initiate, How long have you been out? If you are thinking of writing book does that mean you are not afraid of retalaliation? When did you leave and for what reasons. What made you realize it was a cult? What are the misconceptions and what is true in the posts? Do you still have contact with cult members? Tell us everything you know. If you are thinking of writing a book you must know plenty
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Let me get this straight. Some one turned the A.C. on full blast thinking it would cool down the guru's room and as a result Mr. Butler accuses them of a conspiracy to kill him? This not only reeks of paranoia it reeks of insanity!!! For a person to even verbalize such a thing shows behavior completely out of control. It reminds me of a movie I saw about Jim Jones the cult leader. Six months
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I want to thank those trying to help my situation. I have been doing some of my own googling. First I wanted to talk to some other people in Mr. Butlers group but could find absolutely nothing on line about him or his followers. I suppose they are not that big. On the other hand I found hundreds of sites for ISKON and wrote questions on a few which were quickly answered. It seems to me thos
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Bob and Just-googling. I need help. A family member has started associating with the Krishna group. The first obvious change we are seeing is she gave up her friends outside the group, even her long time boyfriend because he was not interested in the cult. She was once outgoing and very much part of our family circle. Now she refuses invitation to family events (we are a very close nit family) a
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