Allow me to shed some light on this topic as I can see there is a clear misunderstanding about the Meditation. The meditation is not even slightly a cult. The biggest misconception comes from closed minded suspicious people who don't understand the "dying and discarding" part. This is not to have no memories or to become some kind of drone with no personality who worships the me
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

In short answer about the Neturei Karta, they represent 0.00037% of Jews, based on an educated estimate. That's about 5,000 out of a population of about 13.5 million. When you combine that with the fact that only a hyper-fraction truly buy into the anti-Zionist extremism, you are talking about an even smaller group. Search hard enough, and with that percentage you'll find a lunatic f
Forum: Hate Groups

Well, my first post to this forum. I read the first 5 pages, and was forced to skip ahead because it was just taking too long. I think there are 3 important things I can mention: 1) Many of the accusations I saw leveled in the first 5 pages of chat seemed to be aimed at other organizations, brought under the BB umbrella by 1 or 2 common issues. In short, as a casual outsider, many of the ac
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