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Landmark is a private for-profit company controlled essentially by Werner Erhard's brother and sister. Erhard created it to make money. See Note links at top of Landmark page to EST and Forum subsections, which have additional historical material. There are many other seminar selling companies like Landmark. See
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Try creating a new account.
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The only technical support provided for this message board is through this section. There is no further support provided.
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magnocrat: This message board is not focused on beliefs, but rather behavior. This is not a place to discuss doctrines or teachings of various religions.
Forum: Coercive Persuasion and Undue Influence

No one posts messages for people on this message board. You must post your own comments. There is a private messaging system to send other members of this board messages.
Forum: Destructive Churches

Will look into it. New people are getting through daily. But some seem to have problems. I have put my team on this.
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Avalon: This is about behavior not belief. No one cares about benign groups that don't hurt people. The issue is groups and leaders that harm and/or exploit people through deception, manipulation and undue influence. When groups and leaders are benign there is no need for whistle-blowers. Most people hurt by cults don't speak out, but when some do it's most often hel
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Please everyone calm down. Don't post articles that contain hate speech. Don't post ad hominem attacks regarding authors of articles that don't specifically include hate speech. Let's simmer down.
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Streezy703: See "Don't post any contact information without specific permission in advance from a moderator. Contact information posted without permission will be deleted." It is inappropriate to post the name and location of a person as you did on this message board. Please don't do that again. See This site is about abusive controlling relationships. You mig
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light34: Please don't do such promotion here.
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Henri posted another video. He specifically apologizes for whatever mistake was made regarding the boating accident and talks about the legal threats he has been receiving. See
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

See This book includes a chapter about LGATs (large group awareness training) like Impact. The book can help you to better understand the situation and what possible options you might consider. Don't argue, make negative comments or offer criticism. First read and educate yourself and keep communication open.
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

The key is accountability and transparency. Does the church have a democratically elected board elected by all members by secret ballot? Do board members serve fixed terms? Is the pastor accountable to the elected board? Is the annual budget disclosing all expenses, salaries and compensation in detail published and distributed to all members that contributed? These are the safegua
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Just a reminder. This message board is NOT for advancing a specific religious or political point of view. And that's against the rules. Also, no personal attacks. So stepping back and taking deep breath seems like a good idea. The subject here is The Walk and John Robert Stevens.
Forum: Former Cult Members and Affected Families

dharmabum: I am very sorry for anyone that was hurt and/or victimized by Chris Butler and his group. But please try to avoid personal attacks. Criticism is OK. But please be circumspect about this.
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Rama Das (slave name): Done.
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dabcult: Thank you for providing the link. Your retraction and apology is posted.
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dabcult: Apparently making false statements is something you like to do. You have made several false statements regarding me and our communication on this thread. And it appears that you want to mislead people about what I said and our communication. I have responded to your emails. I explained to you that I was busy working out of town and would address the issue of your post in question w
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Please everyone chill. Anyone has the right to report criminal activity to the authorities. Having said that let's drop it. The focus of this thread is "Trinity de Guzman - Ayahuasca Healings (WA, USA)." Everyone should focus like a laser on the topic rather than argue about what is right and what is wrong about informing legal authorities. Please move on.
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Link is dead.
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Recently I went into a studio and did some educational videos. These videos are now being released on YouTube and CEI will be improving and expanding its presence on YouTube. See This is a video, which includes discussion about my book "Cults Inside OUt" and explanation concerning "brainwashing," cult intervention work and how to define a destructive cult. We still will
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I am thankful concerning all the people that have contributed to this thread and the many other threads throughout the message board. It was a very difficult but necessary transition moving from rickross.com to culteducation.com and the temporary data loss at the message board was a nightmare. Glad that everything ultimately worked out. This board has turned out to be the largest and mo
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Thanks. This message board has been around for a long time.
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This message board was launched more than 10 years ago and contains more than 100,000 entries. It has been a safe haven for many former cult members and also for families and others concerned about controversial groups. Frequently news stories have begun here about many groups and leaders. Perhaps the most significant was the series exposing Geronimo Aguilar, the leader of a mega-church in Ric
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No. Once it's up it's up. You can offer a follow-up remark if you wish.
Forum: Tech support for this board

To whom it may concern: 1. Nothing will be edited or taken down at this message board per anyone's request. This is a public message board and no member can edit or attempt to impose censorship upon another member unless that member has violated the rules of the message board. In fact, after 30 minutes no posts can be changed. 2. This message board is a free speech zone for anyone with
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

Let's try to be civil, kind and sensible on this thread. Put the issue of research and public education first and don't get personal regarding the people posting here. Frankly, there are just not that many people interested in discussing this group and it makes no sense to alienate anyone.
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Everyone on this thread has helped. Let's just get along and avoid any conflict on this thread. Mutual support and goodwill is the best.
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There is now an article up at Cult News about the death of Jim Roberts. See
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