking on the Oprah Winfrey Show last week, Madonna, 48, said when she met David at the orphanage in Malawi she was told his mother and three siblings had died of AIDS, while his father's whereabouts were unknown.
But Mr Banda, who lives in the village of Lipunga, close to the border with Zambia, said: "She never went for an HIV test and she died in Zambia at her parents' house, so how could anyone know if that is what she died of?"
The clinic she attended when she became ill during pregnancy had diagnosed anaemia, he added.
Later, when she was admitted to hospital in Malawi, he was told she had a physical condition that made childbirth very risky.
Mr Banda insisted he had two other children - not three as Madonna was told - one of whom had died of malaria, while the other died suddenly at 18 months from an unknown cause. Neither was HIV positive as far as he knew.
Mr Banda said he was worried that if people believed Madonna's claims, they would stigmatise him.
In the TV interview, Madonna said David had been abandoned by his family. "No one from his extended family had visited him since he arrived," she told Oprah. But Mr Banda insisted this was also "a lie", adding: "I visited David many times, too many to count."
The baby was also visited by his grandmother, while Mr Banda's brother, Profera, "saw him almost every day, sometimes twice a day".
...
Meanwhile, although David has been in the UK for less than two weeks, Madonna has introduced him to her Kabbalah faith.
The move is likely to upset Mr Banda, who was told his son was going to "a very nice Christian lady". Madonna took the toddler to the Friday night Shabat ceremony at the Central London Kabbalah Centre, and invited other children to "come and play with baby David".
The boy even wore the Kabbalah red string bracelet, believed by followers to ward off evil spirits. [/color:5a0ad35879]
[people.monstersandcritics.com]
Yohane Banda, 32, the father of Madonna's adopted child has gone on record that Madonna has lied regarding her claim on TV that his wife and other children died of AIDS.
Banda's wife died after giving birth to 13-month-old David, and says he will now have to live with the stigma of the world thinking his family was struck down by AID's.
The African farmer denied the Madonna's allegation that he had never visited his son at the orphanage, where he was given up at the age of two weeks.
...
Banda is now worried that if people believed Madonna's claims, he will be haunted by her lies.
Madonna said baby David had been abandoned by his family. "No one from his extended family had visited him since he arrived," she told Oprah.
But Banda says no, and this was also "a lie", adding: "I visited David many times, too many to count." The Daily Mail reports that the baby was visited by his grandmother, and Banda's brother, Profera, "saw him almost every day, sometimes twice a day."
...
Allegedly Madonna took baby David to the Friday night Shabbat ceremony at the Central London Kabbalah Center, and invited other children to "come and play with baby David". Reported the Daily Mail.
The boy was allegedly seen wearing the Kabbalah red string bracelet, believed by followers to ward off evil spirits. [/color:5a0ad35879]
Madonna - Kabbalah - Children
Posted by:
The Anticult
()
Date: October 29, 2006 10:53AM
[www.nydailynews.com]
Aid comes with red strings, say Madonna foes
Madonna's personal and Kabbalah Centre reps rallied round her yesterday to deflect criticism of her recent activities in Africa.
The pop star has been hit with a claim by the father of her adopted son, David, that he didn't know what adoption meant. On top of that come concerns about the use of a Kabbalah Centre curriculum in the African orphanage she's building through their joint organization, Raising Malawi.
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Raising Malawi's Web site offers a testimonial by one of eight local teachers brought to L.A. to learn the Kabbalah Centre's Spirituality for Kids program to teach it at the Orphan Care Center, opening in March. The Kabbalah Centre Web site says children learn, among other things, that "what we really want from life is not physical things … but how these things make us feel … and additionally, it is not their parents who stop them from reaching their goals, but the voice within them."
It also says the curriculum "helps students receive uninterrupted happiness every minute, hour and day of their lives."
Cult expert Rick Ross of cultnews.com told us: "It's very sad that, unlike other celebrities, Madonna cannot do charity work in Africa without so many strings attached. Bono and Angelina Jolie have raised awareness of poverty there. Now Madonna comes in … and tries to milk it. I think that's reprehensible. Why does she insist on a kabbala connection? … I see Madonna's trip to Africa as similar to Tom Cruise's opening of detox clinics for rescue workers after 9/11."
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"Madonna hasn't made it a secret that her charity work in Malawi will include a Spirituality for Kids component," added Rosenberg. "SFK is nondenominational and helps teach children not to be victims - do unto others, to realize their true potential, empowerment, to take responsibilities for their actions. It is not much different then what a child would hear in Sunday school."
Aid comes with red strings, say Madonna foes
Madonna's personal and Kabbalah Centre reps rallied round her yesterday to deflect criticism of her recent activities in Africa.
The pop star has been hit with a claim by the father of her adopted son, David, that he didn't know what adoption meant. On top of that come concerns about the use of a Kabbalah Centre curriculum in the African orphanage she's building through their joint organization, Raising Malawi.
...
Raising Malawi's Web site offers a testimonial by one of eight local teachers brought to L.A. to learn the Kabbalah Centre's Spirituality for Kids program to teach it at the Orphan Care Center, opening in March. The Kabbalah Centre Web site says children learn, among other things, that "what we really want from life is not physical things … but how these things make us feel … and additionally, it is not their parents who stop them from reaching their goals, but the voice within them."
It also says the curriculum "helps students receive uninterrupted happiness every minute, hour and day of their lives."
Cult expert Rick Ross of cultnews.com told us: "It's very sad that, unlike other celebrities, Madonna cannot do charity work in Africa without so many strings attached. Bono and Angelina Jolie have raised awareness of poverty there. Now Madonna comes in … and tries to milk it. I think that's reprehensible. Why does she insist on a kabbala connection? … I see Madonna's trip to Africa as similar to Tom Cruise's opening of detox clinics for rescue workers after 9/11."
...
"Madonna hasn't made it a secret that her charity work in Malawi will include a Spirituality for Kids component," added Rosenberg. "SFK is nondenominational and helps teach children not to be victims - do unto others, to realize their true potential, empowerment, to take responsibilities for their actions. It is not much different then what a child would hear in Sunday school."
Madonna - Kabbalah - Children
Posted by:
The Anticult
()
Date: November 30, 2006 08:37AM
Notice how the $ from Madonna's childrens books goes straight to Madonna, with no oversight! Some "charity".
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230158,00.html
Madonna’s Adoption Kills Book Sales
Friday, November 17, 2006
By Roger Friedman
It may not be true after all that all publicity is good publicity.
Take Madonna. Her hellacious month of bad press concerning the adoption, legal or otherwise, of a Malawian child has turned out to be a buzz kill for book sales.
"The English Roses: Too Good to Be True" has been an out-and-out bust so far. Madonna’s latest children’s book, released on Oct. 24, has sold just 9,000 copies, according to Nielsen Bookscan.
By contrast, the first "English Roses" book has sold 350,000 copies since its release in 1993. But most of those were sold soon after publication.
It’s not like Madonna didn’t do anything for this new book. She did interviews with Oprah, Regis, "Dateline," etc. But by the time she did them, the adoption scandal was in full force.
Despite some positive feedback, Madonna has mostly been criticized for prying a 1-year-old away from his father. Rarely in pop culture history has a plan so exploded in a celebrity’s face.
It probably didn’t help that this column pointed out that Madonna’s children’s books bear a warning that all proceeds go to Philip Berg’s Kabbalah organization.
Of course, the irony there is that the proceeds, according to publisher Callaway Editions, go to Madonna, and then she writes the check to Kabbalah.
“We have no idea what she does with the money,” says a Callaway source.
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