Sometimes we wanted the adults to notice our absence - and our prowess. On those afternoons, on the way back to the Kids' Ilut with our birch sticks in hand, the carefully cultivated plants ill the Main House flower beds proved targets too difficult to resist. We would look at each other and, without saying a word, strip a flowery bush bare with a few quick slashes. One evening Sujan br
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Sorry, buddy, this isn't a place where Osho apologism is going to pass unnoticed... Key excerpts from My Life In Orange. NOTE: This was scanned with an OCR device, so some of the passages are a little off. interesting excerpts: “ Then in December, in an NBC television interview in Los Angeles , Sheela was asked about Bhagwan's alleged anti-Semitism. She smiled sweetly an
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Friday,September 13 2013, Your time is 8:44:25 AM Presence of pregnant women in public is ‘disgraceful,’ says Turkish lawyer ISTANBUL Turkish lawyer and Sufi thinker Ömer Tuğrul İnançer has sparked a public outcry after telling state television station TRT 1 that it was immoral for pregnant women with huge bellies to reveal themselves in public. “Announcing pregnan
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Good stuff, Corboy. However, one should note that Sufism's past is not all roses and glory. For example, many of the "great" sufis had nearly identical views on jihad, dhimmitude, and other questionable aspects of Islam to those of the modern-day Jihadists. Many of the modern-day Sufi orders also have no problem with jihad and terror, including the Naqshbandi's who include Mul
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Here is the full text of the 1994 article: UNIVERSITY OF SEX I know it is going to be a distinctive academic experience when the woman who answers the door at the suburban San Diego house tells me to leave my shoes at the door. I paid $7 to join this "Mark Group" and am not sure what to expect. Some guy is practically dry-humping a woman on the couch, although the pair attract l
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Again, let me be clear: I have no ties or sympathy for the CCP. Organ harvesting is a worldwide problem. I do notice that Falun Gong's claims get a free pass in the Western media, while the same criminality when done by our "allies" in Kosovo gets very little press. If China started to cooperate on its currency, my guess is we'd never hear a Falun Gong story again, as the U.
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Supes support 'homophobic cult' Bay Area Reporter/February 2, 2006 By Matthew S. Bajko Amid accusations it is giving a San Francisco seal of approval to what some contend is a "homophobic cult," the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution this week in support of ending persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned since 1999 in China, where members of the gr
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http://www.cultnews.com/?p=2409 10.25.10 Is Falun Gong a litigious “cult” like Scientology? by Rick Ross Canada’s Globe and Mail (October 19, 2010) recently reported “Falun Gong wins legal fight to protest outside Chinese consulate.” inreuterscom.jpegSpecifically, an appeals court in British Columbia overturned a lower court ruling made last year regarding the removal of a “rudimenta
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The face of Falun Gong Posted in Miscellaneous at 4:08 pm by Rick Ross By Rick Alan Ross During December I attended an international symposium concerning cultic studies in Shenzhen, China, which was sponsored by the Institute of Religious Studies of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Academics and experts from around the world attended and presented papers. The papers presente
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Not defending the Chinese government as a whole. However, even if what they say is true, none of this is relevant to a discussion on cults other than for analysis of propaganda techniques (and Epoch Times is the propaganda outlet for Falun Gong). What is relevant to a discussion on cults is the even MORE totalitarian worldview of Falun Gong, which is largely obscured in the American press.
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I'm confused, Seeking Truth, as to why you posted this here? It is always interesting to read propaganda from the racist, homophobic UFO cult Falun Gong, but you simply posted it without any commentary or analysis of this mix of disinformation and lies? Perhaps you had a hard time posting in your own commentary? Either way, thanks for posting it, is always interesting to see what the FG
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QuotedarkadaptedeyesNo matter how strange or offensive one might find the Zeitgeist ideology, it's clear after weeks of reading these threads this was instigated here by someone with an ax to grind with this group over something petty and is NOT ABUSE. Some of us have been sexually, emotionally, and financially exploited by groups and gurus, and it's an insult to conflate the two! Whi
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Posted this in other thread, but I think it belongs here as well: David, While I respect your opinion of Zeitgeist and AGREE with you on most points, I would advise dropping the "banning me is a form of abuse" line of argument. It is not helping OUR position and is helping TZM. It pains me to say that, but it is true. Any group running a message board has the right to ban whoever
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David, While I respect your opinion of Zeitgeist and AGREE with you on most points, I would advise dropping the "banning me is a form of abuse" line of argument. It is not helping OUR position and is helping TZM. It pains me to say that, but it is true. Any group running a message board has the right to ban whoever they want. Rick Ross can and does. TZM can and do. While it may say
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Wasn't aware until now that Larouche was in Zeitgeist. Any Zeit defenders care to explain this? Zeitgeist Exposed This post was written by Guest Post on March 20, 2010 In Agatha Christie’s classic crime novel the ABC Murders, the detective Hercule Poirot comes up with the following formulation: “When do you notice a pin least? When it is in a pin cushion. When do you notice a mur
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Brave New World The Zeitgeist movement is the first Internet-based apocalyptic cult, centered around a doomsday-proclaiming film and an ideology filled with classic anti-Semitic tropes By Michelle Goldberg | Feb 2, 2011 7:00 AM A moment in Zeitgeist: Moving Forward. Over the last two weeks, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward [1], the third in a series of apocalyptic cult documentaries, h
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Loughner, “Zeitgeist - The Movie,” and Right-Wing Antisemitic Conspiracism Chip Berlet Fri Jan 14, 2011 at 09:29:46 AM EST A friend of Jared Lee Loughner says that the alleged shooter in the Tucson terror attack was impressed by “Zeitgeist - The Movie,” one of the most popular conspiracy videos posted on the Internet. Since about a third of the video concerns conspiracy theories abou
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Richie, do you know if Max is planning to do an essay explaining his apparent Satanism? Or is that something he is still into?
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"You know, there may have been a realisation that it's just not that easy to run off a few hundred words justifying an article that says it's fine and dandy to have consensual sex with children.Who'd have thought it? " -LOL funny. Yes, I would imagine it would be like one of those college all-nighters where you just can't quite get started on your essay.
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48 hours later, still no post from Max. But they did close off the imminst forum on the "call to arms".
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"Its that simple - it was stupid and arrogant to credit himself with writing it on his home page - but he did and I am sure he now knows that it was a BIG mistake." -Yeah, he figures that it was a "BIG mistake" now that people are paying attention to it. By the way, I concur with those above who don't remember a "young, crazy phase" where we thought pedophil
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IN PRAISE OF THE DEVIL "There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason, especially if she enters into spiritual matters which concern the soul and God. For it is more possible to teach an ass to read than to blind such a reason and lead it right; for reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed." "Faith must trample unde
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Quotecorboy Anything that is copied in full and posted here on the RI message board is preserved from destruction elsewhere. Sex, Coercion, and the Age of Consent By Max O’Connor Recently Radio 4 listeners heard a Church of England minister commenting on the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE). Like most earnest Christians, this man was hostile to sexual pleasure if the manner of d
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This is a very complicated scenario, and I would advise those making assumptions on it based on their predisposed political beliefs to take a look at this website I found. And, yes, it can easily be made relevant to Rick Ross' site! I suspect much of the research came from this site. Five part story on wikileaks, with part 1 discussing Assange's connections to Anne Hamilton-Byrne�
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No offense, Richie, as I'm very interested in this topic and your research, but that last post was totally unreadable.
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Thanks for coming here and sharing, Brynhild. Many of us here are well aware of New Age groups and the fact that while not easily categorized as cults, they can be equally dangerous to the human mind. That is why this board also involves "controversial religious movements". Personally, I've seen the damage they can do. Also, in case you don't know, many of these New Age gr
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Oh, so I guess you're not leaving us after all, Alchi! "Failed. Just google “Dalai Lama Nazi” and see what comes up. " "Failed?" Because many groups who I have nothing to do with agree with me that means I quoted something? Your arguing skills are poor, if existent at all. Show me where I quoted Shugden, Diamond Way, or the Chinese government. You can't, thus
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" Using innacurate or unproven informations to give some weight to your argumentation is intelectually weak though. " -I would say "Name one", but you've hit the road. Oh, well. "A side note for the other thread readers here concerning some sensationalist claims you might find online: Most of them are from doubtful sources: Diamond Way, Western Shungden Soc
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Heinrich Harrer was a known liar who worked hard to cover his ass. Weisenthal cleared him of war crimes, but he was still a Nazi, something that Harrer told multiple versions of during his life. Oh, and Stoic, good luck on getting Alchi to discuss Rainere and Asahara. Dont' see that happening. Care to address Beger, Alchi?
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QuoteAlchiQuoteStoic Sure. For a balanced view on the controversy regarding pre 1950 Tibet's serfs and feudalism here's the link to a rather good wikipedia article. LOL. You get on me for "non-scholarly" resources, and then go right to the Wikipedia.... thanks for playing, Alchi. Also, when you going to get back to me about Heinrich Harrer and Bruno Beger? Got any &
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