Mike26 wrote:.. many trace the origins of these people much further back to the so called 'continental celts', not to be confused with Scottish celts. These were a mysterious nomadic people believed to have originated in East.
Sorry ... who were the mysterious ones from the East, the continent Celts or the Scottish Celts?
I researched this matter deeply and here's one of the Scottish ones discussing religion ... and I think I pretty much agree with him (
warning: do not click if you are easily offended).
To be honest Mike, I used to think just like you about 30 years ago. Brahma Kumarism was quite good in a way because at least it took my mind off things and into a wonderful mythical realm, which it does for a while until reality comes back to bite ...
the reality being that it was all false, the leadership was stupid and corrupt, and that I was wasting my life investing it into their power and property acquisition game. Pretty soon after I realised, I left but it took some time to unpick the indoctrination and free myself from the chains and nihilism of Destruction which made normal life futile.
Only recently, I came to wonder if BKs adherents tend to suffer from some kind of mild mental disorder, a clinical state of depression or obsessive–compulsive disorders which pick up on negative things and blow them out of all proportion.
I used to say exactly the same things as you, about how sick the world was, how close it was to the End of the World, and it was probably why I was able to be sucked into the BKWSU. That was 30 years ago. The world did not end. The Conspiracy Theorists used to say pretty much the all same things and THINK in the same way then as they do now. All that has changed is that some new faces have come forward to take the place of some old boys that have died off.
They are still working the same business model and it is a business for them, and it is another cult with a following. I would like to ask you to look at these two possibilities regardless of any abstract "facts" you might throw out to "prove" your point:
a) what I broadly call "conspiracy theory" really is just a business for a few and does fit very closely into the same mentality and social structure that cults exploit.
b) it attracts and obsesses individuals with some kind of cult mentality or depressive-compulsive disorder or paranoia.
The world is vast and chaotic and impossible to fully understand. But it did not end and I still argue that for most people ... historically far more people than even existed when Lekhraj Kirpalani proclaimed himself to be god ... it really is getting better.
I remember a tutor at that time challenging my view of the world and saying, "no", how he saw the world/humanity was as "a wonderful healthy organism which was still growing, and all that was wrong was it was the equivalent of a cut and infected finger or something". Something easily fixed. It really challenged my world view. I saw the whole body at 99% sick. I, too, at that time could bore the pants off anyone whose ear I could bend with "endless facts" about how terrible it was. But look at how amazing it still is ... look at all the advances. Look at the positive aspects.
So Apple have applied for a patent to stop thieves stealing and selling copyrighted material ... is that so evil?
So Microsoft ...
which is who you are really talking about ... had to follow the law and bow to the wishes of the US Government and CIA security demands to do business. Look at the wonder of the creation of Open Source Software and install Linux on your PCs and phones instead ... the miracle of 10,000s of people, never meeting, no one telling them what to do, but working together to create a free, open and secure software for you to use.
So there are more wars, are their 6 times more wars as there are 6 times more people? Human beings argue and fight ...
Can I also humbly suggest that you have a tendency to attack me using a
straw man argument misrespresenting what I say and ask you to stop?
I did not question the history. I doubted that having a surname was a symbol of Syrian slavery and therefore a legal binding contract with the IRS. I doubt that not having a surname will free you from paying taxes. And I think paying taxes is a good thing that pays for schools, hospitals, roads, sewage systems and all the rest. But, please, let's keep the Conspiracy Theory chat to
one topic ...