terry wrote:Not getting into that particular debate about judgement and condemnation ... just to point out that looking at the web link in ex-l's last reply, it detracts from the good points he/she is making.
Nah, not at all. It just adds some wierd and wonderful fun, spices the site and improves our Google ranking. The more links in and out of the website, the better. I could not easily find any other BK NZ website and so suspect they have a very small footprint out there. All the other links were for 'Burger King', who owns the BK trademark.
How many NZ BKs are there?
some typical anti-culties wrote:Brahma Kumaris. Danger
Eastern cult with a presence in New Zealand. Beliefs and practices include karma, reincarnation, meditation, Yoga etc. Followers believe founder is a god, reject the idea that Jesus Christ can save us, etc. Name means "Brahma's Daughters" (or "Brahma's Virgins" - Brahma is the Hindu creator of the world). Also known as Raj Yoga and Worldwide Spiritual University.
True universities reject the claim that it is a university and the UN rejects the Brahma Kumari claim that Brahma Kumaris operates under UN auspices (they just rent a room for meetings in the UN building). For more information read this testimony from a former member.
I agree with the "danger" tag but for different reasons to their and I think the last paragraph is quite fair ... The anti-culties have not even woken up to the fact that the Brahma Kumaris' mediums are channelling spirit entities, otherwise they would surely have listed them as "devil worshippers" - which, funnily enough, BapDada probably is and they probably are. Cue, "beware the angels of light, quote from the Bible.
I actually think "princess", "virgin princess", as in "Brahma's Princess" is a far better translation of Kumari into English than the dreadfully sober "daughters".
Yes, the "anti-cult" movement are mainly aggressively Christian (although I suspect under Islam things are even worse). There are plenty of good cult-awareness sites taking the middle ground and a few cult-groupie sites giving ratings for each guru. We could do with similar for spirit guides, ranking BapDada against Seth or Ramtha etc.
Beware of false prophets and false teachers. They will come to you as angels of light ... Beware of those who parade themselves as angels of light, yet they have dark hearts, and they are agents of the prince of darkness ... etc.
Yup. Those are the Brahma Kumaris.