It has come to my attention that convicted murderers from the cult known as MOVE are to be up for parole this August and have a hearing in April about the possibility of their being granted parole as they have reached their minimum sentence of thirty years. The members of the cult were convicted of murdering Philadelphia Police Officer James Ramp and on a host of other charges stemming from a
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Thanks Sparky, One thing I was somewhat remiss in addressing is how the new book by Maureen Faulkner detailing the murder and the campaign to free his killer is as much a book about the perils of an authoritarian, violent, and manipulative cult, as it is about the tale of a widow's suffering. The book "Murdered By Mumia", chronicles the vile abuse this widow endured at the ha
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Sign the petition to keep the "MOVE 9" In Jail It is a possibility that the murderers of Philadelphia Police Officer James Ramp walk out of jail come August of this year. This despite the fact that the eight surviving members of P.O. James Ramp bear responsibility for the veteran Officer’s death and the attempted murder of several other Officers and firefighters during the MOV
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It is about freedom of speech, however I think your "annoyance" is somewhat misguided and your view is an oversimpification. I support this cult's free speech, however speech has always been limited. For instance, if you unfairly malign another person, you can be sued for slander, or if you intentionally write something untrue about someone you can be sued for libel. These a
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From the Anti-MOVE Blog The Reverend Fred Phelps, who leads the Topeka based cult known as the “Westboro Baptist Church” has placed his flock into the public eye through their hate-filled protests at funerals of American Servicemen who have been killed in the line of duty. At these protests, Phelps and his flock, including small children wave placards saying such things as saying "You�
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(For Information about MOVE check out the Rick Ross website as well as and ) Soon, preliminary parole proceedings are set to begin for the eight surviving MOVE members who were convicted of murdering Philadelphia Police Officer James Ramp. For it’s part, the MOVE cult has initiated a world-wide campaign designed to pressure the parole board into releasing the convicted cop-killers. And
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Ramona Africa of MOVE, is bringing her toxic cultism to Harrisburg PA on July 14th at 3pm. Ironically, she is doing so at a "Quaker Meeting House", invited by a member of the congregation in order to spread the word about the nearly year away parole hearing for the eight surviving murderers of Philadelphia Police Officer James Ramp. In addition to being convicted for the murder of Ra
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MOVE’s Radical Fraud Goes To The UK "The success of one imposter gave encouragement to another, and the quieting salvo of doing some good by keeping up a pious fraud, protected them from remorse" Tom Paine, The Age of Reason Ramona Africa has come to Britain for a week of steady work revising history and spreading the convoluted gospel of her deceased “master” John Africa, the de
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I was in what some consider a political cult for nearly a decade. My blog is and website is My email is on those sites. Feel free to contact me
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If anything, this situation has been underexposed and not overblown. What is good for Syrian culture that has roots going back thousands of years that pre-date Islam, is not neccesarily good for out nation, a liberal democracy that values integration and the seperation of Church and State. But you do have a point with the "convert's zeal" issue. Nobody has more to prove in a r
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Rage and violence turn irrational when they are directed against substitutes" -Hannah Arendt The following message was posted this past weekend on the website of the NYC Free Mumia Coalition: Saturday, December 9th, will mark the 25th year of Mumia's incarceration, and the 25th year of his RESISTANCE, right in the bowels of the Beast. What an example of resistance Mumia has
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There is a fantastically violent group out there based primarly in the Philadelphia area that I think gets overlooked because they shrowd their cultism in a marinade of politics and so-called radical environmentalism. This group, known as MOVE has a history of blood and murder and has demonstrated a lack of any sense of moral clarity. More than that, they also are in control of the moveme
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We have many freedoms here and the freedom not to be offended is not one of them. These are message boards and sometimes people come off rough, but from my experience people on here are genuinely here to be helpful and not to hurt. That said of course sometimes the truth does hurt and that is part of life. As for my life, I was a member of two cults, one benign and one very violent and dan
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Yeah, I was a "Bhakta" too for a while. I luckily left before I was initiated. My issues ended up being more carnal than theological, but that is a post for another day. You touched on a good point. In any cult it seems that whatever questions or suspicions a member has than the leaders view this as some kind of personal defect of lack of faith. Never is it to be considered that
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I am surprised that the patiuclar speaker went into such Cantos with "Karmis" (non-Krishnas) present. By the way, have you ever heard a guru with the phrase "I don't know" in his vocabulary?
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There is a fantastically violent group out there based primarly in the Philadelphia area that I think gets overlooked because they shrowd their cultism in a marinade of politics and so-called radical environmentalism. This group, known as MOVE has a history of blood and murder and has demonstrated a lack of any sense of moral clarity. More than that, they also are in control of the movement
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Most of the people responding to your message have offered great advice as to how to deal with what you are going through. However, I want to make clear as someone who was in a cult (two actually) and am dealing with someone who still is in a cult that you must also find time to deal with the flurry of emotions that you yourself are feeling. In brief, what has happened is not your fault. Y
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You know the bottom line is that by definition ole Gurudeva had to be all things to all people and a polymath to boot. He was no scientist (that is obvious) and he probably knew less about Astronomy than did Nostradamous. So he did what all gurus did and do in his situation, he made sh--t up. Am I making excuses for him? Not at all. A charlatan is what a charlatan is. I have read th
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