--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > [...] > > > > After looking at a detailed report prepared by the major > > advocates of this perspective [including Singer--JS], the > > American Psychological Association concluded that the idea of > > brainwashing and mind control as popularly applied to the new > > religious movements was scientifically unacceptable. It had been > > arrived at through a sloppy metholology and poor scientific work. > > > > Subsequently the American Sociological Association and the > > Society for the Scientific Study of Religion reached a similar > > conclusion. As a result, testimony concerning brainwashing and > > mind control have properly been banished from consideration by > > American courts as an idea lacking any scientific credibility. > > > > Singer sued the APA over this and lost, BTW. But, it's nice for cult-followers to be able to > blame the cult rather than themselves--whether it's the TMO that serves their needs for a > cult to belong to or some other group--so they keep dragging out the "cult victim" claim > and then complain that someone is "blaming the victim" when people point out that not > everyone has had the same experience with the TMO that they do. > Yes, I agree, this is the typical blame someone else for your experience; Everyone on some level chooses his or her own experience; So we all need to take responsibility at some point. After all, it is our life, not a dress rehersal. Now, even the Kaplans, seem so victimized; Perhaps they do make some valid points; But they also had all of these experiences that money could buy; Mush personal time with Maharishi; I didn't get to do that. And I don't have the money that they do either. But in any case, when you are blaming, and not taking responsibility, there is no growth in this. R.G.
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