One other thing, the more recent SGI member threats, spin, and intimidation witnessed on my Fraught With Peril Blog are gone. As you may know, they shut it down. The more recent foolish, mean, slanderous, columniatiing, and irrational comments by SGI members are no longer available to the public. Now they don't even bother to comment. It is even more important to hide their ugly faces than t
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QuoteTaitenAndProudBTW, all those sources Nichijew posted are from 13 or more years ago, in some cases 50 years ag. The new improved kinder gentler SGI? It is SO much better. The reality is, the powers that be shut down SGI member participation on unmoderated newsgroups. They created what amounts to a news blackout. They went on stealth mode. Like all authoritarian nations who subjugate their c
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QuoteTaitenAndProudNichijew, I have thoroughly enjoyed the various comments you've presented - they're eye-openers, to be sure! However, I can't escape this nagging feeling that it's all directed at ME O_O I know, I know, I'm such an attention whore, aren't I? Unforgettable...that's what you are...everybody SING!! Perhaps I'm the exception that prov
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QuoteTaitenAndProud""I think some or these so called spies were probably people who were curious to see if you guys are as weird as I said you were. - Tom Ultican SGI member - per Nichijew" Nichijew, I have spoken with Tom Ultican personally. Granted, it's been about 8 years, but I DO know the man - a bit. Can you please provide the context? It appears this quote ca
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"Let us proudly advance on the supreme road to Kosenrufu as we BRING AN END to the Nikken sect" WT, March 1, 1993, p. 4 Please understand that most members and leaders have only the best of intentions. They would never actually follow their eternal mentor for life's call for the destruction of the "Nikken sect". Their only wish is how can we cause the masses of be
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"Dear Carmen, do you really think that sending spies to the temple violates their rights somehow? Isn't it the method of the spy to not get caught? To blend in? If he creates a disruption, then he reveals himself." -- Kathy Ruby good egg SGI leader whose only thought is joy, true self, purity, and eternity Nichijew
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Sincere kindly SGI YWD leader... "Last week I had the opportunity to attend the SGI youth training course in Japan, which was attended by 250 young people from 45 countries. I was struck by the seriousness of the youth, the depth of their conviction and their **love for president Ikeda.** At times, I felt overwhelmed by the magnitude of what we were engaged in. But I was con
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From: AHam...@aol.com Full-name: AHamada Message-ID: 11.4ea719e.2675ba84@a... Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:01:08 EDT Subject: Soka Spirit Movement To: (48 e-mail recipients, deleted for privacy purposes) "As many of you know already, on
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Re: in-japan survey on sex - part II Date: 1998/10/25 Author: mlamphier "There was one woman who kept visiting me but then saying no. It might have been over moral reservations, but I'm not sure. The lady actually invited me
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A sampling of rank and file SGI members thoughts put to words: "Mr. Ikeda is referring to Nichiren Daishonin's admonition about ignoring slanderers. That's why we are standing up to you whenever we can. You are a great slanderer, Mr. Bratcher. And some day, the wild dogs will be paying a visit to your stomach. Some day you will cry, "why, oh why, oh why did I ever b
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QuoteHitchOmamori (miniature pocket mandalas / "good luck charm" in Japanese) gohonzons were a huge deal back in that time period, huge, like a status symbol. I believe they were in personally inscribed somewhat heavy metal cases then, now they are cheap-o plastic versions. I remember the "200 Years From Now" events, and the song, very well. I also had to wear (the same?!
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QuoteTaitenAndProudQuoteI disagree. Many SGI members and every single leader above Chapter Chief is pernicious. - NichijewI was a YWD HQ chief, Nichijew. And I can tell you for a FACT that I never held *ANY* malevolent intent, I never deliberately misled or pressured anyone, and I wanted to help people. I wanted the position because from there I could help more people. What does this revela
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The New Improved Soka Gakkai comprised of "good eggs" or the stealth Soka Gakkai composed of malevolent wolves in sheep's clothing? Please compare with the old Soka Gakkai The following incidents have been reported in the news in the 1960s: Feb.10, 1962, Asahi Shinbun: Sixty-eight Soka Gakkal youth with saws and pliers entered a Buddhist cemetery at midnight on Februa
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QuoteTaitenAndProudQuoteGakkai cult members are paranoid about anybody (i.e., members and non-members alike) reading any of the "negativity" on the internet. Visiting such websites is almost like holding a cross up to a vampire to them - I kid you not. They react quickly, strongly and angrily whenever "information" from the web is brought to their attention, even as a basic in
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QuotesixtysevenNo, I do not buy that with the membersheep is good hearted and well intentioned. That would mean I have to feel guilty for leaving the membersheep. The goodhearted membersheep, that I have left, is protecting a totalitarian system. The man with the poetry is a dictator. They want lifes from cradle to grave and they control every aspect of life and step you make. They have
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QuoteTaitenAndProudQuoteConsequently, I'm happy to report that I no longer feel the same flood of guilt and self-denegration for having been so gullible and consequently used/abused. - SpartacusThat ^ is part of the conditioning - you *must* stay in, or you will be crushed with guilt and remorse! Look at all the people we will tell you about, whom we can (maybe even) point to, who went tai
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QuoteSpartacusQuoteHitchQuoteTaitenAndProud Hey, I was just over at Spartan's site, and where's Chapter 5??? I don't believe he (Spartacus) ever finished it. What's on-line may also be just a preview for a future book (?). I can't really say, because I don't know. One thing I do know, however, is that much of what's in that story rings absolutely true.
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Hi all. The battle here is to reveal the true nature of the SGI and to encourage and support those who have left the destructive SGI oganization, not to fight among ourselves. SGI Woman's Division Guidance Sept-Oct 1989 Special Zaimu Campaign Think Twice Campaign (Or reward yourself Campaign) This means you think twice before buying any item and ask yourself, "Do
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QuoteHitchQuotesixtyseven Found that one in my collection of Cult pics, is this the movie you are talking about? I have to go back through some facebook posts to find out more.... Yes, that's it! Thanks! It was hyped up big time in the N$A Cult Org. the first time they showed it in the U.S. at a big L.A. screening. Like "TaitenAndProud" also said, I believe there was a secon
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QuoteHitchQuoteholly_golightly At this point the report states that the SGI leadership from Japan came over Quoteholly_golightly IMO there was a lot of fear installed in the UK leadership at that time from Japan, This is absolutely 100% correct. The international cult org. leaders (in the U.S.) live in fear of the biwigs from the motherland. I saw it firsthand with Williams and Mr. Wada
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"The cult org., while demanding 100% pure faith from its membership, doesn't reciprocate that "faith" by trusting its own precious members to give their own "experiences" in their own way, with their own chosen words. That pretty much says it all." -- Hitch I too believe SGI leaders have no real faith in Nichiren's teachings nor in the individual. That
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Quotesleepy skunkQuoteTaitenAndProudQuoteHitch: "Oh, so that's how it works. They are basically asking me to embellish and or make something up."That's exactly right. I remember once, when I was still a Chapter YWD leader, we drove up to Duluth to the district up there to help some members prepare for the intro study exam. *sigh* Anyhow, there was an inactive YWD who had
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Quotesleepy skunkQuoteTaitenAndProudQuoteHitch: "Oh, so that's how it works. They are basically asking me to embellish and or make something up."That's exactly right. I remember once, when I was still a Chapter YWD leader, we drove up to Duluth to the district up there to help some members prepare for the intro study exam. *sigh* Anyhow, there was an inactive YWD who had
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QuoteHitchQuoteFreeheartandmind That said, there are sincere, compassionate folks doing good in religious groups I do not subscribe to, but I will not minimize the impact of what they do. I try to be fair. NSA/SGI has no compassion, and does nothing to benefit anybody except for billionaire Ikea and his cronies. Any guiding philosophy a person lives by that lacks compassion is worthless. Someb
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In their minds, SGI must feel they can lessen their karmic retribution for the tens of thousands killed by the arms manufactured by their partner Mitsubishi by sending up a silly satellite. What about the hopes and dreams of the children whose lives were snuffed out by Mitsubishi's land mines? What is really on their minds in developing such information gathering satellites? Nothing is at it
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Thirteen Techniques for Truth Suppression routinely used by the Soka Gakkai by David Martin, author of America's Dreyfus Affair 1. Dummy up. If it's not reported, if it's not news, it didn't happen. 2. Wax indignant. This is also known as the "how dare you?" gambit. 3. Characterize the charges as "rumors" or, better yet, "wild rumors.&
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QuoteHitchThe Dear Leader = Fraudulent shell game huckster. The $oka Gakkai's version of buddhism . (The chanting starts about half-way thru.) And on the topic of nutso gakkai members: Let's mispronounce gongyo to the sunset in Santa Monica . (Gongyo mercifully finishes around the 4:24 min. mark, then she sees a boat in the ocean and goes off on a tangent about "a ship to
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SGI NEWSLETTER / AUGUST 1995 Page 74 Extract of a speech by Daisaku Ikeda, 3rd July 1995. "Those who abandoned their faith and betrayed their fellow members were people who exploited the organization for their own ends while avoiding any real hard work themselves. They never truly exerted themselves strenuously in propagation, in activities for kosen-rufu, in givin
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They are lead by the bridle like so many horses. SGI teaches much that is false and they package it neatly in their periodic study exams for the purpose of brainwashing the members. This is one reason SGI members reside in the realm of darkness. Another reason is that they have neither seeking spirit to study other than the SGI materials nor do they exercise their powers of critical thinking.
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Typical low level leaders meeting from memory Gossipy Gakkai or No Secrets in the Gakkai, NO, NO, NO Leader # 1: Sally's fath is really weak. Leader# 2. Yeah, I know. She missed that important leaders meeting yesterday and several last month and failed to report that Ralph didn't hand in his World Tribune money yesterday. Leader # 1: Yes. I've been speaking to Mr. Bigsh
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