Simply a tragic loss in Tao rating: "At its peak in the early 1990s, it claimed about 10,000 members and 24 pastors and was a media powerhouse. By soliciting tithes of 10 percent from each member's income, the church was able to build a Bible college, two schools, a worldwide TV ministry and a $12 million sanctuary the size of a fortress.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/20/national/main3525820.shtml Today membership is down to about 1,500, the church has 18 pastors, most of them volunteers, and the Bible college and TV ministry have shuttered - a downturn blamed largely on complaints about the sexual scandals." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Index Rating of Atlanta Mega-church falls in Tao-Jones Index of Shakti > > Sex Scandal Rocks Megachurch. > > Pastor Who Fathered Child By His Brother's Wife Caught Lying Under > Oath About It > > At its peak in the early 1990s, it claimed about 10,000 members and > 24 pastors and was a media powerhouse. By soliciting tithes of 10 > percent from each member's income, the church was able to build a > Bible college, two schools, a worldwide TV ministry and a $12 million > sanctuary the size of a fortress. > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/20/national/main3525820.shtml > > > Today membership is down to about 1,500, the church has 18 pastors, > most of them volunteers, and the Bible college and TV ministry have > shuttered - a downturn blamed largely on complaints about the sexual > scandals. > > > http://www.mdjonline.com/content/index/showcontentitem/area/1/section/ > 21/item/103065.html > > "This is a cult. And you escape from a cult," she said. "We all > escaped." > > These days, Earl Paulk has a much-reduced role at the cathedral, > giving 10-minute lectures as part of Sunday morning worship each > week. > > "My uncle is 100 percent guilty, but his accusers are guilty as > well," D.E. Paulk said, declining to talk further about the lawsuits. > > > > > > > > > > ><dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > Om, how bout a Tao Jones Index of spiritual experience for > > > spiritual movements, gurus, preachers, llamas, ayatollahs, saints > > and > > > spiritual healers, places? > > > > >The Tao Jones Index of shakti, for spiritual energy, > > > experience. Something like a shakti meter of spiritual > > experience. > > > Could be sector indexes. Relgions, countries, region, spiritual > > > practices. > > > > > >The Gov't of Bhutan apparently has an index of 'happiness' that they > > > keep. Being a Buddhist country, would be an index of `no=thing'? > > > > > > The Tao Jones Index of Shakti > > >for spiritual energy, > > > experience. Something like a shakti meter of spiritual > > experience. > > > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > FW: > > This is pretty incredible. Did you see the array of people > > involved? Many in the first category are from UK and US; in the > next > > are more from Japan, Thailand and India; and in the last - most > from > > Asia. > > > > There is a Muslim one noted, I didn't see that they do a Christian > > one. > > > > We have a recording of a 2 hour program that we saw on TV > called "In > > the name of God" put together by two brothers who were in the World > > Trade Center vicinity on 9/11 and began asking themselves questions > > about how this could happen in the name of God. They visited and > > spent a day with leaders of many religions - India, China, Japan, > the > > two Muslim sects, the Pope, the heads of the Lutheran, evangelistic > > Lutheran, Anglicans and Baptist churches. Your "hugger" was one of > > them. Very interesting. The only one who was scary was the > Baptist - > > that man is so narrow, focused, and feels he is so right - the > > Jihadists of the Christians. > > > > Common themes: > > - Respect for the humanity of others > > - Provide structure - something that people seek > > - Get happiness from the happiness of others > > - Honesty, contentment, patience > > > > Reality - hunger and disease kill far more than terrorists, stated > > one of the "Christian" leaders. [ editorial: Wars kill far more > than > > terrorists. Think about it, we, the United States, have caused the > > killing of far more people in Afghanistan and Iraq than terrorists > > have killed in all the attacks in Europe and the US in 2 > > decades.] > > > > As the show went on they noted the size of each religion's > > population - also very interesting. > > > > Global Population ~ 6 Billion > > > > Catholics 1 billion > > Suni 940 m > > Shea 120 m > > Hindu 900 m > > Orthodox 350 m > > Buddhists 340 m > > Baptists 70 m > > Lutherans 60 m > > Evan. Luth 40 m > > Anglicans ?? m (I didn't write it down, but around 30 m as > I > > remember) > > Sikhs 23 m > > Jews 14 m > > Not accounted for 2 billion > > > > Subject: Dow Jones Dharma Index > > > > http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=134246 > > > > > <> > > > > > > > > Rama Krishna <aram_1903@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Dharma > > > >Investments, a leading private investment firm pioneering the > > > >development of faith-based investment, today announced the > launch > > of > > > the Dow Jones Dharma Indexes. The new indexes measure the > > performance > > > of companies selected according to the value systems and > principles > > > of Dharmic religions, > > > > > >> > > > > > http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=134246 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
