The group I was in Eckankar rewrote the words to the public domain song Amazing Grace and called it Amazing Hu , after the mantra the group believes contacts god. Music deepens experiences and has been whored to everything from advertising cars to mystic experiences. Why should cults miss out on this?
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I dont know how widespread this is now but there are smarter wiser cults that call themselves religions. As many groups are not totally black and white they wrap themselves in the flag and their amendment privileges while crying witchhunt when anyone calls them to task for the Cult way in which they operate. My thinking is all NRMs should provide legitimate financial statements and accountab
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