Definitely the Breatharians, I could stand to lose some weight.
LET'S SAY, TODAY YOU HAD TO JOIN A CULT . . .
by Terry 20 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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JW GoneBad
Let's say, today you had to join a cult....too late! I'm already a member of one.....The Jehovah's Witnesses!
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cofty
I could not sit through a single cult meeting of any sort even if my life depended on it.
I am not exaggerating.
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BU2B
If there are any that require mass sex orgies and nudity, count me in for the year.
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BU2B
Cofty, are you saying that if your options were execution by electric chair or sex cult with hot women for a year, you would choose the chair?
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losingit
Omg crazy thread!
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stillin
I thought "Amway!" But then, nahhh
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jgnat
AAAAAH, hahahahaha.
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fulltimestudent
I now live in a god-free zone, so I think I'll join Cofty in refusing.
But, if you absolutely insist I think cantleave has the answer - look for a cult that commands promiscous sex.
Maybe like this one,practised in the wilds of Arizona (and note that the leaders were educated at Princeton and Stanford - so do the the Jws have a point in their opposition to higher education? (more maniacal laughter):
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A new investigation into a mysterious Arizona yoga retreat - likened to cult - and the death of one of its members alleges the Princeton-educated leader condoned bizarre tantric sex rituals at his camp.
It was the death of Stanford-graduate Ian Thorson from exposure and dehydration in the desert after he had been expelled from his love rivals Michael Roach's Diamond Mountain in June 2012, that shone a light on the shady religious practices of the Buddhist community.
Aired on Sunday, NBC's Dateline re-examined the circumstances surrounding Thorson's passing and spoke with a former member, almost two years after he was found in a cave alongside his wife, Christie McNally who had separated from Roach three years previously.
Thorson and McNally were hardcore devotees of Tibetan Buddhism, studying literally at the feet of Michael Roach at his Arizona desert compound.
In happier days-Criticism: Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman, left, and the Dalai Lama, centre, both turned their backs on Roach after it came to light that he had married
By all accounts, Roach demanded total obedience from his followers, that some have compared to a the megalomania of a cult.
At the Buddhist Diamond Mountain retreat, nearly 40 aherents pledge to meditate for three years, three months and three days. Their only communication is by paper and pen.
It is run by divisive Princeton-educated monk and McNally's former husband, Michael Roach, whose teachings have been rejected as unconventional by some, including the Dalai Lama.
Roach, who had previously run a diamond business worth tens of millions of dollars, raised eyebrows for promoting Buddhist principles as a path to financial success, the New York Times reported in the aftermath of Thorson's death in 2012.
One of his former students, yoga teacher Matthew Remski described the leader as a 'charismatic Buddhist teacher' who he respected until his popularity 'turned him into a celebrity'.
Others have cited concerning initiation ceremonies. Another former volunteer, Sid Johnson, told NBC's Dateline that his involved 'kissing and genital touching'.
He also made the bizarre claim that Roach, who as a Buddhist monk should not have had sex let alone marry, made unusual exceptions for bedding McNally.
'He said that he had never had sex with a human woman,' said Johnson to Dateline, explaining that Roach told his followers that McNally was a supernatural being and not a woman.
According to Johnson the sexual rituals at Diamond Mountain became increasingly bizarre.
'It was so surreal, but then there was a part of me that was thinking that these were some kind of sacred rituals and perhaps something amazing is going to happen,' said Johnson.
Another former follower, Buddhist monk, Lama Lobsang Nyima described walking in on Ian Thorson’s creepy devotional practice to Michael Roach.
