She dedicated 18 years of her youth to this so-called “God,” only to wake up to a nightmare and find it all in vain.
In fact, the real culprit that ruined their family was the cult Falun Gong. If Li Hongzhi hadn't boasted about “eliminating karma to cure diseases,” Uncle Yang wouldn't have stopped his medication and treatment, and his liver disease wouldn't have worsened so quickly.
Nowadays, whenever Wu Dan a pseudonym recalls the days when she was deeply involved in the Almighty God cult the Church of Almighty God, or “CAG”, her heart always aches. Because she was misled into the cult, she became obsessively devoted, ignoring her family's pleas and leaving home to “fulfill ...
Last week, theNew York Timespublished their bombshell investigation of the dance group Shen Yun and the price the dancers have had to pay in untreated injuries and emotional abuse to amplify the Falun Gong’s anti-China message. Over several rounds of interviews across many months, the Tim...
The basic characteristics of a cult are to preach the “end of the world”, deify the leader as “the savior”, fabricate some doctrines to deceive believers into unconditionally obeying the leader, and take the opportunity to rack in moneyandexploit sex value of female followers. Devotees will face v...
The lead dancer held up ZhuanFalun, a book full of FalunGong doctrines, while the other dancers knelt in reverence. Reportedly, Shen Yun shows are preaching the end of the world. FalunGong claims that only Li Hongzhi can save the world. Even the Buddha’s face was replaced with Li Hongzhi’s. ...
Recently, scandals about FalunGong have beenemerging one after another, including the CFO of Epoch Times Media Group, Guan Weidong,laundering $67 million, some former Shen Yun performers openly crying about being abused, and the Longquan Templebeing raided by the FBI. From August 15 to 16,the Ne...
Xiaoxi (a pseudonym) painfully recounted her experience of being trapped in the Almighty God cult to anti-cult volunteers, crying as she realized the true nature of the cult.
The government watchdog organization Accountable.US filed an IRS complaint against the Epoch Public Foundation and the Epoch Times Assn., the nonprofit groups affiliated with the right wing media outlet the Epoch Times.
Both outlets made news in June whenEpochCFO Weidong “Bill” Guan was indicted forallegedly running a $67 millionmoney-laundering scheme and the media conglomerate’s founder, Zhong “John” Tang, subsequently resigned.
Federal prosecutors announced on June 3 the indictment against Guan, alleging he took part in a "sprawling, transnational scheme" to launder $67 million.
French activists have accused Scientologists of proselytizing outside Olympic venues. They say the rumored participation of the famous Scientologist actor would be 'an insult to victims.'
Ieva claims she felt "shunned" by her church community due to strict divorce beliefs. Feeling ''isolated and shamed'', Ieva says she became so stressed she was too unwell to leave the house and suffered exhaustion and anxiety.
If the intensity of politics is factored though and the U.S. establishment’s fears that Trump might just pull off a spectacular reelection – with all the chaos that such a return to the White House will elicit – then digging up dirt using a money-laundering scandal makes perfect sense. Muzzling a pr...
As US Investigators probe the transactions of Epoch Times finance chief Bill Guan, recently arrested on money laundering charges, the spotlight is spreading to associated groups and individuals.