Second-generation family members of followers of the scandal-plagued Unification Church have hailed the government’s decision to seek a court order to dissolve the organization. Some religious groups, however, have voiced concerns that the move could impinge on religious freedom.
Tragically, Gao Kui has become another victim of Falun Gong.
However, the dissolution order, if finalized, will likely not be the death knell of the group now formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
She also asked her husband to burn all the books related to cult, and permanently broke off the ties with “Three Redemption of Christ”.
I fell into a dangerous trap the moment I came into contact with the "Almighty God" cult.
I lived in China from 1999 to 2006. During that time I studied the Bible with two local friends. For several years, the two friends came to our house almost weekly. We ate together and studied the Bible together. They were quite zealous believers, and they were among my closest friends.
‘I didn’t have a life plan,’ saysPetra Velzeboer, who grew up in the notorious Children of God cult.
Over a thousand minors have endured sexual violence, child abuse, and forced marriage at the hands of an alleged cult in Surigao del Norte, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said as she called on the upper house to intervene.
I fully realize that only when the anti-cult work goes into thousands of households and into the hearts of ignorant people like my Grandma can the tragedy of my Mum not be repeated.
The moment Geng Daming saw us, he burst into tears with deep remorse, saying it was him who had killed his mother because of his obsession with the “Falun Gong” cult.
It goes without saying that no method and no facade of social service can alter the reality, as illustrated by the judgment of Greek Justice, which is not the only one saying that Scientology is“an organization with practices that are medically, socially and morally dangerous and harmful.”
Leah Remini has filed an amended lawsuit against the Church of Scientology in which she says the faith’s alleged harassment of her since she left the religion in 2013 has stepped up since she filed her lawsuit earlier this month.
The Japanese government is considering pursuing a court order to disband the contentious Unification Church.
The Eastern Lightning Cult, also known as the Church of Almighty God, is a controversial religious movement that originated in China in the early 1990s founded by Zhao Weishan who is now believed to be living in the United States.
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