QuoteginahThey seem to indicate that a womans emotions and point of views are unimportant. Is this how MKP shows they are not anti woman? or anti marriage? These following statements seem to underhandedly (psychologically) move men towards seeing women as non important. I agree, Ginah. I find it interesting that supposedly men get involved with mkp and I-groups to get in touch with their fee
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QuoteginahI am requesting that MKP persons request their significant others to join these groups and put their "two cents" in. This request is because I find no women here whos spouse is pro MKP who think their husband is now a "better husband". I agree, Ginah. I would like to hear such input too. Maybe Twillia1's girlfriend would be willing to post her testimony. It
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Hi, all. I confused about something and thought you all might be able to give me some feedback. I won't share my gut feelings on this one and instead wait to hear your opinions. As mentioned before, my hubby was recruited by a close family member. This family member is very entrenched with mkp and has been touting its "pot of gold" and "gifts" to its members for a
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Quotegreensceen17My brother recently became involved with MKP and has now asked me to attend a NWTW with him. I would like to find out as much information on MKP as possible. Please provide any detailed information on what goes on during the weekend you may have. Thanks for your help. In case you haven't read this other lengthy thread on mkp, check it out at Interesting discussion g
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Quoteamr123I further apologize for inciting ire in a member of a group discussion in which I am a newcomer. I think I had bottled up my feelings for so long that when I finally let them out, I sounded bitter and angry, even though that is not how I wanted to be perceived. I promise to keep my temper and not let it happen again. No need to apologize, Amr123. Twilla1 is a newcomer to this d
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Hi, Ginah. Good questions. I don't understand this either. And your surgery analogy is an interesting one. No, I certainly wouldn't allow unlicensed strangers to do emotional surgery on me. But I think with some men, they do not have the emotional support that many women enjoy with their girlfriends. However, my husband has found it difficult to open up to his male friends in the sam
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QuoteFirethorneInterestingly, I think the whole purpose of these "Boards" could use a thorough re-examining by all of its users. My take thus far (and this is true of most of the net - not just here) is that nobody is convincing nobody. The anti-MKP folks cannot be convinced that MKP is anything other than what they think it is, and the pro-MKP camp continues to try to prove that desp
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Quotefrank_dYeah, Girl Scouts was all I could think of at the time of writing. I am only trying to point out that we need to properly define what 'preoccupied' means. According to the Encarta® World English Dictionary (not that this is the "ultimate" source for defining words), preoccupied means to be "completely absorbed in doing or thinking about something else, somet
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Quotefrank_dIt seems to me that a group that has SOME MEASURE of positives shouldn't be attacked at 100% 'bad'. I agree, FrankD. I think that your intentions of having a balanced discussion are genuine, and mkp is not 100% bad. However, some people posting on this board have had family members hurt by their participation in mkp, and I think that sometimes it is hard to see any go
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I goggled mkp and lgat today and noticed that this was the only rickross forum listed in the first three pages of results. So I thought that I would let those new to this discussion know that a more extended discussion of mkp and its LGAT characteristics can be found on another thread (as many of you "regulars" know) at: Just don't want googlers to miss such an interesting thre
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I notice that when you google cult and mkp, this is one of two rickross threads listed as a result. Because of this, I thought it might be important to note that a more extended discussion of mkp and its status as a LGAT vs. a cult can be found at Just don't want googlers to miss such an interesting thread.
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QuoteginahWhat makes MKP Educational instead of Therapeutic? Are their certain guidlines that has to be followed to be regarded as Therapeutic instead of Educational? Is it just MKP making that judgement? I would be interested in further understanding the distinction between the two. Especially, as for me, when I read their manuals it points me in the direction of MKP being Therapeutic more t
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QuoteSeekTruthAnidawehi I owe you a reply but have not had the chance to give it the consideration it deserves, it is coming. This was to show support for Duke's effort and free speech. Support for your peers is important--I respect that. Looking forward to your response. Take care.
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QuotefeldsparI posted this link to a research paper several months ago. I would be interested in your take on the quality of the research and conclusions if you have time to read it [72.14.203.104] Actually, I did take the time to skim the entire dissertation, and like others who posted on this dissertation, his research is questionable at best. And let me qualify this opinion by admitting t
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Quotefrank_dQuoteIt's because of that fact that I give this board my respect. You can have a balanced discusion here if you are willing to 'control yourself' and not get overly hyper or abusive. Kudos to everyone for maintaining civility and self control :) Thanks, FrankD. Appreciate it. I think that this group is pretty balanced overall as well. And thanks for your thoughtfu
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Hi, FrankD. Thanks for the link. I checked it out. Like Mod, I never said mkp is a cult, but a LGAT. I did say that mkp has cult-like tendencies, but not enough to be considered a cult. By quoting the resource you linked, we can see some cult-like tendencies. Jeff Parr includes the following as characteristics of cults: QuoteThe group is focused on a living leader to whom members
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QuoteSeekTruthMod, Apologies, not off to such a good start, and thanks for allowing my post through. As far as flames, that's not what I'm here for and there's really only one in my post, the comment about the other mod being too controlling is really an observation, and IMHO, a shame as that forum is a good one with a lot of potential for more than it is. (I can express that he
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Sorry about any repeat, but I didn't see the post on the discussion board--plus, I wanted to add a few other points. Thanks. Hi, all. Thanks so much for all of your postings--pro, con, and in between. I helps me to sort our my own concerns with this group to read a more balanced discussion than found on the MKP-sponsored sites and from what it sounds like is happening on the Yahoo group
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