The story about Scientology and its rather scary documents or release forms, that members are apparently expected to sign, has hit New York. The New York Post headline reads “Scientology: No Rights Please.” The Post examines the content of Scientology’s recently revised and exposed contracts, which appear to trade civil rights for religious rites, or […]
Potentially embarrassing documents from within Scientology have found their way onto the Internet. Recently revised release forms offer a startling look at how those involved in Scientology may be signing away basic human rights to obtain “spiritual assistance” from the controversial church often called a “cult.” A form that must be signed by Scientologists seeking […]
CultNews reported last month how Scientology seemed to be using the plight of New York firemen to promote its own agenda through a so-called “clinic” in downtown Manhattan. Well it seems Scientology is now taking its show on the road and soliciting donations with NY firemen as featured guests. Firefighters from New York flew to […]
University Bible Fellowship (UBF), a controversial organization that has often been called a “cult,” is staging a regional conference at Wheaton College this weekend. The event is expected to draw 1,000 participants reports The Daily Herald. Samuel Lee founded UBF in the 1960s in South Korea. Like Rev. Moon’s Unification Church Lee’s group found college […]
A so-called “human potential” group that offers courses devised by the originator of a failed “pyramid scheme” is causing controversy through a proposed building project reports the Albany Times-Union. Keith Raniere, known to his students by the title “Vanguard,” hopes to build a global headquarters for his latest venture called “NXIVM” (pronounced Nexium) or Executive […]
Two sets of Congressional hearings and an independent investigation concluded that David Koresh was responsible for the compound fire that consumed the lives of his followers and their children more than a decade ago in 1993. However, some surviving Davidians and remaining family members have never accepted such conclusions. Instead they filed a lawsuit and […]
Tom Cruise has engaged in what looks increasingly like a well-organized media blitz to promote Scientology’s teachings, or as he might say Hubbard “Study Tech.” The movie star has been holding forth fervently lately about his deliverance from dyslexia. The actor’s recovery wasn’t a “mission impossible,” because Scientology’s founder L. Ron Hubbard apparently came up […]
First there were the ubiquitous Scientologists running around at Ground Zero clad in “Scientology Volunteer” T-shirts offering help. Then there was a well-publicized celebrity Scientologist visit by John Travolta. One volunteer Scientologist later tried to cash on her experience through a book about working at Ground Zero. But it didn’t do so well. Scientology, an […]
Organizations or groups that are personality-driven and/or essentially defined by the personality of a charismatic leader, have often been called “cults.” However, not all cults are destructive and many over the centuries have been relatively benign. It seems some American corporations can be seen as consumer “cults,” often driven and/or defined by their founder’s personality. […]
Joyce Brothers, Ph.D. has been a regular on television and within newspapers for many years. She graduated from Cornell in 1947 and received her doctorate in psychology in 1955. “Baby boomers” have literally grown up with her advice Still syndicated as a columnist Brothers dispenses advice on an array of subjects. This week she has […]
