Re: Soka Gakkai International -- SGI
Hi everybody.I'll identify myself as D., and about my nationality, i am brazillian.I have some questions about SGI and i hope that you guys can show me some perspective.I've been studying Buddhism for...
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I actually had to scroll up and check I hadn't written this myself :)What am I realising is that having an extreme reaction to psychological manipulation is much healthier in the end than most peoples...
View ArticleThere is such a thing as a mind too stable, too accepting
Happytown wrote:QuoteThe games these groups play require a 'stable' mind that will justify, rationalise and normalise what is unjustifiable, irrational and unacceptable. And there is no way to see it...
View ArticleRe: Apostles of Infinite Love/Magnificat St. Jovite Quebec Canad
Hi. I remember Ste Veronique. I spent summers here with "the girls". If my memory serves me correctly, we all slept upstairs in the barn. My mother brought me here every year, mostly summers, from...
View ArticleRe: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Seems like the whole world's gone mad in the last 3 months. Gosh, if I was still in the cult, I could just relax and be assured that G & M were in control and everything was ok. Now it ain't so...
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View ArticleRe: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
puddington Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Seems like the whole world's gone mad in the last> 3 months. Gosh, if I was still in the cult, I> could just relax...
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NickleandDimed Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> puddington Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Seems like the whole...
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kBOY Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> HIGH-FIVE FRIDAY>> [www.youtube.com]> LY0TbqsqhR4bql1HM2pEXS-KxqxP227JcToo funny kBOY. I read a book on death and dying....
View ArticleRe: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
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View ArticleRe: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
[www.garyandmarilynhargrave.com]Apparently, the LW church in San Diego has undergone another name change. So, I think it has had four names now. Is this the work of a PR group trying to "rebrand" the...
View ArticleRe: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
puddington Wrote:> Here are the 4 names for that church, as far as I> can remember:>> 1. Orange Ave Fellowship: (RD's early church,> not associated with JRS yet).> 2. Coniah Chapel:...
View ArticleRe: There is such a thing as a mind too stable, too accepting
I came across today this interesting quote today, from CIC's Ian Haworth, which makes the same point about instability being a blessing:Q: Do you believe intelligent, educated people are more likely...
View ArticleRe: My time in a new thought cult - reflection
(Sad)Correct.Human beings are social mammals.We are creaturely. We hate to admit this, and this refusal to acceptthis actually disempowers us and makes us vulnerable to cult recruitment.As social...
View ArticleRe: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Wow, Orange Avenue Fellowship. RD held services in a converted “garage” out back. I remember he used to get fired up and hop across the platform on one foot, right arm outstretched shaking his finger...
View ArticleRe: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
TheJewel Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> RD held services in a converted “garage” out back.> I remember he used to get fired up and hop across> the platform on...
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RD was quite the showman wasn't he? Especially in his wildcat pentecostal days.
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puddington Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> RD was quite the showman wasn't he? Especially> in his wildcat pentecostal days.He also was quite the doomsday false...
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lily rose Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> puddington Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > RD was quite the showman wasn't...
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