www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5213629/Falun-Gong-growing-in-China-despite-10-year-ban.html
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Don't believe me? Then read the last few chapters of Survivors, especially the chapter entitled New Jerusalerm, and see for yourself. Very Children of God inspired, from Berg's vision of Space City and all that. Very Heaven's Gatey, too, Star Trek Sci-fi stuff. Apparently, the angel's name will be Bob. They will be able to read minds, walk through walls, and fly. The Jes
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Oh, Lifton. Of course I am familiar with his work. Soon I shall start a book he wrote, entitled Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism. Both the book of Lifton's and Lalich's book that I mentioned earlier contain signficant sections on and analyses of the Heaven's Gate group, and I would contend that there are several s
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Google "Scientology deaths" and you'll get lots of results. Here's some:
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You are welcolm, Malcolm. Thank you for your familiarity with Australian law. To answer your question from earlier, no, I have no formal background in psychology, and am not familiar with the work of a Linton. Please excuse me for not having answered your question earlier.
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Just to get things straight: I am not presently, nor have I ever been, nor will I ever be, affliliated with the COS or any of its front groups or Orgs in any way, shape, or form. I used an abbreviation, some initials, so what?
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What follows is a pertinent extract (pp. 20-21) from a book entitled Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults, by Janja Lalich. I recommend Bounded Choice for anyone seriously interested in understanding the psychological dynamics of the cult phenomenon. Individuals in a cult context are constrained not only by a bounded reality-one product of the self-sealing system-but also
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On the other hand... Saying that "...the longer a given individual has been enmeshed in such a group, the more difficult in the long run it would be for him or her to exit the group..." is my opinion, not a fact. Perhaps the longer someone is involved in a given group, the more their disdain grows, and the more 'ready' they are to leave. So again, the matter in my opin
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QuoteMalcolm Wesley WREST Just as a matter of interest, in your experience, how long would you say that someone could spend in a situation of servitude to Mckay, before becoming a "lost cause" themselves.....the "long termers" in the JesusChristians are (IMO) just now so hopelessly "invested" in it all, that they basically would fall into the "battered wife synd
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Malcolm, you are welcome, but I have a confession to make: it was not really me who wrote a couple of the posts I've made here lately. Now I shall cite my source for that material. The posts I made on the 15th and 17th of this month were exerpted very short passages from a book which provides a history of Scientology and a biography of L. Ron Hubbard. This book is entitled A Piece of Bl
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Dave McKay is an opportunist who lies consistently about his past, as part of a process of self-glorification. He is an arrogant, amoral egomaniac. Incapable of admitting his mistakes, he continually creates scapegoats. The pure motives of his followers are exploited to build a secret mountain of cash. McKay is an outright plagiarist, who cannot bear to acknowledge anyone else's originality
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These music videos the Jesus Christians have introduced appear to be very similar to what the Family International is doing with their Prophet Bus series. In the Prophet Bus series, there is no mention of Berg, no mention of the Family, no mention of any of the controversies that have followed this group for many years. They quite deceptively make themselves appear to be a group of travelli
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To McKay, anyone who opposes or even criticizes him is morally deficient, their opposition to him inevitably slowing the progress of the building of the Kingdom of God. It is his published assertion that the "anti-Jesus Christian" and the "enemy of God" are one and the same. His obsession with enemies springs from his evident paranoia. McKay is very much an overgrown child
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To McKay, anyone who opposes or even criticizes him is morally deficient, their opposition to him inevitably slowing the progress of the building of the Kingdom of God. It is his published assertion that the "anti-Jesus Christian" and the "enemy of God" are one and the same. His obsession with enemies springs from his evident paranoia. McKay is very much an overgrown child
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Does anybody know what ever happened to Swami Iconoclast's excellent website that was at ? Is there a mirror site available anywhere? Is any of the same information available elsewhere? Why did it close down? Is Swami going to bring it back? That was the best and most informative resource of critical information on ISKCON that I have ever seen.
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Lately I have been reading this biography of LRH called A Piece of Blue Sky, studying the life of LRH and the dissemination of his ideas. I find it to be quite remarkable. Tell me please, does anybody here know about LRH, Dianetics, and any connection that they may have to Charles E. Dederich and the creation of Synanon? I can certainly see certain parallels between LRH and CED philosoph
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QuotenotanantiGnosticYou think that would even happen to him? He seems pretty high up there and loyal. High up and loyal, yes, but prone to put his foot in his mouth a little too much. I think it's a good possibility.
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He's been there before, had long tenures there in fact. For the last several months Tommy has been a resident of Scientology's RPF, a gay mens' bathhouse and spa for the rehabilitation of sexual libidos towards young boys and men. Recently, Tommy was sprung from the RPF to handle Anonymous and Chanology, David Miscavige should really have known that all he should expect was
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Chances are, ol' Tommy Boy is in the RPF right about now (Scientology's re-education/punishment) and/or imprisoned at Gold Base.
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www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0903/S00280.htm
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This kind of reminds me of the fictitious group called "MindHead", from that movie Bowfinger. It looks like crypto-Scientology type stuff.
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Does anybody know anything about, or has anybody had any experience with, the group known as Avatar (aka Star's Edge)? From what I can see it's re-hashed neo-Scientology. From: * The founder and sole owner of Star's Edge, Harry Palmer, operated a Church of Scientology Mission in Elmira, New York for 15 years. After he was excommunicated in 1986, he soon introduced the
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Has anybody ever heard anything about a Richard D. EUTSLER, his group, called The Fishermen Ministry, or the place where the group lives, called Grace Ranch, which is in TX? Does anybody here know anything at all about this group?
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Has anybody ever heard anything about a Richard D. EUTSLER, his group, called The Fishermen Ministry, or the place where the group lives, called Grace Ranch, which is in TX? Does anybody here know anything at all about this group?
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