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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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29 Oct 2003 09:38:41 PM |
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Nearly one million Russians in various cults |
Nearly one million Russians in various cults
religio.ru
October 28, 2003
It is estimated that there are 300 to 500 different cults in
Russia. The number of people drawn into destructive and
occultic religious organizations amounts to one million people,
of which 70 percent are young people of ages from 18 to 27
years.
This sort of information, as reported by an RIA "Novosti"
correspondent, was released today in Moscow in the course
of a "round table" on the theme of "Totalitarian cults -
weapons of mass defeat." Participants in the discussion
included academic psychiatry leaders, representatives of the
Russian Orthodox Church, along with the Internal Affairs
Ministry and other government agencies.
According to an assessment by Aleksandr Dvorkin, president
of the Religious Research Center and author [in Russia] of the
term "totalitarian cult", "permanent" cultists number
600-800,000 at a minimum.
As Dvorkin asserts, "imported cults, such as Scientology, the
Moonists, Krishnas and Jehovahs Witnesses" operate on the
territory of Russia. Dvorkin classifies as "domestic cults" the
Bogorodichniy Center in Moscow, the Ashram Shambaly in
Novosibirsk, the Vissarion cult in Krasnodar Krai, the
Radasteya in the Urals, and others.
"The cult proliferating itself most strongly today is the
neo-Pentecostal movement, which has embraced all the
Urals, Siberia and the Far East," commented Dvorkin, "The
Jehovahs Witnesses and Mormons are, as before, actively
growing."
In the rest of the cults the influx of members presently equals
the outflow - the cultists are squeezed like oranges, physically
and morally, until after several years they are squeezed out,
says the senior Russian specialist and cultologist.
According to expert information, cults actively buy up real
estate, organize lobbying efforts in government structures,
initiate court proceedings which allege violations of laws for
freedom of conscience, and strive to more firmly embed
themselves in Russian society.
A totalitarian cult, according to Dvorkin's definition, is an
authoritarian organization for which power and money give
the most meaning to its existence, and these goals are attained
using pseudo-religion, pseudo-culture and other
pseudo-goals as a shield." Numerous psycho-cults also take
after totalitarian cults.
As "round table" participants believe, the psychological
coercion used upon victims of totalitarian cults needs to be
made a criminally accountable action, ITAR-TASS reported.
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| User: "Woden" |
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| Title: Re: Nearly one million Russians in various cults |
30 Oct 2003 07:59:17 PM |
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(Fredric L. Rice) wrote in news:vq11tv4mc12t32
@corp.supernews.com:
(snip)
Nearly 200 million Americans in various cults. Looks like we're ahead of
the Russians in that area too.
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Woden
"religion is a socio-political institution for the control of
people's thoughts, lives, and actions; based on
ancient myths and superstitions perpetrated through
generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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| Title: Re: Nearly one million Russians in various cults |
30 Oct 2003 12:04:23 PM |
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Dvorkin's definition, is an
authoritarian organization for which power and money give
the most meaning to its existence, and these goals are attained
using pseudo-religion, pseudo-culture and other
pseudo-goals as a shield." Numerous psycho-cults also take
after totalitarian cults.
Just a quick question here. What is the difference between a "real" religion
and a pseudo-religion?
I can't think of one.
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Nearly one million Russians in various cults |
31 Oct 2003 10:13:18 AM |
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Lord Calvert wrote:
Dvorkin's definition, is an
authoritarian organization for which power and money give
the most meaning to its existence, and these goals are attained
using pseudo-religion, pseudo-culture and other
pseudo-goals as a shield." Numerous psycho-cults also take
after totalitarian cults.
Just a quick question here. What is the difference between a "real" religion
and a pseudo-religion?
I can't think of one.
Under the current Russian cultural view, anything that is not strict Russian
Orthodoxy is classified as a cult.
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Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"If you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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