Re: On Leaving SGI
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rrmoderator
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Date: August 02, 2013 08:02PM
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The Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups, and Movements has officially changed its name to The Cult Education Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements.
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The Cult Education Institute archives is a library of information about destructive cults, controversial groups and movements, which was initially launched in 1996 and has continued to be under construction and expansion for the past 17 years.
The public message board attached to the The Cult Education Institute will soon only be accessible through the domain name culteducation.com. More than 100,000 entries from the former members of destructive cults, controversial groups and movements and others concerned has accumulated at the board over the past decade. The message board content continues to grow daily and it serves as a free speech zone for those who wish to share their insights and concerns about the topics listed.
The Rick A. Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups, and Movements has officially changed its name to The Cult Education Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements.
The new domain name entry point and gateway to the Internet archives of the institute will soon be culteducation.com.
The Cult Education Institute archives is a library of information about destructive cults, controversial groups and movements, which was initially launched in 1996 and has continued to be under construction and expansion for the past 17 years.
The public message board attached to the The Cult Education Institute will soon only be accessible through the domain name culteducation.com. More than 100,000 entries from the former members of destructive cults, controversial groups and movements and others concerned has accumulated at the board over the past decade. The message board content continues to grow daily and it serves as a free speech zone for those who wish to share their insights and concerns about the topics listed.
Re: On Leaving SGI
Posted by:
StillTaitenAndProud
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Date: September 01, 2013 03:58AM
They *were* the same, but then those horrid, awful priests excommunicated the SG. THAT was a BIG problem for Ikeda and the Ikedabots, because, under Japanese law, if a religious organization excommunicates its lay organization, that lay organization can no longer claim a religion tax exemption by riding on the priests' coattails - the priests being the root religious organization, with the lay organization just an offshoot.Quote
I don't confuse ND Buddhism and SGI. I don't think they are one and the same?
So in order to keep their religious exemption, the SGI had to redefine itself to be *different* from its former parent NS. I would *love* to see a diagram showing the difference between the two now, side by side. I'm sure one of the differences is that, instead of "Follow the priest", the SG now says "MENTOR/DISCIPLE - Follow Ikeda NO MATTER WHAT!" That would explain why the publications are now almost exclusively about Ikeda.
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