cult

Last night I gave a public lecture on skepticism & education, and afterward this guy came up to me and started pitching the Landmark Forum to me. I swear I felt as if he was acting like a damn door-to-door salesman, and I got a weird little vibe off him, especially after he kept going on and on...

So this Christian Militia cult called "The Hutaree" was going to help kick-start the Rapture by doing some pretty f'd-up stuff. According to the reports I have read so far, they planned to make a fake 9-11 call then kill the officers who responded. Next, they would attack the officer's...

What the hell? the COS are using banner ads now! I like that Google's keywords ad-matching has linked it to a page with the word "Jesus" on it. Well, at least I can get the facts now. Oh wait, no I can't.

This video seems to fairly old, but it's a great video on "becoming a cult leader," as a satirical how-to guide. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNSe5XYp6E I have no idea how to do the Youtube tag thing.

Seeing I know from personal experience, how bad a good missionary group can become once they lose their fear of God and foundation principles of respect and equality. Let's blast them and rip them apart for their cult dogma and mind control that make their members groupies and dependant on group...

You may well see copies of a book called Peace Is Possible by Andrea Cogan which is being distributed to many peace movement activists and celebrities as well as going on general sale - the book is about the life and work of Prem Rawat - what Cagan doesn't tell you is that he is in fact the...

I remember back in 2003 some cult claiming they cloned a baby or two. Most people have dismissed it as fake. However, while not a believer in the occult, was there ever any conclusive evidence to actually confirm or deny the claim? INRM

read rest of report here UK Sunday Times website http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2558102,00.html

Revealed: how Scientologists infiltrated Britain's schools UK Times Newspaper online Sunday 7 Jan 2007 full report here http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-523-2535187-523,00.html -

Hmmmm, I wonder if he prophesized this? ;) Polygamist 'prophet' ordered to stand trial POSTED: 8:37 a.m. EST, December 15, 2006 ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs is either a heartless autocrat or benevolent marriage counselor, depending on who you ask. Those...

Eckankar should be publicly exposed for what it is. This cult is a quiet culprit that thrives on an air of respectability. It's run by a sociopath and was started by another sociopath. The teachings are based on plagiarisms, and anyone who isn't wise enough to do a little homework in history...

Here's a subject I don't know whether to believe or not. If you read a book about cult mind control, it will most likely make reference to such things as "brainwashing" and "hypnotism". However, I've seen very convincing articles that brainwashing, in the sense of creating robotic control in...

I have often described Christianity as "a cult that got lucky." It seems to me that every religion started out as a cult of some sort, but at what point does a cult turn into a religion? Is there a certain number of adherents required? Does a cult just suddenly become generally accepted by the...

This was written up in the New York Times recently. Check it out! http://www.venganza.org/

Dear friends in the skeptic community Presenting the “intelligent chip”, James Randi, asked: “Just how abysmally stupid can audio crazies get?” One of them responded – a blind test was about to be agreed to, but the whole discussions led to a “fiasco”. Now that all this raving...

http://www.xenutv.com/radio/franklyspeaking.htm Frankly Speaking June 15, 2005 Arnie Lerma was interviewed on this webcast. Callers included Gerry Armstrong, Ida Camburn, Creed Pearson and a Scientology salesperson named "Martha" from St. Louis, Missouri.

Does anyone know what methods Cult Deprogrammers use? Or a web site that explains the process? I’m trying to figure out how (step by step) they get through the brain washing by the cult leader so the subject starts to listen to reason.

Is there one?

I've got a problem I was hoping you guys could provide some advice for... the sister of a friend of mine has decided to join the "Twelve Tribes" cult in New York. My friend and their mother are both pretty freaked out about this and want to drive up to try to talk her out of this, but aren't...

According to dictionary.com... By this definition, are there any major, modern "religions" that would actually be better described as "cults"?

Well, believers come in, get slammed, accuse JREF of having a cult mentality. If a believer is civil, they receive civil responses, for the most part. But also, they are told things they don't like to hear. They get angry and accuse JREF of being cult-like. In my opinion, JREF is not a...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-psych12.html Where I grew up, they took this Satanism stuff so seriously.

Not sure if this has been linked before but ‘Which cult would you choose?’ My results are #1 Unarius Society #2 Blavatsky Foundation #3 The Discordians #4 Aetherius Society #5 Eckankar #6 International Raelian Movement #7 Friends of Osho #8 Falun Gong #9 Cult of Lord Jesus Christ #10...

One of the intellectual ideas that is around today that disturbs me is this one. That any problems we come up against as a species will be solved by our ingenuity, as we have been able to do just this every time we have needed to in the past. This line of reasoning disturbs me for two reasons...

Since so few people are atheists, it might be mistaken for one.

Another beautiful use for religion in our society: [/B]

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/137/metro/A_Christian_community_falters+.shtml I lost a very good friend to this cult. "John" was a pretty average guy, had a wife, two kids, a house, and was active in a mainstream church. He also played chess in our local chess club. Back in the 80s, this...

Hi everybody! I have a friend in a little bit of trouble. His girlfriend's family is in a (to me) weird Japanese cult called "Mahikari". I've looked for some info using Google and it looks a bit worrying, both because of its origins and the way they swindle money out of people. My friend's...

If you had to pick a cult or sect that poses the largest threat to american or world society, who would you pick and why? Examples: Scientology Latter Day Saints Nation of Islam What do you think?

S&S has indicated that several of us are in a cult... "the charlatan's cult". However, I have never heard of such a cult and I don't even know who the leader is. I don't even know who are the other members. S&S claims that I'm brainwashed by this cult, and yet I do not remember ever...