Clearernow,
Do you mean 'the Divine' or the object of the Brahma Kumaris' attention? It would seem the two were entire different and separate, and most religionists would reject the idea of Lekhraj Kirpalani being God. And "God" being as fallible as the BKs' god spirit.
It's fine if you are, in essence, making up and following your own religion, or your own God, but it becomes problematic if you are following the Brahma Kumarism. If you are making claims of divinity of the BK god, you're going to find most people disagree with them, so please don't use the misleading and opaque language the BKs are known for.
Are we talking "God" or the "god of the BKs"?
Now, is that me, or the Dadis and BapDada you are talking about!?!
If 'me', I am offended by the Daily Mail style language. I know they already call us "the Anti-Party" (... wishful thinking, although flattering all the same), next you'll be calling us terrorists. No, they're the ones saying, "the bombs have been made and they will be used", no us.
Therefore, "extreme", no. Highly accurate, dedicated and persistent ... fair enough.
Few cults have managed to maintain a rolling "two to three years" prediction for the End of the World, like the Brahma Kumari leaders have, and those other cults which have had numerous failed predictions of the End of the World gave them up as soon as they accrued enough power and wealth to sustain themselves.
What you may be saying, clearernow, is that the BKs are entering into that phase now ... but I don't believe it as every indication I see is that their leaders and god spirit remains loyal to the fundamentalist view. And few cults short of the BKs, Mason Family and Aum Shinrikyo actually claim 'they're' the ones who will "inspire Destruction" let alone, "give courage to the scientists".
As ex-brahma says, they've learned it's a great way to enslave or exploit a certain percentage of every generation for money or free labor and without any other source of income, they won't give it up. They are addicted to it. I fully expect them to start re-write 2036 into something more vague soon, the more unlikely heaven on earth becomes.
Do you mean 'the Divine' or the object of the Brahma Kumaris' attention? It would seem the two were entire different and separate, and most religionists would reject the idea of Lekhraj Kirpalani being God. And "God" being as fallible as the BKs' god spirit.
It's fine if you are, in essence, making up and following your own religion, or your own God, but it becomes problematic if you are following the Brahma Kumarism. If you are making claims of divinity of the BK god, you're going to find most people disagree with them, so please don't use the misleading and opaque language the BKs are known for.
Are we talking "God" or the "god of the BKs"?
clearernow wrote: ... extreme [leaders] ... and their obsession with [Destruction]
Now, is that me, or the Dadis and BapDada you are talking about!?!
If 'me', I am offended by the Daily Mail style language. I know they already call us "the Anti-Party" (... wishful thinking, although flattering all the same), next you'll be calling us terrorists. No, they're the ones saying, "the bombs have been made and they will be used", no us.
Therefore, "extreme", no. Highly accurate, dedicated and persistent ... fair enough.
Few cults have managed to maintain a rolling "two to three years" prediction for the End of the World, like the Brahma Kumari leaders have, and those other cults which have had numerous failed predictions of the End of the World gave them up as soon as they accrued enough power and wealth to sustain themselves.
What you may be saying, clearernow, is that the BKs are entering into that phase now ... but I don't believe it as every indication I see is that their leaders and god spirit remains loyal to the fundamentalist view. And few cults short of the BKs, Mason Family and Aum Shinrikyo actually claim 'they're' the ones who will "inspire Destruction" let alone, "give courage to the scientists".
As ex-brahma says, they've learned it's a great way to enslave or exploit a certain percentage of every generation for money or free labor and without any other source of income, they won't give it up. They are addicted to it. I fully expect them to start re-write 2036 into something more vague soon, the more unlikely heaven on earth becomes.