ex- Your comments reflect a position held by many cult apologists concerning "new relgious movements" (NRMs). However, many groups or movements called "cults" are not based upon religous beliefs and therefore cannot be considered NRMs. All of this is discussed in depth at the Cult Education Institute database. See Robert Jay Lifton wrote a paper in the 1980s and
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DaWatcher: This thread is very specifically about Chris Butler and his group the "Science of Identity." It is NOT a thread about ISKCon and so-called "Krishna movement." You are pulling this thread off topic. Stop or you will be banned from this message board. Read the rules. No preaching or proselytizing allowed. No one is there to learn spirituality from you or y
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bakkagirlL Please refrain from denigrating people in any way that post at this message board. Anything further and you will be banned.
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SpeakingUp: Thank you for your contribution to this thread.
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Wow! James Swartz and his followers certainly seems to obsessed with trolling this thread.
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AreYouKiddingMe has been banned from this message board. Personal attacks against others posting at this board is prohibited per the rules everyone agrees to before posting here.
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bakkagirl: I am not going to debate with you. Again, you will be banned if you persist and post any more conspiracy theories or related links on this message board. No one is interested in these fringe theories here and this message board is not for the furthering of conspiracy theories.
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bakkagirl: Last warning. If you persist with conspiracy theories and political comments you will be banned from this message board.
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kdage: Yes. No discussion about discussions political parties, candidates and ideology. If someone is involved in a "cult" and is a politician that is OK.
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Aenas< Very specious answer. As already pointed out -- you seem to have plenty of time to impune people posting criticism about Swartz here, but you claim to have little time to post criticism yourself of Swartz, despite your claim that have had "disputes" and "fights" with James Swartz. Really? People reading this thread must consider you a less than credible s
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Please don't discuss politics on this thread.
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Aenas: What exactly is your purpose in posting comments here? It seems like you are trolling this thread exclusively in an effort to help James Swartz by chipping away at people that are critical of Swartz posting here. Can you think of anything James Swartz does that is somehow questionable or perhaps just plain wrong? Please name three things specifically so that we know that you ar
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Jan Honza: You have posted baseless paranoid delusional conspiracy theories here and you have personally attacked a member of this message board. You are banned.
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bakkagirl: Conspiracy theories about Epstein are not funny and have nothing to do with Landmark. Please stay on topic and don't post links to unrelated subjects. Such posts are a violation of the rules and will be deleted.
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bakkagirl: Please stay on topic. This thread is about EST not Jonestown. No conspiracy theories posts here please. It is widely known that Erhard drew from both Esalen and and Scientology as well as Heidegger to cobble together his philosophy that is downloaded through the Forum. See Also see And see The Cult Education Institute has made this information available through
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Please don't post links to Wikileaks and conspiracy theories here. It's not helpful and Wikileaks is not a reliable source.
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JanetD, No one is "hostile" here, just a bit tired of Mooji devotees trolling this thread.
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JanetD: Is there any meaningful accountability for Mooji or is he essentially an autocratic authoritarian leader without any meaningful accountability? And please answer the question -- why are you here? There have been a number of Mooji devotees that have attempted to disrupt this thread. It seems like Mooji is upset about this thread and sending his followers to post here in an effort
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JanetD: Why are you here posting on this thread? What knowledge do you have of how Mooji is held accountable through an elected board, independent financial audit, etc.? Are you specifically aware of any meaningful accountability he has as a leader? Are you just here to defend Mooji?
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No politics. Against the rules agreed to before posting at this message board.
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Athos, Got it. You are not here to learn anything, but rather as an apologist focused on discrediting critics of Mooji.
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Athos, Why so condescending? As you point out you did not attend as many retreats, which would seem to put you in the position of knowing less. Is it possible you don't know what you don't know and you don't know that you don't know it? Maybe it's too bad that you didn't learn anything? Maybe you wasted your money and Mooji took you for a ride? Woul
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Hi Wombat, What is your affiliation with Mooji? How do you come by your information?
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Let's take a deep breath and calm down. Let's avoid going after people personally that post here.
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JDecosta: You are right these are "different times" that require different steps taken to insure integrity and prevent abuse. When people like Mooji run a large enterprise that has substantial cash flow, but is supposedly for a spiritual nonprofit purpose, there must be meaningful financial transparency and accountability. Otherwise it becomes a cash cow for the guru to milk for h
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Russian Fatima appears to be here to subvert the thread and harass people posting here. That's trolling. Trolls will be banned.
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I will be deleting not editing troll posts. No more edits as it's apparently a waste of time.
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Trolls like to spread misinformation to upset people. The goal is to disrupt the thread. The hysteria is likely feigned to just stir the pot. Ignore the posts as they will be deleted.
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Posts can be deleted and edited. Information can be added and a warning by moderators within an existing post. There is major trolling activity on this thread. Apparently Mooji and/or his devotees are very upset about the information being shared here and are doing whatever they can to subvert this thread in the hope that people will stop posting here. All troll posts will be deleted.
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Abdias824; Please take it down a notch with less heated rhetoric. No need to respond to trolls. Troll posts are being deleted.
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