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celticeagle @celticeagle (189874) • Boise, Idaho 3 May 23

I have been a bit under the weather. Not sick but just not had much energy since the heat hit. We have had a few days up in the higher 80s and I just can't handle it above 75. Drinking a lot of water. Hope you folks are too. I am...

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Book Review - Andrew Sugar - The Cult Breaker

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Aug 22

1979 - Manor Books I sometimes quite enjoy books that are utter rubbish as much as the great classics and this certainly qualifies as entertaining crap. As someone who escaped from a cult I do read lots of books about them,...

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Scientology, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Rumors of Murder

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 3 Dec 19

I watched a show recently which claimed that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman did not kill himself. It was alleged in the show that possibly he was murdered by the cult of Scientology, after playing in a film called "The Master" that...

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Find A New Phrase.....

J.P. Randolph @jprtist (656) • Pueblo, Colorado 8 Nov 19

Okay, I'm not really big on correcting anybodies speech. I'm certainly no authority on writing or language. I've got to say something though. I'm really sick of the phrase, "throwing under the bus" or it's various permutations,...

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The Man Suing His Parents For Conceiving Him Without His Consent

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 15 Feb 19

Mumbai man Raphael Samuel is suing his own parents. They conceived him and gave birth to him without his consent, and he resents it. There are so many obvious flaws in his thinking that his case really ought to be thrown out of...

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Diary 25th To 27th November 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 27 Nov 18

Diary Diary 25th November 2018 A quiet one today, with just a short shopping trip to get me out of the flat. Otherwise, a day of writing and watching TV. Diary Monday 26th November 2018 With the conflicts at the community...

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Religious Cult Profile Neuro Linguistic Profiling

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Sep 18

Often simply abbreviated to NLP. Richard Bandler is now acknowledged as the founder of the movement, though this was in some legal dispute for many years, between Bandler & John Grinder and others involved in the early years of...

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Comic Review Garth Ennis And Steve Dillon Judge Dredd Almighty Dredd

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Apr 18

2001 Titan Books. 2000 AD The Emerald Isle Collection Spoiler alerts A story in a collection that mixes the ultra-violence of Judge Dredd with stark political satire of the most hilarious kind. Judge Dredd and other judges in...

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Following Orders And Godwins Law

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Feb 18

What does the phrase “I was only following orders’ make you think about? The chances are that you will think of the post-WW2 Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremberg, where this phrase was used as a chilling defence by many arrested...

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Diary 1st To 3rd February 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Feb 18

Diary Thursday 1st February 2018 A shiny new month, though the shortest of the year. I spent the afternoon job searching and preparing for tomorrow’s quite demanding voluntary work. Diary Friday 2nd February 2018 I had a...

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Diary Thursday 2nd February 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 Feb 17

Wrote this and then forgot to post it - doh! A day of mixed fortunes, starting with my fortnightly welfare signing on session. I had a new advisor today who was pleasant enough but he insists that I now start adding the time...

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Cult

Zap @zap_81 (1019) 6 Jun 16

I have watched some videos and seen how dangerous some cults can be. The fact is cults still exist. Do you really think it is important for a person to be associated with a cult? Why do we humans need other human to be closed to...

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Another cult

Jessica @JESSY3236 (22245) • United States 13 May 16

A few weeks ago I wrote about articles on Scientology. This week the article (below) is about people a church that did stuff like they were a cult. In the article (below), it talks about a teenager who was beat very badly. The...

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The woman was right and wrong

Jessica @JESSY3236 (22245) • United States 29 Apr 16

This is old news, but It's kinda goes to what my preacher was talking about a few weeks ago. He talked about cults and cult leaders. He was saying all cult leaders are sick in the mind and greedy. In the article (below) talks...

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Cults

Robert @lokisdad (4226) • United States 20 Jan 16

We have heard about them before waco is probably one of the most remembered. Brain washing is what the cult leaders use to subdue the masses of followers. Most have mental or emotional problems. The cult leaders prey on...

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Me And My Guru

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Oct 15

A favourite social and personal history photo of me from my collection. This is a photo of me with the bedroom shrine portrait I had of my former cult Guru, Maharaji, of (he is now using the name Prem Pal Rawat Sing), leader of...

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Being interviewed on radio

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 Sep 15

Before becoming a radio interviewer myself, on my own community radio shows (from December 2013 to March 2015) I found myself interviewed several times by the media - sometimes well, and sometimes quite badly. This helped me...

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Poem - Writing For A Prophet

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Sep 15

@sofs was asking about my humourous poetry so here is one I wrote today. Enjoy. Writing For A Prophet You wouldn’t think he’d need P R But the Messiah hired me To cut through the Om and Aah And make profound every banality...

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MoonGypsy @MoonGypsy (4605) • United States 11 Apr 13

i have been watching this show about people who escaped from religious cults. this fascinates me, because i always wonder what makes people get into a cult. my ex used to be friends with his boss, who also took on the role of...

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Mental Health, Suffering , Religion : How these got tangled up inside me to hurt

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 17 Mar 13

I must say sometimes, we can be brainwashed to believe that Someone Up There wants us to Suffer. At least, in the faith I was in.. I was taught that suffering was something that brought us closer to God. I mean, I even was...

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