[b:3ece4275ab]"Yoursister" writes:[/b:3ece4275ab]
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Some children are blessed with a natural and pure longing for spiritual practice. Their needs can be lovingly met with presentation of a mode (or modes) of approaching the divine.
Targeting children, for any reason, under any circumstances, using any method, is like shooting fish in a barrel. I don't give a damn what it says in the Bagavad gita.[b:3ece4275ab]Children are gullible and needy.[/b:3ece4275ab] They will believe anything if it looks like it means a better life, more material stuff, [b:3ece4275ab]refuge from the big, bad, wolf.[/b:3ece4275ab]
The world is real scary right now for adolescents. Just listen to rap music. If I was a little girl, I'd be attracted to the Krishnas, too. I'd get to eat tons of sugar, I'd get to live in a clean, pretty house, people would tell me they love me all the time. [b:3ece4275ab]What child wouldn't be seduced by this?[/b:3ece4275ab]
[b:3ece4275ab]I have seen the seduction happen within the group. I know how it's done.[/b:3ece4275ab] I was seduced by the appearance of Clean Living and by the pledges of friendship, but I'm not a little kid, obviously, so no one is trying to hang on to my soul.
Whether or not this seduction is condoned by the Guru is irrelevant.[b:3ece4275ab] The devotees continue to pursue the child even after the legal guardians have made it perfectly clear that the attentions of the group are no longer desirable.[/b:3ece4275ab] To take a child and claim that you are her real family and that you love her more than her parents is bullshit. To tell a child to keep secrets from her family is a slick, premeditated move intended to reinforce her bond to the Group. This is not an innocent act on the part of the devotees.
[b:3ece4275ab]If it was my child, I would sue the parties involved.[/b:3ece4275ab] I don't care what they have in mind for the child, or why they are so adamant about retaining her heart and soul for the cult. It's wrong, period. They have damaged a family , one who loves the little girl. [b:3ece4275ab]They have damaged a little girl, and probably a lot of others. They have no shame.[/b:3ece4275ab]
From what I've experienced, ALL religions eventually reveal themselves to be greedy human beings parading their idea of spirituality in front of me in order to suck me in and get me to help them achieve their own very human agenda.
[b:3ece4275ab]The Krishnas have turned me away from Krishna, God, and worship of any kind.[/b:3ece4275ab]
Is this what you guys wanted?[/quote]