Prasadam Das:
You have not supported your claims about "checks and balances" regarding meaningful accountability within ISKCON. Nor have you answered other simple questions asked about ISKCON's leadership.
You have offered no objective proof, which easily could have been done by simply citing the bylaws and constitutional provisions at ISKCON that mandate such accountability.
You have likewise skirted the issue of actual financial transparency by offering no proof whatsoever.
You also have not responded to Nori Muster's points, such as her suggested changover of leaders from the "bad old days."
Apparently, despite your previous remarks about Nori Muster, you really don't agree with her concerns or support her conclusions.
These are not theological or philosophical questions. They are instead factual questions about the structure, government and accoutability of leaders at ISKCON.
As a 30-year member you should be able to easily answer such questions.
However, as anyone reading our exchange can readily see, you have chosen not to, attempting to change the subject and/or obfuscate by making unsupported claims.
Your statement about airport solicitations, underlines the point made by Ms. Muster, nothing much has really changed at ISKCON.
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Court rulings directly contradict your view of the solicitation issue at LAX.
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Regarding any settlement of child abuse claims against ISKCON, nothing has been announced. But when a news report is released about a settlement that article will be archived under ISKCON at the Ross Institute database.
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People cannot be two religions simultaneously, and it is doubtful that any "Catholic monks" are actually ISKCON devotees. If such people exist it is certainly without the knowledge of Catholic officials.
If you know of ISKCON devotees that are posing as religious adherents of another faith, you should encourage them to declare themselves honestly and move on.
The way that you have handled questions on this board has been instructive. At best you have been evasive.
Again, this would appear to support Ms. Muster's conclusions that not much has changed at ISKCON.
Unsupported claims do not denote meaningful change, but rather what seems like an effort at PR spin.