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All religions have claims of supernatural happenings; almost all religions request donations from their followers. Cults are distinct from normal religious org
by sneak 3y ago
All religions have claims of supernatural happenings; almost all religions request donations from their followers.
Cults are distinct from normal religious organizations. What makes the TM-as-promoted-by-David-Lynch a cult?
The link talks about a religious organization that asked for money on a regular basis from followers. Who is being harmed there, and how? People willingly donating their money to religious organizations is not alone evidence of abuse.
- fbarred 3y agoThey aren't exactly passing the collection plate around. It's much more transactional: "So you had to have a special kind of paste before you went to go practice your Yogic Flying, and the paste cost, like, $150, and the Yogic Flying cost thousands of dollars to learn, and then your badge to get into the dome to practice the group meditation cost $100 a month." "It cost thousands of dollars because Maharishi said that Americans don't value things unless they pay a lot of money for them."