Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI
Date: January 24, 2014 12:33PM
Rothaus wrote:
1) "SGI claims such high goals and it takes some time of observation that SGI does not really engage in those areas."
2) "I guess I thought for along time that I was contributing to something noble, unseen before and it just turns out at some point as a simple cult."
3)"Personally I believe that SGI is in rapid decline anyway, also due to message boards like this one"
4) "At this point I do not ponder on why and how I could have become involved in the first place. I do my best to make others aware what SGI is about."
Four Noble Truths, Rothaus! Well done! These four points are spot on. Together, they read like a long term progression leading into, through, and out of the SG cult land wringer.
Meh wrote:
1) "it's the nature of most people who are interested in Buddhism to want to better the world somehow; sgi just happens to be handy, accessible and full of persuasive BS."
2) "...meetings were really geared towards inducing a trance-like state when, of course, nearly everyone is open and receptive to pretty much anything they're told."
3) "...das org will do anything it deems necessary to keep the flock in line. They are so good at the psychological manipulation,"
4) "Then we see ourselves in something that is anything but Buddhism, not even Nichiren Buddhism, but what turns out to be a cult of personality – Mr. Ikeda."
Kudos Meh, Four More Noble Truths! Again, as with Rothaus' truths, these points are like snap shots taken from a long trip through SGcult world.