For anyone who thinks that denial of the Holocaust is just too ridiculous, check this guy out. The denial factor within this nut obviously runs deep. It's chilling to think how many more are out there just like him. When the denial goes this deep people are often capable of doing almost anything.
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

The six links I offered that "Skeptikk" refers to in his last post were actually to a wide array of reference material. Only one, regarding a working definition for the word "cult," was written by me. The Ross Institute database contains thousands of articles and documents, and very few were written by me. My writings are on the Op/Ed weblog CultNews.com. Sterling
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Obvviously not all "cults" or education, persuasion or thought reform ("mind control") programs are the same. See the following links: "Skeptikk" doesn't seem that skeptical about Sterling. His real beef seems to be criticism about that group within this forum and site. See To better understand what's often wrong with groups like St
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Here we go again. This is really the worldview of an anti-government conspiracy nut. There is actually a section about such folks. See Some form "militia" groups.
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As long as groups or individuals simply express their hate without violence and don't break the law they are within their protected right of free expression within the US. But when they break the law that's another issue. See The Aryan Nations is an example of a violent hate group. See
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Yea right, everyone is involved in a conspiracy except you and me and I'm not so sure about you.
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Right. And everyone is involved in some conspiracy.
Forum: Large Group Awareness Training, "Human Potential"

Yea right, everyone is involved in some conspiracy except you an me and I'm not so sure about you.
Forum: Terrorist and Extremist Groups

According to the above writer historians and history are somehow a "cult." This is a ridiculous concept. The Nazi murder of millions of Jews during World War II is simply part of history. Six million died and the documentation to substantiate this historical fact is overwhelming. Those who deny such an obvious fact of history, most often are anti-Semites. One example of anti
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Obviously the bad press Scientology often receives has hurt the organization and they don't like it. Evidence of this is the lawsuits they have filed against those that expose them and various harassment campaigns against reporters, dissidents and sources used by news publications. See If people speaking out and bad press didn't affect Scientology negatively, its founder L. Ro
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It seems that some people involved in multi level marketing schemes can rationalize almost anything. But anyone interested in Amway should carefully research the facts first before becoming involved or even attending a introductory meeting. Amway has a deeply troubled history of lawsuits, bad press and complaints. And very few of its distributors make much money. See the following:
Forum: Multi Level Marketing and Commercial Schemes

Many times when an MLM plan is criticized those involved will criticize the distributors. Somehow its there fault, rather than the "plan." However, anyone interested in Amway should carefully research the facts first before becoming involved or even attending a introductory meeting. Amway has a deeply troubled history of lawsuits, bad press and complaints. And very few of its
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Anyone interested in Amway should carefully research the facts first before becoming involved or even attending a introductory meeting. Amway has a deeply troubled history of lawsuits, bad press and complaints. And very few of its distributors make much money. See the following: To better understand why many multi level marketing schemes don't work very well. See Many
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Anyone interested in Amway should carefully research the facts first before becoming involved or even attending a introductory meeting. Amway has a deeply troubled history of lawsuits, bad press and complaints. And very few of its distributors make much money. See the following: To better understand why many multi level marketing schemes don't work very well. See Many
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When seeking a "spiritual guide" some practical questions and criteria can be applied that have to do with specific behavior, practices and the dynamics within a group. See Warning Sings, as those outlined above, make sense when shopping for a "guide" or group. The problem is so many gurus, "guides" and groups have no meaningful accountability, despite thei
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It is often difficult to help people leave Landmark who are deeply involved without professional help. See There is an educational video volume available that makes the basic information easier to digest. See Also, there is a research paper available through this website that explains in some depth the inherent problems with many mass marathon training programs like Landmark. See
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Good questions. See the following links: You might also want to watch "The Wave" abd "How to be a Cult Leader" at Videos. See I am working in England right now so it takes time to clear posts and run them through. Rick Ross Moderator
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nFalun Gong appears to be a destructive cult led by a racist, bigot and megalomaniac. See Don't be taken by Hongzhi or the rhetoric of his cult following. Hongzhi's devotees have made a concerted effort to flood the Internet with apolgies on behalf of their leader and attacks against the Chinese. But they can't change the facts. That is, the written and spoken stateme
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Just checking. When someone goes on about one racial group in that way and uses the name "Jefferson Davis" it does raise some questions. The Ross Institute database has hate groups listed that are black, white, Jewish, Christian. See There is no bias or political position.
Forum: Hate Groups

I assume you would also acknowledge anti-black hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, Christian Identity Movement and Neo Nazis within America during the same period who often persecuted and killed blacks?
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