"Shakti, not sure why you feel the need to defend Guruphiliac Jody...have you seen the way the guy deals with any marginally critical post on his blog? Just vicious personal attacks, and raging insults the level of a schoolyard. " -Because I like most of his work. Bottom line: if you don't like his website, why are you reading it? It is not everybody's cup of tea, and Jody
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Quotejj52Well, I've reading about EST/The Forum/Landmark today to see what the similarities with Byron Katie's School really are. REMARKABLE similarities. DISTURBING similarities. Enough similarities to put any doubts about BK's cult/guru status to rest. -jj Yep. It's all the same crap. Ramtha/The Secret, etc. Also, I highly recommend checking out the Institute of Noet
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"Its doubtful this is about "friendship". There is solid information that some visitors to the Guruphiliac blog were referred to The Work coaching through this BK Insider, and then to Byron Katie School LGAT. Is there a commission there of any sort? " -What's your source on this? At this point, you are just flying off the handle and making up conspiracies. Also to
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I posted this on another Byron Katie thread in response to Anti-cult's attacks on Jody Radzik and I will post it here with an addition. Mohan: while I have not seen Jody post on Mohan, I am not going to assume that is because he doesn't care or supports Mohan. The list of crooked gurus is long and guruphiliac is not that old. Also, I have not seen any news reports on Mohan, only dis
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Dear Anti-cult, While I share your surprise at Jody's relatively light treatment (however, keep in mind, his initial post was CRITICIZING her and he has not changed his position on that) of Katie, you are being inappropriate and attacking the wrong target. If you were merely criticizing Katie, I doubt that Jody deleted your comments. If you were ripping on JODY the way you are here, I ca
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"Church of Religious Science, Ramtha, Bleepers, Esther Hicks, Institute of Noetic Sciences" -Oops, how could I forget that SCUMBAG Rhonda Byrne of "the Secret"? A major oversight, I apologize...
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QuoteZentient 2) I have been going to the local Unity Church, which has totally bought into Byron Katie. She came to the church and one of the members gives workshops there. This had caused me to question the Unity Church. Anyone know about this connection? Do some people consider the Unity Church a cult? While I have not heard Unity called a cult, it should definitely be avoided. It
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QuoteIn Faith and TruthSo is that a "no" on the buddy thing, Shak? No thanks. Nothing personal, I don't have anyone on a buddy list. If Set Free has helped your life, great. If Pastor Al has really turned his life around, great. There really isn't enough info out there on him to make that call one way or the other. HOWEVER, there is plenty out there on Phil Aguilar (and Chuc
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QuoteIn Faith and Truth. Some timelines and events appear to be mismatched or misunderstood. (Pastor Al's email is misspelled, he is not Sr. Pastor of Ridgecrest Church and he never testified/plea arranged in or around a murder trial, etc). Veronica is a lovely woman and she is a blessing to the community-misstatements aside. So, in other words, you are saying that Mrs. Stoneall fabrica
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Al Peratt lived a hard life smuggling and selling drugs. Through a prayer to God, his life has come full circle. He ministers to the depressed, oppressed, addicted and convicted. By Veronica Stoneall, Living Stones News Writer “I waited patiently for the Lord: He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit. Out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave m
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QuoteThe AnticultWow, great, I did a search and there was already some threads here about this Eckhart Tolle guy. Well, guess what. The Secret was not enough for Oprah. Now she is going to promote another one to her legions of followers. Oprah is now pushing Eckhart Tolle. One wonders does Oprah take any time at all to THINK about this stuff, or is it that it just sounds good? Why does s
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Quotemidwest.momma I will just say that I am disappointed that these women at this center, who are vulnerable (as I was, and am), are being subjected to this nonsense. They will blame themselves for their circumstances, and not realize that they can only control themselves, and not others' actions. Not off-topic at all! Oprah, while I have to commend her for some of the things she has d
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Turns out that the Gothardism movement that Rick has exposed in the past spawned the Church shooter. This group is really freaky, not just because of its beliefs and practices, but because of its infiltration into police departments and local governments. Very little national coverage from what I have seen. Rick's info on Bill Gothard: Murray, in messages he posted under th
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1. Show me one credible report showing anybody besides this lone janitor who reports hearing explosions before the plane hit. There were thousands of people who escaped from the towers. Why aren't they all reporting explosions before the planes hit? Logic, folks. 2. The war was nicknamed Operation Iraqi Freedom, and I personally was opposed to it. On an operational level, it was known as
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Quotejust-googlingQuoteshakti There is nothing to support these theories.... Oh yeh????? Personally I would listen to the evidence given by witnesses, such as the janitor in the basement of the WTC tower, and to the service workers who usually service the number 30 bus, before I would listen to the politicians and their TV version of events. After all, politicians are known to be liars...
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Quotejust-googling Yes, it requires a bit of homework, but all the evidence is there on Youtube... I just watched this one: How come the chief terrorist was working as an MI-6 agent??? In other words, they would have known about the attacks and stopped them, or they (MI-6) would have planned the attacks and been directly responsible for them??? And so on, and so on... This is typi
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QuoteSallieI'm not up on my history. Does anyone know what the history of these Muslim nations has been? Were they relatively peaceful prior to the rise of Western Civilization? What were they doing...say....1000 years ago? No, not peaceful at all. Islam was spread by the sword. It is not the fault of the West that they became violent. The Crusades were largely a defensive action against
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Quotejust-googling And both the Skull & Bones Society and the Bohemian Grove are both associated with ancient Egyptian symbols and other satanic-type images that would make the average Christian frown. And the burning of human effigies seems definitely anti-Christian and very cult like -- not the kind of thing one expects from powerful politicias, huh? While there is much junk-food conspir
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Predator' sex sting raises questions of fairness, success RIVERSIDE COUNTY: A joint effort caught on tape that resulted in 51 arrests faces scrutiny. D_dateline28.2d9ad3e.html 10:00 PM PDT on Thursday, September 27, 2007 By SANDRA STOKLEY The Press-Enterprise When "Dateline NBC" aired its first "To Catch a Predator" segment in 2004, i
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QuoteSweetvoice live your sad little selfish lives but stop hunting down the ones that don't share your choice of darkness. There are many people today that want to live worthy lives and make a positive change. The people that unite in this process come from all kinds of backgrounds, cultures and religions. It's the human condition to be born in a specific situation, but it's the h
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QuotestarryHi ry visceral reaction to the whole subject). But perhaps the programme is more subtle than I originally felt, and exposes the self justification of these people to a t. I don't know, what do you make of it? I'd be curious to know. I don't know if I can stand to listen to any more Rajneesh apologia as I live in a area full of those still in denial. However, was
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QuoteReality 2 by 4 The evidence they provide has been challenged all the way to the CA Supreme Court now and it held up. Being that I am the parent of a teenager, I am grateful for PJ and I have nothing but praise for their work. Bottom line - If you don't want to deal with Chris Hansen and a guest starring role on Dateline, don't show up at a house intending to have sex wi
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Quote"Reality 2 by 4"Just wanted to mention that the original post here has been spammed to numerous websites and is probably propaganda work from pedophile activists. If anybody has any doubts about the work of Perverted Justice, I suggest they go to PJ website and read through the chat logs from some of these men. Dateline does not even begin to touch on how disgusting, s
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Quotekageki Rabbis against the existence of Israel Laughable. You are quoting from Neturai Karta, a group that is trotted out by Louis Farrakhan. You are one-note, and a jew-hater. Simpy disgusting.
Forum: Hate Groups

QuotekagekiQuoteshaktiQuotekageki[ After US withdrawal, the rest of the sane Muslims will most likely put an end to the madman called Bin Laden. This makes no sense. If they want us to leave and consider Bin Laden a "madman", why not deal with him now or hand him over to us? Also, we're not going to assume "most likely" and trust in that. Actually the
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QuotebrainstormerThe question is, is this teaching common in Islam or is it just a fringe sect's view? It is mainstream within Shia Islam, but not Sunni. The Koran makes no mention of the Mahdi. Ahmadinejad apparently belongs to a sect that believes in the IMMINENT coming of the Mahdi. That is one of the things that make him so dangerous.
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Quotekagekibut I simply will not tolerate such an uneducated, simplistic explanation of world events. Good, then we won't have to hear any more from you! Thanks for playing...
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Quotekageki No I don't support such a homeland that involves forced displacement of indigenous people and a government that participates in ethnic cleansing. In my eyes you lose any shred of credibility in criticizing "jihadi death cultists" if you embrace such a way of thinking despite the reality of such ancient history. This is what you are implying that its payback
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Quotekageki[ After US withdrawal, the rest of the sane Muslims will most likely put an end to the madman called Bin Laden. This makes no sense. If they want us to leave and consider Bin Laden a "madman", why not deal with him now or hand him over to us? Also, we're not going to assume "most likely" and trust in that.
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Quotekagekiw much do you want to bet that these radical Muslims will go away if US, UK and Israel just stopped meddling with their affairs? I would bet you anything! Are you aware of the jihad in Thailand? Will those muslims stop their jihad if the US leaves Iraq and stops supporting Israel? Will the Muslims in the Phillipines stop? Will the Iranians stop their nuclear program? Will their leade
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