People from my area are going to KC for more training with this group. I have heard about the 24 hour prayer vigils and great programs for youth, but I have also heard of some strange, 'hidden' beliefs' labeled extreme charismania. I know that there is a connnection with the Toronto Blessing and that Mike Bickle is one of the prophets from that sect. Any information would be apprec
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

What does having Marla, Demi and Ashton pose nude have anything to do with spirituality? It just gets more and more bizarre. It made sense to me that celebrities would be drawn to a belief system that promised youth and beauty and was 'lite' on repentence and karma, but why doesn't Philip Berg's stroke show these people that there is something faulty in his theology? If Ka
Forum: Celebrities associated with "cult-like" groups

I am really grateful for this site. I was invited to a Landmark meeting by someone I had just met due to a mutual hobby. She was pleasant and personable and amazed that I had heard of Landmark before. She was very excited that there was an upcoming seminar. She felt as if Landmark had freed her mind. There is a weekly meeting and I had the impression that it was sort of 'church'. I decl
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

I have just finished reading 'A Matter of Basic Principles' by Veinot and Henzel. I never attended a Gothard Seminar but was permitted to read the 'red book' by a devotee and thought it strange. Friends who slipped into this way of thinking seemed to become more and more strange and judgemental until I found I could no longer have a normal friendship with them. Has anyone
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"