Internet communities of disgruntled ex-members and critics, such as the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.eckankar, include criticisms dating back more than ten years. Eckankar has been labeled a cult by some critics, including both former members and conservative Christian writers. Adapted from ...Criticism
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Internet communities of disgruntled ex-members and critics, such as the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.eckankar, include criticisms dating back more than ten years. Eckankar has been labeled a cult by some critics, including both former members and conservative Christian writers. Adapted from ...
MSIA has been criticized by a variety of people over the years, but David C. Lane and Peter McWilliams provide the most substantive body of criticism, both of which focus on the role of founder John-Roger. The gist of Lane’s ...
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Questioning the validity of parapsychology research Scientists critical of parapsychology assert that its extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence if they are to be taken seriously. Many analysts of parapsychology hold that the entire body of evidence to date is of ...
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Some Zen teachers emphasize the potential dangers of misunderstanding “mindfulness”.Gudo Wafu Nishijima criticizes the use of the term of mindfulness and idealistic interpretations of the practice from the Zen standpoint:However recently many so-called Buddhist teachers insist the importance of ‘mindfulness.’ ...Page 1 of 11
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