I agree. I also don't know the details of the case or the relationship between the son and mother to know if he was using the cult as an escapism from a dysfunctional home etc. my remark was not meant to make light of parental attachment, which, for better or worse can last a lifetime, but rather that people are rightful in making life choices by 18, mature or not. For the sake of keeping it
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I don't think an 18 year old guy deciding on what he wants to believe in is outlandish or should be the concern of his mother. Fly the coupe at some point. But what I do find alarming is that this even went to court. Why does the cult feel so threatened and not just look at the situation as "god sending us a challenge". It's always amusing how religious people will get very af
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Don't believe Garuda is in the group.i was in the Oxnard prep school with hi brother jiva. We stopped calling Dom giazzon "jiva" when it became confusing and started calling him damodar. But then another damodar came to the school anyway. Blond guy. Talked to him some time ago. Not sure if he's in the group any more. I forget who was at the prep school but Garudas older brothe
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Thanks. Glad to be here.
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All of these cults, weather it's Butler, or some ISKCON guru or the many offshoots out there have the same basic formula. They all suffer from major internal disfunction. All the devotees are often left with no real sense of security about who to follow and what to believe. This is of course buttered over by the senior devotees like Acharya Das (every cult has their Acharya Das)—they are the
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