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Look inside: L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?

Part instruction manual, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, This Book Will Change Your Life will help you poke a stick in the spokes of your routine.

It contains 365 daily orders, each one of which could turn your humdrum existence into a daily free-fall. On day 295, propose to a complete stranger. On day 181, get your street renamed after you. On day 16, discreetly give the finger to everyone you meet. Other days encourage self-crucifixion, currency manipulation, and writing to dictators.

Unusual and hilarious.

A database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. The Ross Institute (TRI) is a nonprofit public resource with a vast archive that contains thousands of individual documents. TRI on-line files include news stories, research papers, reports, court documents, book excerpts, personal testimonies and hundreds of links to additional relevant resources. This database is well-organized for easy access and reference.

EST, est, Erhard Training Seminars, Werner Erhard, Jack Rosenberg, The Forum,
http://www.rickross.com/groups/est.html

Mindbreakers
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/news1/an010726-07.html

A rape victim is sneered at. A senior surgeon breaks down. It's an extraordinary scene of humiliation and control. But why are Britain's professional elite paying £235 to a former hairdresser who says he can break them and remake them? Self improvement self awareness self discovery self obsession

The Church of Scientology

http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s04.html

The Church of Scientology is a commercial enterprise that masquerades as a religion, and that increasingly acts like a hate group. Scientology has a long history of hate and harassment activities, which - along with lying and deception - are condoned and encouraged in the cult's own ''scriptures.'' (See, for example, its ''dead agenting'' and ''fair game'' policies). This is why Apologetics Index classifies the organization as a hate group.

The Watchman Expositor: Index of Cults and Religions
http://www.watchman.org/cat95.htm#roman


Roman Catholicism: Diverse worldwide religious tradition that officially looks to the Pope and his predecessors/successors as God’s human leader of world Christianity. Because of its size and scope—both in membership (about a billion people worldwide) and geographically, the actual beliefs held by devout Catholics are widespread and eclectic. Catholicism has been influenced by liberation theology, especially in parts of South America. In Africa, the Caribbean, and elsewhere, attempts have been made to blend Catholicism with spiritism, creating a type of Catholicism with occult elements. In addition, since the 1960s there has been a small but significant element of charismatic Catholics who have been influenced by the larger charismatic movement. A small percentage of Catholics are doctrinally evangelical, and others (such as Matthew Fox) are part of the New Age movement. As a whole, however, the differences between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are still seen most clearly in the issues of the Reformation. The 16th century reformers distinguished themselves from Catholicism in two key ways. First, they saw the Bible as the sole foundation for authority (sola scriptura) rather than the Pope, church dogma or tradition. Second, the reformers taught salvation by “grace alone� (sola gracia). They also insisted that sola gracia could be faithfully maintained only by understanding the gospel to be the message of a free pardon and righteous standing with God through “faith alone� (sola fide) in the imputed righteousness of Christ. The Roman Catholic Church claimed (and still claims) to affirm sola gracia, but anathematized sola fide, teaching instead that grace is received and maintained by a combination of faith plus works (religious rites, sacraments, or human endeavor).

Altered States Humor columnist Dave Barry survives an Anthony Robbins seminar...


http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s51aa.html
What is the secret of success?

Why is it that one child grows up to become just an ordinary, ho-hum, middle-of-the-pack, blah of a person such as -- no offense -- you; while another child grows up to become a Theodore Roosevelt, a Mother Teresa, a Donald Trump, an Attila the Hun

Is it luck? Is it genes? Is it upbringing? Did Mr. and Mrs. Hun teach young Attila some secret lesson that put him on the path to becoming No. 1?

Or is success something that any of us can achieve, even later in life, if we're willing to work hard, use our imaginations, learn from our mistakes, keep a positive mental attitude and -- above all -- pay money for a seminar

I turned in my ticket, which I got by calling the toll-free number (where your call is answered by a cheerful and sincere tape recording announcing, ``It's a great day at Peter Lowe International!''). Ticket prices ranged from $59 up to $225; I purchased a seat in the middle price range, which cost $99 plus the Random Charges They Always Add, for a total of $114.64.

Robbins hit the big time back in the 1980s, during the firewalking craze. Remember firewalking? The idea was that you paid money, and in return, you got to walk on hot coals, and the purpose of this was to . . .

Gosh, I don't remember what the purpose was. Maybe it increased your networking fervor. All I know is, for a while there firewalking was very big -- it was on Phil Donahue -- and Anthony Robbins got into it on the ground floor. Now he's Mr. Success. The Peter Lowe's SUCCESS 1997 ad states that Robbins ``is the foremost authority on the psychology of personal performance and has been called one of the greatest influencers of his generation. He has challenged and inspired millions around the globe and has been adviser to President Clinton, royal families, numerous professional athletes and countless Fortune 500 organizations.''

Robbins sells a wide variety of Success Products, mostly audio- or videocassette sets such as ``Unlimited Power,'' ``Personal Power'' (I and II), ``Powertalk!,'' ``Unleash the Power Within,'' ``The Body You Deserve!'' and ``Get Rich in America.'' At Peter Lowe's SUCCESS 1997, you could buy two Anthony Robbins Success Products for $299, three for $429, four for $549 and five for $649.





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The Eight Propositions"
Chapter 29 of The Second Coming of Reb YHSHWH, by Carlo Suares, Weiser, 1994

"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:20-21). And this would be the keynote of the New Era. Here are the eight propositions:

1. Seek your total individuality. Don't write it down anywhere. Don't give it a name. Any definition of yourself is a deceptive hideout.

2. You will not find your total individuality. It is your total individuality that sees you, that witnesses your doings. It acts in our space-time continuum but is not restricted to it.

3. Your total individuality is your soul. It abides in the indeterminate plurality of universes. Because it is alive, it is evolving. Because it is outside of time, its evolution is only the time that you need to permit it to find you. Because it is multidimensional, it contributes to the composition of an Ecclesia. It is one and innumerable.

4. Your soul will not find you as long as your consciousness is made of the stuff of false evidences created by your mind: as long as you do not feel a sense of suffocation in those space-time false evidences.

5. The death of false evidences is a psychological death, announcer of resurrection. Each false evidence denounced opens a window in the inner space where the measurable dies.

6. This death of the measurable in the inner space is a personal experience. All that is said to you about it will prevent it from occurring. Do not listen to the professionals of any religions.

7. Beyond this death, our infinitely multiple individuality reveals to our present person that we are only one of its multifarious manifestations. We then meet the other manifestations of our soul spread out through history, still present and alive.

8. So this consciousness emanating from our soul integrates its earthly past and also its future. It knows itself continuous, without limits. It is all-consciousness, it penetrates every consciousness, it understands every consciousness, and that understanding is love.

From: David Rudiak
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:16:20 -0800
Fwd Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 21:15:43 -0500
Subject: Re: Q&A On Moore's Mogul trajectory Hoax - Rudiak


It is abundantly clear that most, if not all skeptics, don't
begin to understand the fundamental math issues concerning the
Charles Moore trajectory calculation hoax. So in the spirit of
Jim Lippard's FAQ Q&A treatment of the original CSICOP sTARBABY
scandal, here is my own Q&A on Moore's hoax.

Unlike Lippard, I hesitate to label it an FAQ on the matter.
Skeptics not only don't frequently ask these questions, they
deliberately avoiding asking them.

Q: What is Moore's so-called Mogul trajectory hoax?

A: It is a model calculation by former Mogul Project balloon
scientist Charles Moore, based on historical wind data, that
supposedly demonstrated how Moore's lost Flight #4 Mogul balloon
launched June 4, 1947, supposedly explained a crash reported in
early July on the Foster Ranch, that triggered the so-called
Roswell crashed flying saucer incident. In 1997, Moore bragged
that the winds were "exactly right" and that his calculation
"exactly landed" the balloon on the Foster Ranch, and, by
implication in many minds, virtually proved his balloon
explained the Roswell events. But when Brad Sparks and I went
over Moore's tables and calculations in 2002, we discovered
Moore's trajectory was fraudulent and that Moore had resorted to
numerous cheats to get his balloon to his desired location.

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Thanks for the email, Mac

Stop! Don't touch that dial. There's nothing wrong with your radio. That piercing, high-pitched sound you hear is not a mechanical malfunction. It's just Rush Limbaugh, whining into the microphone.

Silly me. And I thought conservatives were real men. You know: stand-up-and-take-your-medicine-like-a-man kind of men. Limbaugh is just the opposite. He's a crybaby conservative. He wants to take his medicine - mountains of those little blue pain pills - and suffer no consequences.

Have you noticed? Rush Limbaugh is sounding more and more like Michael Jackson. Now it's Rush's turn to weep: "I'm a victim!" His attorney, Roy Black, even had the gall to ask: "Why is Rush Limbaugh the only person treated like this in America?"

Whom does he think he's kidding? Thousands of Americans are treated like that every day. The only difference is: Most of them aren't zillionaires. Most of them can't afford to hire lawyers like Roy Black. And most of them go to prison, not to some fancy Arizona rehab resort.

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Conclusion?
"Keele University computer scientist Gordon Rugg has used a Cardan grille, from Elizabethan-era espionage, to recreate the Voynich manuscript. Rugg's analysis, which remains inconclusive, was published in the journal Cryptologia. The Voynich manuscript was created by Edward Kelley, a scryer for John Dee, and was bought in 1912 by book dealer Wilfrid Voynich" | Via disinfo

Lawsuits, death and finance. Inside the religion that some say has all the power in Hollywood.

Imagine a church so dangerous, you must sign a release form before you can receive its "spiritual assistance." This assistance might involve holding you against your will for an indefinite period, isolating you from friends and family, and denying you access to appropriate medical care. You will of course be billed for this treatment - assuming you survive it. If not, the release form absolves your caretakers of all responsibility for your suffering and death. Welcome to the Church of Scientology.

That'd be stuffed crust for Paris Hilton. And don't skimp on the Cinna Stix. Yep, Paris' video antics -- both the X-rated tape and the family-friendly Simple Life show -- have so chiseled the hotel heiress on the American psyche that Paris Hilton is the No. 1 fake name used by people calling for pizza delivery, according to a survey of 630 Domino's Pizza drivers in Washington. The survey also reveals that people who answer the door nude tip more than 20 percent, while folks in jammies give only 2 percent.

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Is it finally the end of the line for Christiania? The Danish government seems closer than ever to shutting it down.

Like almost everyone in Christiana, the 31-year-old, who refused to give his name, said that the state was using the drugs issue as an excuse to grab one of the capital's most valuable tracts of land. 'They just want more luxury flats for the rich,' he said. 'I built my own house here. I have two young children who are third generation Christianites. I am not going to give all that up without a struggle.'

I wonder if it will still be around this spring, I was planning on visiting. Of course, I hope they can last longer than that.

The Bush administration is banning the sale of ephedra early next year and urged consumers to immediately stop using the herbal weight control supplement that was linked to the death of a Baltimore Orioles pitcher.

"The time to stop taking this product is now," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday in announcing the government's first-ever ban on a dietary supplement.

SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2003, Issue No. 112
December 30, 2003


** FBI INFORMATION SHARING STILL FACES OBSTACLES
** DOD IG LOOKS BACK AT TERRORISM INFORMATION AWARENESS
** CLASSIFIED TRASH AT NSA
** REPORTERS IN AND OUT OF OFFICIAL FAVOR
** EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN

You've suspected it for most of your life, but this year offered proof: women are better than men. They are more scholarly, more hip, more artistic, more in harmony with nature and safer to be around, while men can't even be bothered to use condoms.

excerpt:

The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning.

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Margarine's history reeks of politics; it is, in fact, a product of French government policy. Back in the 1860s, Napoleon III offered a prize to whoever could create a cheap butter substitute. The winner, French chemist Hippolyte Mège-Mouriez, mixed suet, sheep stomach, cow udder and milk to make margarine. Though awarded a factory to mass-produce his gruesome product, Mège-Mouriez proved unequal to the task, and he died in obscurity. Commercial opportunity passed to companies like Unilever, which began producing their own versions during the 1870s in Europe, and the Commercial Manufacturing Co., which began producing several million pounds annually in the United States in 1881.

British Columbia became the first to legalize yellow margarine. Ontario legalized butter-coloured margarine in 1994 as part of its trade commitments (before that, it was either white or deep yellow). Canada is now largely a haven in which no colour of margarine suffers discrimination.

Host Calls Thiefs 'Bad Bees'

The former hostess of the Los Angeles version of "Romper Room" was mugged last week -- and she wants her mirror back.

Mary Ann King, who hosted the popular children's show from 1966 to 1976, was mugged near the Hometown Buffet, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported Thursday.

King suffered a broken arm and a punctured lung, the paper said.

The assailants got away with King's "magic mirror," which delighted kids of all ages on the show, which ran from 1954 to the late 1980s.

A strange sight out of the middle of suburbia are the large blocks On Mystic Island in Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ. These very large and strange concrete blocks can be found in the middle of the roadways off of Radio Road and were once the base for a large radio tower called the 'Tuckerton Tower'. They measure 20 feet high and sink in 20 feet below the surface and were the foundations for the 820 feet high radio tower which was used during World War I by the Germans. There are also several smaller blocks around the island that were used to support the massive tower.

YAWN - Yet Another Weekly Newsletter

on top of a hilltop in the middle of fucking nowhere18 miles off the
freeway junction of the middle of fucking nowhere and the gateway to the
asshole of the universe there is an abandoned pleasure saucer sitting on
top of a hilltop for no reason whatsoever in a black obelisk from 2001
kind of way. the hill that leads you to it has been fully seeded with 4'
ball bearing rocks by the captives of the sex goddesses for almost 3/4
of a mile. you cannot see it until you are come up on top of the hill it
sits on and if the locals hadn't of ratted it off it would have sat
there and rotted and never have been noticed by anyone other than the
roving bands of alcoholics to be that had apparently discovered it and
were building a nest of sorts inside.
the captain is long dead according to legend but left behind a green
jacket and a clip on tie which somehow seems to have followed me home.

SEE THE PHOTOS

(Wasn't this was reported by Art Bell last week as a real photo?)